Asian American Women Artists' Exhibition at SOMArts - Rafu Shimpo

just found this from 2013 re my first poetry reading in San Francisco as part of AAWAA underCurrents and the Quest for Space Art Exhibition 

Asian American Women Artists' Exhibition at SOMArts - Rafu Shimpo

and here are some more articles, maybe 

Lifting up all voices in metro Detroit, including Michigan’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, for the 2018 midterm election | Detroit Journalism Cooperative

Just found my 2018 article re 2018 elections in Detroit Journalism Cooperative

Lifting up all voices in metro Detroit, including Michigan’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, for the 2018 midterm election | Detroit Journalism Cooperative

Sowing Agency — AAWAA | Asian American Women Artists Association 2021 Art Exhibition

So excited to have my prose poem and art installation, "Sowing Aunties," accepted for the Asian American Women Artists Association and Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center Sowing Agency Seeding the Future for Environmental Justice art exhibition in San Francisco, May 2021. Hope I will be able to fly out there for the opening by then!

Sowing Agency — AAWAA | Asian American Women Artists Association | SF

NYWW Writing to Save the World writing class

Friends! I'm offering a fun 6 week online generative writing class with social justice themes through New York Writers Workshop this January just in time for the inauguration called "Writing to Save the World." Great holiday gift for an elder you're trying to get to write her memoir or a young person starting to find her voice or a fun bonding activity for you and a friend who live in different time zones. Discounted Early bird registration until Jan 3 https://bpt.me/4846105 

Writing to Save the World: How do we use our writing to create real world change? How do we find our voices and get our message out? How do we use writing to touch, inspire, persuade, and provoke readers to action? Learn simple but powerful methods to get the ideas out of our heads and onto the page. We will consider different forms including Op-Ed, persuasive essay, spoken word, social media, art. Part writing, part activism, a lot of heart, this class aspires to use the written word to create the change you want to see in the world. Bring a notebook and a pen.

Online (ZoomLive/synchronous sessions): Six Sundays, Jan 17, 24, 31, Feb 7, 14, 21, 2021 3-5pm EST (12N PST, 2 PM CST)

Instructor
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, and poet focused on issues of race, culture, justice, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBC News Asian America, PRI Global Nation, Detroit Journalism Cooperative, Womens Media Center, Angry Asian Man, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, Drunken Boat, and several anthologies, journals, and art exhibitions. She has written three chapbooks. She teaches Asian/Pacific Islander American media and civil rights at University of Michigan, and creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. She co-created a multimedia artwork on the H-1B visa for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Indian American Heritage Project online and travelling art exhibition. She is a 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit artist, Marguerite Casey Foundation Equal Voice Journalism Fellow on Poverty, and Keith Center for Civil Rights Detroit Equity Action Lab Race and Justice Reporting Fellow on Arts and Culture. franceskaihwawang.com @fkwang

NYWW Writing to Save the World

Creative Writing Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

WCC's winter term courses are up, lots of course offerings starting Feb. All online so anyone anywhere can join! Bring your friends and family in other time zones! (Emeritus Scholarship only for Washtenaw County residents)

Creative Writing Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

but if you can't wait that long, I have a fun short course with New York Writers Workshop, starting Jan 17, just in time for the inauguration! Discounted early bird registration until Jan 3

NYWW Writing to Save the World with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
New York Writers Workshop
Online, 6 Sundays, Jan 17-Feb 21, 2021, 3-5pm EST, Zoom
Registration: https://bpt.me/4846105

Purchase Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing

Copies of Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing are selling fast! Get your paperback or e-book copy today from the APWT website. 'The book they've made is fresh and new and thrilling.' Pulitzer Prize winner Vijay Seshadri #APWT2020

https://www.apwriters.org/store/

Reading for Meridian APWT Drunken Boat anthology launch very early today

I'll be reading 'Talkin to Whypipo' from Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing launching Saturday December 5th Australia 10pm (AEST) China 8pm (CST) New York 7am (NYEST) Click this link to join us and hear Frances read her poem live https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/81587544915 #APWT2020

Order book today! https://www.apwriters.org/store/Books-c64899056

Talkin' to Whypipo in Meridian from APWT and Drunken Boat

Excited for this first glimpse of my prose poem, "Talkin' to Whypipo," in Meridian--The APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing, edited by Sally Breen, Ravi Shankar, and Tim Tomlinson. Launching this Sat Dec 5, 2020, at 7:00 am EST. Come hear me read! This will be fun!

