Winnipeg launch of Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being (Book*hug) featuring a conversation with host Sharanpal Ruprai. Co-presented by the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg.

This is the debut collection of creative nonfiction essays by Amy Fung.

In it, Fung takes a closer examination at Canada’s mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic. Join Amy and poet/scholar Sharanpal Ruprai for an evening of conversation, followed by a book signing.

Amy Fung is a writer and curator born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and spent her formative years in and around Edmonton on Treaty 6 Territory. Her multifarious curatorial projects have spanned exhibitions, cinematic and live presentations, as well as discursive events across Canada and abroad. Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is her first book.

Sharanpal Ruprai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Sharanpal Ruprai’s début poetry collection, Seva, was a finalist for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry by the Alberta Literary Awards. Pressure Cooker Love Bomb is her second collection of poetry.

• Saturday, May 25, 2019
• 7:30pm
• McNally Robinson, 1120 Grant Ave
• Winnipeg, Manitoba