

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Abigail Savitch-Lew - Livonia Chow Mein
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: A gripping story of family history &amp;political upheaval, centered around a Chinese family-owned restaurant in BrooklynAbout this EventCome help us welcome author Abigail Savitch-Lew to DC !We'll be discussing the novel ,Livonia Chow MeinThis in-person event will be held at Solid State Books on H St. NE. Don't miss out!  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/1e103670-0ff1-11f1-8489-bfa57dd9257e-rimg-w490-h740-dc010104-gmir.jpg “Abigail Savitch-Lew opens up doors to a Brooklyn world that most of us will never see. She reveals the convergence of cultures that is the real New York to life with flair and grace that make this an utterly enjoyable read.” —James McBride, New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven &amp; Earth Grocery StoreIn the vein of Happiness Falls and Family Lore, a gripping story of family history and political upheaval centered around a Chinese family-owned restaurant in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and its impact on the neighborhood’s Jewish and Black residents over the course of a century.In 1978, two tenements on Livonia Avenue in Brownsville burn to the ground, killing one resident and displacing dozens of others. It remains unclear who set the buildings ablaze, but the survivors are convinced the culprit is Mr. Wong.Who exactly is Mr. Wong, and what allegedly drove him to this extraordinary act of violence, is the question that consumes this novel as it plunges into four generations of Wong family history. First is Koon Lai, an immigrant who runs a Chinese restaurant on Livonia Avenue; second, his son Richard, a man desperate for his own chance at the American Dream; and third, Jason, a poet who seeks his escape in the bohemian counterculture of the 1970s, but finds himself an unwitting participant in Brooklyn’s gentrification. In the 21st century, Jason’s daughter Sadie returns to Brownsville as a journalist, determined to unravel the mystery of what happened decades earlier on the night the buildings blazed.Joining together the present and the past is the community organizer Lina Rodriguez Armstrong, who was also displaced by that fire and who has spent the intervening years fighting for the rights of Brownsville’s residents and organizing a Livonia Avenue community land trust.A stunning debut from a new talent, Livonia Chow Mein contemplates how the American pursuit of freedom relies on a collective amnesia and challenges us to consider what it would take for us to truly live in harmony.Abigail Savitch-Lew is a writer of fiction and nonfiction and an American of Jewish and Chinese (Ashkenazi and Toisanese) descent. She has a BA in literary arts from Brown University and an MFA in fiction from Rutgers University-Newark. She is the author of the novel Livonia Chow Mein, and her short stories have been published in The Round, Post Road, The Best Teen Writing of 2010, and The Apprentice Writer. Previously, she was a staff reporter for City Limits, an Asian American Writers’ Workshop Margins Fellow, and an adjunct professor of creative writing at Rutgers. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the artist Emmanuel Knight, her sister-in-law, and their cat.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/1e51ac40-0ff1-11f1-b205-49d23285143a-rimg-w493-h740-dc191812-gmir.jpg
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/abigail-savitch-lew-livonia-chow-mein/100001983653298414
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6.6, max: 34.44, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Solid State Books
- **lat**: 38.9005105
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- **full address**: Solid State Books, 600F H Street Northeast, Washington, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Solid State Books, 600F H Street Northeast, Washington, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 6.6 up to 34.44 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Solid State Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Abigail Savitch-Lew - Livonia Chow Mein ?
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