'He is so white that as he tries to dip a toe into my world and name drop prominent Asian Americans, all he hits are ones I have gotten into big public fights with.
And I know, I know #notallwhitepeople. And I know, I know, some of my best friends are white.
But still.
He is so white.
And somehow in spite of myself, he makes me smile.'
Extract from 'Talkin to Whypipo' from Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing launching tomorrow Saturday December 5th Australia 10pm (AEST) China 8pm (CST) New York 7am (NYEST) Click this link to join us and hear Frances read her poem live https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/81587544915 #APWT2020

(3) Asia Pacific Writers & Translators - Posts | Facebook

Asian Americans and the food justice movement in Metro Detroit | The Arab American News

Just found this article from The Arab American News 2018 but with many more photographs!

Asian Americans and the food justice movement in Metro Detroit—adding complexity, making connections

Chinese Food and Ethical Wills classes at WCC

Teaching Chinese Food: Customs and Culture at Washtenaw Community College starting tonight Dec 2, and Ethical Wills starting Sat Dec 5, 2020

Come join us! https://www.wccnet.edu/learn/our-offerings/personal-enrichment.php

NYWW Writing to Save the World

Write with me and New York Writers Workshop Writing to Save the World (Just in time for the inauguration) 6 Sundays Jan 17-Feb 21, 3-5pm EST, ONLINE. 

Discounted early bird registration until Jan 3
https://bpt.me/4846105

NYWW Writing to Save the World with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
New York Writers Workshop
Online, 6 Sundays, Jan 17-Feb 21, 2021, 3-5pm EST, Zoom
Registration: https://bpt.me/4846105

How do we use our writing to create real world change? How do we find our voices and get our message out? How do we use writing to touch, inspire, persuade, and provoke readers to action? Learn simple but powerful methods to get the ideas out of our heads and onto the page. We will consider different forms including Op-Ed, persuasive essay, spoken word, social media, art. Part writing, part activism, a lot of heart, this class aspires to use the written word to create the change you want to see in the world. Bring a notebook and a pen.
Online (ZoomLive/synchronous sessions): Six Sundays, Jan 17, 24, 31, Feb 7, 14, 21, 2021 3-5pm EST (12N PST, 2 PM CST)

Instructor
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, and poet focused on issues of race, culture, justice, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBC News Asian America, PRI Global Nation, Detroit Journalism Cooperative, Womens Media Center, Angry Asian Man, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, Drunken Boat, and several anthologies, journals, and art exhibitions. She has written three chapbooks. She teaches Asian/Pacific Islander American media and civil rights at University of Michigan, and creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. She co-created a multimedia artwork on the H-1B visa for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Indian American Heritage Project online and travelling art exhibition. She is a 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit artist, Marguerite Casey Foundation Equal Voice Journalism Fellow on Poverty, and Keith Center for Civil Rights Detroit Equity Action Lab Race and Justice Reporting Fellow on Arts and Culture. franceskaihwawang.com @fkwang

NYWW Writing to Save the World

Reading: Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing Launch

I'll be reading

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020 AT 7 AM EST – 8:30 AM EST
Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing Launch

Hosted by Asia Pacific Writers & Translators and Drunken Boat

Join us online to celebrate the launch of Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing - our first book length publication edited by Sally Breen, Ravi Shankar and Tim Tomlinson - featuring 37 voices from 17 countries. The launch event hosted by APWT Chair Ravi Shankar will showcase readings from feature authors Jane Frank, Sahib Nazari, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Indyana Horobin, Joshua Zelesnick and George Szirtes. 'What the Meridian anthology aspires to is nothing less than making an area of the globe a unity by establishing it another republic of letters ... the book they've made is new and fresh and thrilling, suffused with the sense of a beginning but also with the sense of the perennial and the permanent,' Pulitzer Prize winner Vijay Seshadri. The link to the live event will be posted one week out. Meridian will be available for sale from the launch date on the APWT website, Amazon and SPD. 

Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing Launch | Facebook

Thanks 2020 CultureSource for Artist Relief Grant

Thanks CultureSource and Upper Midwest Emergency Relief Fund Coalition for a 2020 Artist Relief Grant.

Speaking at Wayne State Law School tonight

 Speaking at Wayne State Law School via Zoom about Hawaiian history and sovereignty tonight!

Two tentative courses coming through New York Writers Workshop

I have two upcoming classes tentatively confirmed through New York Writers Workshop. These will be taught on Zoom so anyone anywhere can attend! Hope the time zones work for you. Details soon.

Writing to Save the World (Just in time for inauguration day!)

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

How do we use our writing to create real world change? How do we find our voices and get our message out? How do we use writing to touch, inspire, persuade, and provoke readers to action? Learn simple but powerful methods to get the ideas out of our heads and onto the page. We will consider different forms including Op-Ed, persuasive essay, spoken word, social media, art. Part writing, part activism, a lot of heart, this class aspires to use the written word to create the change you want to see in the world. Bring a notebook and a pen.

Online 6 weeks, Sundays, Jan 17, 24, 31, Feb 7, 14, 21, 2021 3-5pm EST TENTATIVE

(Makeup date in case of emergency Feb 28)



Jumpstart your Memoir 
(Great gift for your elders to make them write down the life stories you’ve been begging them for!)

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Everyone has interesting stories to tell, but not everyone knows where to begin. Whether you want to write a memoir for your loved ones or you want to make sense of your life, why not start here, one word, one story at time? Learn simple but powerful methods to get the ideas out of your head and onto the page. Short writing and reading exercises, overcoming barriers to writing, taking chances with emotion, different memoir forms, remembering the past, making sense of the present. If you can talk story, you can write your story! Bring a notebook and pen.

Online 6 weeks, Sundays, March 7-Apr 18 (no Easter 4/4), 2021, 3-5pm EST TENTATIVE MAY CHANGE

Thanks Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation via CultureSource for Individual Artist grant

Thank you to Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation via CultureSource for an Individual Artist Grant for Racial Equity to support creation of an anthology, digital arts archive, book, and literary arts performance for 40th anniversary of the Vincent Chin slaying

Two new WCC writing classes starting this weekend

Starting two three-week writing classes at Washtenaw Community College this weekend

"Writing From the Heart" 3 Saturdays Nov 7-12 9:30am-12:30pm EST and

"Telling the Stories of Your Life Finding Your Voice" 3 Mondays Nov 9-23 6:00-8:30pm EST

Register today here

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassListing.ClassListingDisplay&int_category_id=3&int_sub_category_id=49&int_catalog_id=1

Postcards from the pandemic | University of Michigan Library

So much fun to be a part of this pandemic art project this summer with Ann Arbor District Library and Univ of Michigan Library and to share it with my writing students! More coming next semester

"Sometimes we gently tease our immigrant and refugee elders, “Do you really need these three thousand plastic take-out containers and green onion rubber bands?” But with national shortages of toilet paper, flour, masks, gloves, elastic, canning lids, and even coins, who is laughing now?"

https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/news/postcards-pandemic

Chinese Americans in Michigan under Trump administration and COVID-19 – Mi Asian

Just found this article in MIAsian from Nov 3, 2020. It's also supposed to be in New Michigan Media and Detroit Journalism Cooperative, but I haven't found those yet.  

