Michael Luo — Strangers in the Land
New Yorker executive editor tells the epic story of Chinese immigration to America from the mid-19th century to the present day.
Date & Time at 7:00 PM PST
Location Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland, US
Organizer Oregon Historical Society
Why we picked this
A New Yorker editor's debut book on Chinese immigration reframes American history as a story of exclusion, belonging, and the unfinished work of multiracial democracy.
Michael Luo is an executive editor at The New Yorker, and his debut book traces Chinese immigration to America across nearly two centuries — from the Gold Rush through the Chinese Exclusion Act to the present day. It’s a story about who gets to belong, who gets to be American, and how the answer to those questions keeps changing.
Part of the Oregon Historical Society’s Hatfield Lecture Series at the Schnitzer Concert Hall. The Hatfield series consistently brings major historians and thinkers to Portland for substantive public lectures.