Past Events

Constellation Reading Series Presents: VOICES, A BIPOC Adoptee Reading.

This is an in-person event featuring BIPOC adoptee authors who will share their unique perspectives through prose, poetry, and...

Book talk with the Department of Indigenous Race, and Ethnic Studies at University of Oregon (my alma mater).

This talk will outline some of the complexities of adoptee search and reunion and how adoptees experience time differently from non-adopted individuals when it comes to re-building kinship. 

In this talk, Dr. Myers will discuss his new book, The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States. The book examines narratives surrounding adoption, and challenges the idea...

Susan Ito, author of I Would Meet You Anywhere (2023), and Kit Myers, author of The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States (2025), will do a joint talk about their adoption...

Office of Social Justice Initiatives and Identity at UC Merced, in collaboration with the Division of Equity, Justice, & Inclusive Excellence (EJIE). We are hosting a series of seminars in February...

Please register for this in person event.

In this talk, Dr. Myers will discuss his new book, The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States. The book examines narratives...

Come celebrate the publication of Kit's book, The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States. You can pre-order the book at UC Press and save 30% with coupon code UCPSAVE30. It...

Panel Discussion: Adoption and Family Policies in the United States and China
Sponsored by the Chinese Adoptee Alliance

Dec. 10, 2024, 5:00 - 6:30 pm PST

Kit Myers will be one of five special guests to read at Lee Herrick's book launch and signing for In Praise of Late Wonder: New and Selected Poems (Gunpowder Press, 2024).