Chinese Americans in Michigan under Trump administration and COVID-19 – Mi Asian

Art Exhibition: Poem "Learning to Drive Defensively" at UM 2020 DEI Summit Creative Gallery

An early version of my prose poem, "Learning to Drive Defensively," exhibited at the University of Michigan Diversity Equity and Inclusion 2020 DEI Summit Creative Gallery 

https://deisummit.umich.edu/creative-gallery/frances-kai-hwa-wang/

New York Writers Workshop Board

Thanks very much to New York Writers Workshop for inviting me to join their board. Can't wait for all the fun we're going to have!

WCC Continuing Writers Workshop Fall 2020

Washtenaw Community College Continuing Writers Workshop Finding the Writer Within begins 

Oct 4-Dec 13, 10 weeks, Sundays 12-2 EDT 

Come write with us!

WCCnet.edu

2017-STATE-HISTORY-AWARDS-PRESENTED-IN-HOLLAND-MICHIGAN.pdf

from 2017

2017-STATE-HISTORY-AWARDS-PRESENTED-IN-HOLLAND-MICHIGAN.pdf

College Application Essay Writing Workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang - Chelsea District Library

College Application Essay Writing Workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

September 26, 2020, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Chelsea District Library at Zoom

Free

Join presenter and multi-award-winning writer Frances Kai-Hwa Wang for a workshop on how to craft the best entrance essays for admission to college. She’ll explain the finer details of drafting and editing, and give tips and tricks for the best outcomes.

Registration link http://chelsea.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15691&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/09/18



College Essay Writing Workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang - Chelsea District Library

Speaking this Sunday | Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor

I'll be speaking on "Chinese Food: Customs and Culture" at Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor (on Zoom) this Sunday, September 20, 2020, 3-4 p.m. EDT if you want to come along

Registration link  https://bit.ly/2RpZkoH

Program Schedule | Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor

Back to School WCC Fall 2020

Happy Back to School! I'm scheduled to teach these classes at WCC this fall, starting in October. All courses will be online, so everyone is welcome, wherever you live. Emeritus scholarships for Washtenaw County residents 65 and over. 

Searching for General Tso

Asian Pacific American History

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture

Telling the Stories of Your Life

Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family

Writing from the Heart

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within

Chinese Language and Culture

For dates, details, and registration

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Video: Poetry reading at Poets and Pints in Minneapolis

 Here is the video of my poetry reading at Poets and Pints in Minneapolis August 19, 2020

https://youtu.be/B6IA7bcZwh4

Video: SPJ panel discussion on Improving Coverage of Communities of Color

Here is the video of the Society of Professional Journalists panel discussion I was on, "Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students #2: Improving Coverage of Communities of Color," on August 5, 2020. Thanks Rod Hicks for organizing!

https://youtu.be/C0H2nrz8EC8

My August WCC creative writing courses online

Two of my August WCC noncredit creative writing courses are running online

Finding the Writer Within (Five Sundays, Aug 2-30) and Writing your family stories Finding your Voice (Two Saturdays Aug 22 and 29)

Next WCC writing courses begin in October. Check out

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Standing Above the Clouds | PBS Short Film Festival

Check out this film: Standing Above the Clouds follows Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists as they stand to protect their sacred mountain Mauna Kea from the building of the world’s largest telescope.
Standing Above the Clouds | PBS Short Film Festival

Poetry Reading: August 2020 - Poets & Pints

Excited to be invited to share some poetry at Poets and Pints by Cracked Walnut. Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 7 PM – 10 PM CDT (8pm EDT, 5pm PDT, 2pm HST). And there is an open mic too!

