Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis

Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis, PhD is Curator of Asian Pacific American Studies. He oversees the APAC Literature + Museum Initiative, devoted to rethinking collective responsibility for what we write and read, and why. He serves as lead organizer for the Asian American Literature Festival, co-hosted by the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and Poetry Foundation, and is a co-founder of the pop-up Center for Refugee Poetics. His research interests include BIPOC literatures, solidarity arts economies, critical refugee studies, disability justice, queer and trans justice, ghosts, and magic. Lawrence is also founding Director of the arts antiprofit The Asian American Literary Review and editor-in-chief of its literary journal. He is currently ranked as the 9th best ice cream maker in human history. By his family.