矽谷女作家李嘉音 Lily K Lee 新書

To order the English version of "Fire Scar", please visit Amazon by using this link.

訂購中文紙版「火痕」請 email Lily

email address: lily@golily.com

訂購中文電子書「火痕」請用按此連結：

“情感夜線”：從《火痕》到張純如人文獎 2024年8月7日

主持：雅秋，嘉賓：李嘉音

https://youtu.be/eESez9gSSFs?si=EPPp-8lAvORw27Ut

寫華工血淚史火痕作者李嘉音獲張純如人文獎

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121519/8048933

華府書友會/聖地牙哥作家協會/北卡書友會

「美麗心世界」系列講座(二十二)

「聖荷西華埠的歷史創痛-探究《火痕》的來龍去脈」

OpeningRemark+Intro+Lecture. https://youtu.be/tWSOyjvgQ88

Lecture https://youtu.be/QS58R694i2I

Q &A https://youtu.be/1BJ_yyXOq74

World Journal News https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121278/6405877

Chinese-American Association of Rossmore
樂詩畝華美協會
國語演講
https://youtu.be/dtUkva_hsHU

Santa Ana apologizes for 1906 burning of its Chinatown

5/24/2022

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/24/santa-ana-apologizes-for-1906-burning-of-its-chinatown/amp/

A Letter from President Biden

Asian Pacific Islanders Coalition, South Puget Sound

Multicultural Service Center of South Sound

https://youtu.be/nfWhVulysh4

English speaking seminar

[火痕 (Fire Scar)] 簽書會歡慶華光中文閱覽室40周年 - [世界日報] 3/22/'22

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121368/6182567

優視報導 :華光閲覽室，李嘉音「火痕」新書發表會

https://youtu.be/S4RuPcdhbxs

公益大講堂演講

https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1bu411D7iN?p=1&share_medium=android&share_plat=android&share_session_id=b128a893-6e85-4ee6-a17e-d1c56c1dae49&share_source=WEIXIN&share_tag=s_i&timestamp=1646335170&hW8GCDm

美國中文電台訪問海外華人女作家李嘉音，百合系列以及火痕的來龍去脈
https://youtu.be/tWVRboNo0EE

網羅精彩第24集聖荷西華埠縱火案真相
https://youtu.be/gx3BsbdqXe0

全球華人女作家協會恭賀李嘉音得嘉獎狀

https://www.ocwwa.org/index.php/member-news/other-member-2

公眾號 2/24/22

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qVG0p6RWpG2dESdycs4bWA

Please join us for the talk on 2/22/2020

at 7pm

Also a book signing event on 2/23/2020

from 11am - 1pm in Sunnyvale Public Library

Video Recording:

https://youtu.be/3fUEYcIFucE

敬請參加星期二 2/22 晚上的演講

中文版已經問世

請星期三 2/23中午到Sunnyvale 圖書館來參加先睹為快熱賣會。

美國舊金山通過決議就排華行為向華裔移民正式道歉

央視新聞報導

2022-02-03 06:58

當地時間2月2日，美國舊金山市宣佈通過一項決議，正式為其過去對華人社區的暴行道歉。

舊金山監事會（San Francisco Board of Supervisors）的這一決議承認該市曾經的歧視性政策對華人社區產生了重大影響。該決議代表監事會和市政府就針對華人社區的“系統性和結構性歧視”，以及針對性的暴力行為道歉，決議還承認監事會曾通過許多迫害華裔移民的法律。

在舊金山的約90萬居民中，超過三分之一是亞太裔，其中華裔佔最大比例。舊金山警察局在今年早些時候報告稱，亞太裔報告的仇恨犯罪事件在2021年激增了567%。

在舊金山市採取行動之前，去年5月，加州的安條克市（Antioch）首先為過去的歧視性政策向華人社區道歉。聖何塞市和洛杉磯市也緊隨其後，分別於去年的9月和10月為歷史上針對華裔的歧視行為進行了正式道歉。（央視記者許弢）

CNN Reports
San Francisco becomes fourth city in California to apologize to Chinese community for racist past

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/us/san-francisco-apology-chinese-community/index.html

Letter from the White House

Speech and Book Signing event

12/13/2012 at 7pm in Sunnyvale Library

665 W Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086

In May 1887, San José’s Chinatown was ravaged by a deliberately set ablaze. Over 1400 people lost their homes and businesses in this act of violence against the Chinese community. Local author Lily K. Lee brings this tragedy to light in her novel Fire Scar: The Untold Story of the 1887 Burning of San José’s Chinatown. In her presentation on Monday, December 13, Ms. Lee will talk about her novel and the history and aftermath of the fire. Book signing to follow.

Sunnyvale Public Library book signing event presentation hosted by Mayor Larry Klein

https://youtu.be/Uj4C_XtThqc

Ms. Lee has authored several Chinese-language books, as well as short stories for the World Journal and a food column for Distinctive Taste magazine.