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81862003356?pwd=SzU5blluKzVkQ3dMZFpHOThjZzNCZz09
Host: Tony Plocido
Featuring:
Leah Fleming Megan Rose Gosney Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Roy Guzmán Glenn North (from KC, MO)
OPEN MIC SIGN-UP HERE (1 Poem - 2 minutes or less):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Y_miT_TZHIV5UpUQTyw0WjYgTYO2Umy0dNVewMma3g/edit#gid=0

Facebook Events Page: (3) August 2020 - Poets & Pints

Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students - Society of Professional Journalists

Excited to be a part of this workshop series for college journalism students from Society of Professional Journalists. Thanks to Rod Hicks for inviting me. I'll be on the 8/4 panel

August 4, 2-3 p.m. ET • Register 

Improving coverage of communities of color

The Kerner Report in 1968 found news organizations had failed to meet the “legitimate” journalistic expectations of black citizens that their communities be fairly and thoroughly covered. Coverage still fails to depict a realistic picture of how people of color live their lives, with much of it focused on crime and an array of social and economic ills that afflict their communities. For decades, journalists of color have raised these issues and suggested ways to address them. Some newsroom managers finally appear to be listening.
Guests:
– Katrice Hardy, Executive Editor, Indianapolis Star– Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, journalist, essayist and speaker– Venise Wagner, Journalism Professor, San Francisco State University– Bryan Llenas, National Correspondent, Fox News Channel

More info and Register here

Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students - Society of Professional Journalists

How to Become a Thought Leader - Business News Daily

How to Become a Thought Leader - Business News Daily

WCC no in-person classes Fall 2020

Washtenaw Community College has just announced no in-person classes this fall, so some of my lifelong learning classes will try to go online (if there is enough enrollment) and others will be cancelled. My cooking classes are all cancelled. My Adult Learner's Institute culture classes are also cancelled.

Town Hall: In Solidarity with Justice Movements - Asian American Arts Alliance

Excited to be invited to be a part of this Asian American Arts Alliance Town Hall meeting on Asian American arts in activism...for a quick one minute pitch of my Knights Art Challenge Detroit Vincent Chin Digital Arts Archive on July 21, 2020, 6:30-8:15 pm EDT.

Town Hall: In Solidarity with Justice Movements - Asian American Arts Alliance

Muralist Katie Yamasaki Explores Issues of Race and Justice in Her Work

My article on the great Katie Yamasaki in the June issue of Hour Detroit! Look out for the (paper) magazine, too!

Muralist Katie Yamasaki Explores Issues of Race and Justice in Her Work

Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

Remembering 38 year anniversary of Vincent Chin's death today.

Here is a Vincent Chin syllabus of sorts I wrote a few years ago, pls share widely w your people. My article at NBC Asian America:Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

More Voices: Who Is Vincent Chin? | NBC Asian America - YouTube

Today: Speaking at NAAAP Detroit on "Racism is a Virus Too -- Talking our kids through 2020"

Today: Will be speaking at NAAAP Detroit on "Racism is a Virus Too -- Talking our kids through 2020" Tues., June 23, 6:00-7:30 pm EDT/ 3:00 PDT/ 12:00 HST on Zoom. Event is free but you must preregister. Here is the Registration link: https://bit.ly/30HnSQ1

Angry Asian American Parenting Guide and more resources

Very excited to be invited by NAAAP Detroit to speak on "Racism is a Virus Too -- Talking our kids through 2020" next Tues., June 23, 6:00-7:30 pm EDT/ 3:00 PDT/ 12:00 HST on Zoom. Event is free but you must preregister. Here is the Registration link: https://bit.ly/30HnSQ1

And until then, here are some resources I have written (Apologies, some of these are very old, but I put newer ones at the top.)

Angry Asian American Parenting Guide

How to Raise Strong and Confident Asian Pacific American Daughters | InCultureParent

Preparing Little Brother for a Mass Shooting – Reappropriate

Essay: With Great Privilege Comes Great Responsibility

Lessons I do not want to teach my children–about Dharun Ravi, Trayvon Martin, Shaima Alawadi | InCultureParent

Chicago is the World » Justice for Trayvon, Justice for all our children

Preparing our Children for Racism — Part 1 | InCultureParent

Preparing our Children for Racism, Part 2 | InCultureParent

Why Diversity in Children's Books Matters | InCultureParent


Archives for more:

