
ALT In celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Shawna Yang Ryan and John McCormick will be joining us to discuss how their books touch on Asian American themes in American History. Shawna Yang Ryan has written two novels including Water Ghosts, a mesmerizing novel that weaves history and mythology around a community of Chinese immigrants and the ghosts that haunt them in Locke, California, 1928. Lafayette city councilmember John McCormick is the owner of Lamorinda Music and the author of Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built Wine Country, in which he uncovers the forgotten contributions of the Chinese laborers who were once the backbone of Napa Valley, California's most famous wine region.

ALT In celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Shawna Yang Ryan and John McCormick will be joining us to discuss how their books touch on Asian American themes in American History. Shawna Yang Ryan has written two novels including Water Ghosts, a mesmerizing novel that weaves history and mythology around a community of Chinese immigrants and the ghosts that haunt them in Locke, California, 1928. Lafayette city councilmember John McCormick is the owner of Lamorinda Music and the author of Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built Wine Country, in which he uncovers the forgotten contributions of the Chinese laborers who were once the backbone of Napa Valley, California's most famous wine region.


















