Dinner with Randall Park Is a Prize in an Auction to Benefit N.Y.C.’s Yu & Me Books After a Devastating Fire

Dinner with Randall Park is the top prize in an auction to benefit N.Y.C. bookstore Yu & Me Books.Photo:Phillip Faraone/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty, AP Photo/Julia Weeks

Phillip Faraone/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty, AP Photo/Julia Weeks

Yu opened the bookstore, which featured diverse books with a focus on immigrant stories, per its website, in 2021. Yu, a former chemical engineer and supply chain manager, as well as the child of a Chinese immigrant, wanted to create the first Asian-American woman-owned bookstore in Manhattan, as stated inthe store’s initial GoFundMe page. Yu & Me was viewed asa safe spacewithin the community, particularly during the rise of anti-Asian hate in the city.

Yu & Me Books owner Lucy Yu at the store’s temporary location on the Lower East Side.Yu and Me Books/ Instagram

Yu and Me Books/ Instagram

Yu & Me is currently continuing their fundraising goals with a new auction, in partnership with author Hua Hsu, who organized the event around the paperback release of his bookStay True. The auction, which is open now and closes Thursday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m ET, is running online through 32auctions.com. Anyone can enter a bid, but you must create an account to do so.

source: people.com