優視報導Fire Scar 在 Sunnyvale 圖書館的演講及簽書會

https://youtu.be/e2uUYn7A_wA

Sunnyvale City Mayor Larry Klein hosted the talk and book signing event in the Sunnyvale Public Library

The Fremont Union High School District Superintendent Tom Avvakumovits and the School Board member Rosa Kim came to the event, to see if the Chinese American History would be able to include in the student's curriculum for ethnic study

The president of the Historic Chinese American Cemetery, Dennis Wan, was presenting the new design idea for the memorial

灣區華人作家李嘉音，於10/24週日下午在南灣Cupertino舉辦簽書會。李嘉音稍早在無意間得知了，聖荷西華埠早年興衰，與華人遭到歧視的歷史，於是在疫情期間創作了這本，以1887年聖荷西華埠被縱火焚毀為背景的英文小說Fire Scar，意思就是「火焰留下的疤痕」。小說推出之後，她也透過Santa Clara 縣議員李洲曉Otto Lee辦公室，設法向主流社會傳達信息，從而促成了9/29，聖荷西市長親自主持的，向華人道歉儀式。在當天的簽書會中，Cupertino市長蒲仲辰表示，李嘉音的作品，讓像他這樣在美國土生土長的華人，能夠與先人建立連結，該市首位華裔市長黃少雄，也回顧了華人在灣區奮鬥的歷史與貢獻，李洲曉則是委派代表，向李嘉音致贈表揚狀，肯定她的作品對於揭露1887年聖荷西華埠歷史的貢獻。而李嘉音也宣布了，後續將要推動的兩項計畫…

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121368/5827296?from=wj_catelistnews

Certificate of Commendation from

Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee

新書發表會新聞

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121368/5827296?from=wj_catelistnews

建造紀念碑新聞

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121368/5836057?from=wj_catelistnews

Cupertino Mayor Darcy Paul presented in the "Fire Scar"

Book Signing Event

On the same day as my first book signing event, LA Apologized

Los Angeles 2021.10.24

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158371512617727&type=3

Los Angeles issues apology, makes memorial pledge on the 150th anniversary of Chinese massacre (yahoo.com)

https://laist.com/news/1871-massacre-apology-memorial-chinese-la-attack-mob

1871年11月。 LA華人有兩大勢力團體。有一派想借助警察力量打擊另一派。本來是個小摩擦，結果引發槍戰，殺死了一個美國白人。因此引發500對人的白人乘機洩憤，掃蕩華人街。警察故意不給力不制止，連殺了18名華人，其中有兒童，有備受人們尊敬的華人醫生。非常殘酷。事件是Mob riot. 也抓了多名領頭作惡的人。但是華人不能作證人，最後不了了之，沒有人為此受到懲罰。這是排華史上殺人最多的三大事件之一。

Fire Scar: The Untold Story of the 1887 Burning of San Jose’s Chinatown

(火疤：1887 年聖荷西「唐人街被燒毀」不為人知的故事)

by Lily Lee

https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Scar-Untold-Burning-Chinatown-ebook/dp/B095JRBLSH

A successful young woman, a motherless ten-year-old girl, a shared trauma separated by over a century. Jessica and Jasmine are united by a nearly identical scar. As Jessica searches for clues about the past, including untold truths about her own family history, she uncovers unspeakable acts of violence that shaped the lives of early Chinese American immigrants, culminating in a brutal act of arson that threatened to destroy their dream of inclusion. With passion, heart, and unflinching candor, Lily K. Lee explores the actual circumstances of the 1887 fire that decimated San Jose’s Chinatown against the backdrop of decades of tragedy, loss, and courageous resilience.

世界OnAir／書寫百年華埠縱火慘案她要讓後代永遠記得

新聞稿鏈接請看：https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121469/5812408

世界日報報導 : 聖荷西曾有中國城華人作家新書揭華埠焚城史

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121369/5494105

18世紀年代的反華潮 vs. 現今的 Anti-Asian Hate

「火疤」作者推廣華人歷史故事 - Lily Lee 李嘉音- 優視誰來作客

https://youtu.be/R2op4mWJrGc

李嘉音火疤的來龍去脈

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11MrrEpo6B3rCG1LdEX9fpK2n7lsQBSOd/view?usp=sharing

The video recording of the talk Lily Lee gave in English is now available on the Santa Clara County Library District's YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/MXRutkPfA10

思理 Sarolina（得獎旅美作家及詩人）

讀完嘉音的Fire Scar分享讀後感

剛剛讀完火疤，讚佩妳的毅力，要克服洞悉事件之後的憤恨難平、無法去除的悲傷。也要敬佩妳以英文寫這本小說的能力，行文流暢；故事的架構，環環相扣，高潮迭起，緊緊抓住讀者的心。人物的塑造，心境的發展，都是上乘之作。如同主角逃離Tacoma大火時，"smoke followed them a long way"，這煙一直跟在身為亞裔的我們的後面，大火的煙，槍彈的硝煙，種族歧視的煙。很高興也很榮幸能在群組與妳相識，見證了妳多樣的才華。

整本小說已經像劇本，就等導演一聲Camera了！

再說聲恭喜！

忘了提，書名取得非常好。這火的疤痕殘酷地烙印在書中人物的脖子上，其實，種族歧視的疤痕也深深地烙印在我們的身心，時時提醒，時時警惕。

在Amazon的讀後感出來了。我的評分是依照我在Goodreads的標準，讀過的書中，只有Gone with the Wind是5顆星。前不久讀了Klara and the Sun，評分是4顆星，作者是生長在英國的日本人，諾貝爾文學獎得主。再次恭喜。」

4-star review - “Fire Scar”

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2UJX3XXEWLCCJ/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv

A skillfully presented story based on the most shocking history of the Chinese immigrants.

A big applaud to the author, Lily K Lee, who brought the untold story of the burning of San Jose's Chinatown to life with the most skillful storytelling.

The smoke that followed the main character Tuck a long way from the Tacoma fire to San Jose seemed to have followed every Chinese immigrant and the Asians since then, the smoke of racial hatred, smoke of violence.

Lee is successful in keeping the readers spellbound with her storytelling skills, the plots gearing toward the climax, and each character's inner development in the time of suppression and hatred. A true page-turner indeed.