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X-WR-CALDESC:Susan Kiyo Ito breaks a lifetime of secret-keeping and secret 
 living with her new memoir\, I Would Meet You Anywhere. She will talk abou
 t the consequences of having many aspects of her identity and background k
 ept from her\, of not having access to her birth certificate or adoption d
 ocuments\, and how she persisted until she found some of the answers. She 
 will address the secrecy inherent in the institution of adoption\, and the
  impact on generations of adopted people.\nIt has taken over thirty years 
 for Ito to tell some of her own secrets – abortion\, surreptitious meeting
 s and the sometimes outrageous steps she took to uncover her own truth. Sh
 e has finally brought her story into the light\, despite intense pressure 
 to not do so. She will discuss the costs and gifts of truth-telling and tr
 uth-seeking.\nJoin us for an exploration of the role of secrets and lies i
 n the lives of adopted people\, and what we can do to face them with coura
 ge and dignity. \n\nAbout Susan Kiyo Ito \nSusan Kiyo Ito is the author of
  the memoir\, I Would Meet You Anywhere\, forthcoming from the Ohio State 
 University Press in November 2023. She co-edited the literary anthology A 
 Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared 
 in The Writer\, Growing Up Asian American\, Choice\, Hip Mama\, Literary M
 ama\, Catapult\, Hyphen \,The Bellevue Literary Review\, and elsewhere.  H
 er theatrical adaption of Untold\, stories of reproductive stigma\, was pr
 oduced at Brava Theater. She is a member of the Writers’ Grotto in San Fra
 ncisco\, and teaches at the Mills College campus of Northeastern Universit
 y. She was a co-founder of Rooted and Written\, a writing workshop for wri
 ters of color.
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DESCRIPTION:Susan Kiyo Ito breaks a lifetime of secret-keeping and secret l
 iving with her new memoir\, I Would Meet You Anywhere. She will talk about
  the consequences of having many aspects of her identity and background ke
 pt from her\, of not having access to her birth certificate or adoption do
 cuments\, and how she persisted until she found some of the answers. She w
 ill address the secrecy inherent in the institution of adoption\, and the 
 impact on generations of adopted people.\nIt has taken over thirty years f
 or Ito to tell some of her own secrets – abortion\, surreptitious meetings
  and the sometimes outrageous steps she took to uncover her own truth. She
  has finally brought her story into the light\, despite intense pressure t
 o not do so. She will discuss the costs and gifts of truth-telling and tru
 th-seeking.\nJoin us for an exploration of the role of secrets and lies in
  the lives of adopted people\, and what we can do to face them with courag
 e and dignity. \n\nAbout Susan Kiyo Ito \nSusan Kiyo Ito is the author of 
 the memoir\, I Would Meet You Anywhere\, forthcoming from the Ohio State U
 niversity Press in November 2023. She co-edited the literary anthology A G
 host At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared i
 n The Writer\, Growing Up Asian American\, Choice\, Hip Mama\, Literary Ma
 ma\, Catapult\, Hyphen \,The Bellevue Literary Review\, and elsewhere.  He
 r theatrical adaption of Untold\, stories of reproductive stigma\, was pro
 duced at Brava Theater. She is a member of the Writers’ Grotto in San Fran
 cisco\, and teaches at the Mills College campus of Northeastern University
 . She was a co-founder of Rooted and Written\, a writing workshop for writ
 ers of color.
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SUMMARY:Being Secret\, Keeping Secrets\, Telling Secrets with Susan Kiyo It
 o
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