LUNAR Book Club Presents: First Look at "The Modest Ao Dai" by Leila Vinnik
Sun, Apr 26
|No Nazar Art
On Sunday, April 26, come to No Nazar Art Cafe to meet the author and learn the stories behind the story. There will be drinks, kosher snacks, books and gilded bookmarks...some spring evening sweetness before the new week begins!
Time & Location
Apr 26, 2026, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
No Nazar Art, 280 E 10th St, New York, NY 10009, USA
About the event
In September of 2023, a bright-eyed, enthusiastic Leila Vinnik was full of story ideas, eagerly sharing them with a van full of new LUNAR friends on the first East Coast community retreat. Now, she has published a debut novel about Orthodox Jewish Asian girlhood that early readers have described as "gorgeous".
On Sunday, April 26, come to No Nazar Art Cafe to meet the author and learn the stories behind the story. There will be drinks, kosher snacks, books and gilded bookmarks...some spring evening sweetness before the new week begins!
This event is open to Asian American Jews. LUNAR defines ‘Asian American Jews’ as folks who identify as both Jewish (whether by heritage, religion or culture) and Asian American - this includes mixed race folks, transracial adoptees, Asian Jews by Choice, and more. We ask that you join the LUNAR Book Club WhatsApp chat so we can stay in touc…