BIPOC Reading Series – February

Kyle Yoshioka thinks and writes a lot about belonging. He is the founder and editorial director of Provecho, a publication about the intersection of food and identity, and co-hosts the BIPOC Reading Series at Literary Arts. His writing projects have been supported by the Independent Publishing Resource Center, the McCormack Writing Center Workshop (formerly the Tin House Workshop), and the Andy Warhol Foundation's Precipice Fund. Kyle is working on his debut novel about a multigenerational Japanese American family that explores whether inheritance is destiny.

Shin Lee (she/they) is a Taiwanese American third-culture kid born in the suburbs of New Jersey who finally put roots down in Portland in 2019. She spends her time thinking about food systems, community, and identity while nesting, gardening, and snuggling her pup Goose.