Earll Kingston, a fourth generation Californian, has performed with many Bay Area Theatres including the Berkeley Rep, The Magic Theatre, The Aurora Theatre, and Anima Mundi. While living in Hawaii he acted in various episodes of “Hawaii 5-0” and “Magnum P.I.”. From 1990 to 1997 Kingston performed “Down The Great Unknown” at the Grand Canyon and at various venues around the U.S. Since 1994 he has assisted his wife, the writer Maxine Hong Kingston, in creating writing and meditation communities for the survivors of war and trauma.

Sponsored by the Asian Diasporas Research Cluster with staff support from the Institute for Humanities Research, UCSC; Sponsorship from the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center, Poets & Writers, Inc. with funding from The James Irvine Foundation, co-sponsorship from the Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund, Literature Department, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment, Kresge College Writing Center, and Cowell College Press, UCSC.