BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hugo House - ECPv6.3.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hugo House X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hugohouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hugo House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160227T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160227T153000 DTSTAMP:20240328T040827 CREATED:20151203T084000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151203T084000Z UID:248093-1456583400-1456587000@hugohouse.org SUMMARY:Radical Empathy: The Role of Compassion in Our Global Economy DESCRIPTION:A co-production with Seattle University’s Search for Meaning Book Festival \nLocation: Seattle University | Room: Sullivan Ct C6 \nDescription of Presentation: We live in a radically new world\, one where we practice Buddhism in California\, import Texan rice to India\, and watch Hollywood movies high in the Andes. Both a traveler to\, and an immigrant from\, Sunil Yapa will read from his novel\, Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist (2016)\, and discuss with novelist Peter Mountford\, a globally-engaged\, post-colonial literature writer. How does such work demand greater empathy? Expect a lively discussion on how American writers and readers can engage with new globalism. \n\nSunil Yapa holds a BA in economic geography from Penn State Universtiy and an MFA from Hunter College. The biracial son of a Sri Lanken father and a mother from Montana\, Yapa has lived around the world\, including Greece\, Guatemala\, Chile\, Argentina\, China\, and India\, as well as London\, Montreal\, and New York City. URL:https://hugohouse.org/event/radical-empathy-the-role-of-compassion-in-our-global-economy/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR