This program featured standup comedian, podcast host, and writer Youngmi Mayer and celebrated the raw wit and fearless honesty of her newly released memoir I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying, an exploration of whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, interwoven with her experiences growing up biracial Korean American in Korea and Saipan. The event included a captivating reading by Mayer and a conversation with journalist SuChin Pak, in which they discussed Mayer’s tumultuous childhood, her role as a parent to her parents, and how humor became her lifeline through the darkest times. A few lively rounds of “name that trauma” played in the style of charades (a darkly humorous game devised by Mayer for this program), a Q&A session, and book signing with the audience concluded the unforgettable event.