Libreria Pino, Telegraph Hill Books and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco present an evening of poetry with David Lei in conversation with Giusi Tamburello, Translator and Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of Palermo.
Readings by Wenxia Lynn Lewis, Yuqi Xiang, and Rebekah Gregory
This event will take place at Libreria Pino, 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco.
ABOUT
GIUSI TAMBURELLO is an associate professor at the University of Palermo where, following her previous experience at the University of Lecce, she contributed to founding the Chinese studies section. Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, in her research she focuses attention on modern and contemporary Chinese literature and in particular on the development of short stories and poetry.
Prof. Tamburello is currently a visiting research scholar at the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is conducting research on Chinese scholars who traveled to the United States in the early 20th century.
DAVID LEI worked as social worker in San Francisco’s Chinatown with at-risk youths before starting his business in 1981 specializing in exporting consumer products to Mexico. He sold his business in 2003 and retired at the end of 2005. David has a passion for building communities, social changes/improvements, youth education and the arts so he actively participates with following nonprofit organizations: The Chinese Performing Arts Foundation, Asian Art Museum, The Chinese American Community Fund, Chung Ngai Dance Troupe, Academy of Chinese Performing Arts, World Arts West – San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, the Bancroft Library and Center for Asian American Media. David has been married since 1974 with one grown daughter. He attended public schools in San Francisco and graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in Business Administration.