This event is in the past.It took place on February 17, 2026 at The University of Michigan Ballroom.


Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
๐Li's debut was long-listed for the Women's Prize
๐Co-hosted with UMich LSA Honors Program
๐Her first novel was "Number One Chinese Restaurant"
When a documentary turns four friends into viral caricatures, the fallout is messy, funny, and painfully real. Lillian Li celebrates her new novel "Bad Asians," a sharp look at Chinese American millennials navigating post-Recession life, family expectations, and internet fame.
Author reading
Literary fiction
Campus venue
New novel release


Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
๐Li's debut was long-listed for the Women's Prize
๐Co-hosted with UMich LSA Honors Program
๐Her first novel was "Number One Chinese Restaurant"
When a documentary turns four friends into viral caricatures, the fallout is messy, funny, and painfully real. Lillian Li celebrates her new novel "Bad Asians," a sharp look at Chinese American millennials navigating post-Recession life, family expectations, and internet fame.
Author reading
Literary fiction
Campus venue
New novel release