Essays Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: Essays

InCultureParent frances-kai-hwa-wang Archives | InCultureParent

Upcoming Summer classes 2020 at WCC

My June and July classes at WCC, UHH, and VAC have all been cancelled due to Covid19, but here are my remaining summer classes at WCC. I believe these will be online, or they may be cancelled, ,check with WCC when the time gets closer to be sure.  
https://www.wccnet.edu/learn/our-offerings/personal-enrichment.php

Finding the Writer Within (New! Not in the paper catalogue)
Washtenaw Community College
Online 5 Sundays August 2-30, 12-2pm

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
Online 2 Saturdays, August 22-29, 2020, 9:30-12:30pm, two morning sessions, TBA
Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your College Application Essay
Online 2 Saturdays, August 22-29, 2020, 1-4pm, two afternoon sessions, TBA
Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Home Cooking: TBA ??
Thursday, August 20, 2020, 6-9pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Home Cooking: TBA ??
Thursday, August 27, 2020, 6-9pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Anti Racist Guide: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, TED Talks, Movies and Books to Read

great resources here

Anti Racist Guide: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, TED Talks, Movies and Books to Read

Video recording of yesterday's reading with NYWW APWT

recording of yesterday's reading w New York Writers Workshop and Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT) thanks friends for coming out
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=712625769490577

Tonight! Isolation Break Poetry Reading w NYWW and APWT Sunday June 7

Tonight! Poetry reading! Sunday, June 7th at 9pm EDT/ 6pm PDT/ 3pm HST online

New York Writers Workshop and Asian Pacific Writers and Translators' episode two of Isolation Break. Curated by poet Ravi Shankar, I'll be joining four other amazing Australian, Mexican and American writers -- Patrick Allington, Rakesh Kaul, Sreedhevi Iyer and Fernando Carrera -- for poetry and conversation.

Here's the link for you to join us live: https://www.facebook.com/27286464729/videos/712625769490577/

Summer writing classes in Hawaii postponed

So sad to announce that my Volcano Art Center creative writing class, "Writing from the Heart," has been rescheduled from this July to next year, July 10, 2021. See you in a year...

Calendar of Events | Volcano Art Center

All my summer creative writing classes at University of Hawaii Hilo have also been postponed until next year as all noncredit spring and summer classes have been cancelled

Center for Community Engagement (CCE) Non-Credit Classes

The poetry and literary reading scheduled for Mokupapapa Discovery Center in Hilo July 16 has also been postponed until...?

https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/education/center.html

Stay safe and hope to see everyone again soon!

Isolation Break Poetry Reading w NYWW and APWT Sunday June 7

Poetry reading this Sunday night! Curated by poet Ravi Shankar, I'll be joining four other amazing Australian, Mexican and American writers -- with Patrick Allington, Rakesh Kaul, Sreedhevi Iyer and Fernando Carrera -- for New York Writers Workshop and Asian Pacific Writers and Translators' episode two of Isolation Break, Sunday, June 7th at 9 PM EDT/ 6pm PDT/ 3pm HST.

Here's the link for you to join us: https://www.facebook.com/27286464729/videos/712625769490577/ 

Meridian APWT and Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing

Excited to have my poem, "Talkin' to Whypipo," selected to be a part of Meridian, the Asia Pacific Writers and Translators and Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing feature authors announced! With 37 writers from over 14 countries Meridian is a dynamic and cutting edge collection of established and emerging voices from around the world. Edited by Ravi Shankar, Sally Breen and Tim Tomlinson Meridian will be launched in a series of physical and virtual events in November 2020. More soon.

New York Writers Workshop and Asia Pacific Writers & Translators Isolation Break poetry reading June 7

So excited to be invited to be a part of this New York Writers Workshop and Asia Pacific Writers and Translators (APWT) Isolation Break poetry reading next week, Sunday June 7, 9pm EST, w these great poets, hosted by Ravi Shankar (links et al coming soon)

speaking today at UMich Rackham Program in Public Scholarship Institute for Social Change

Speaking to grad students today at University of Michigan Rackham Program in Public Scholarship Institute for Social Change on writing and social change "Writing to Change the World, Writing Beyond the Academy." Can't wait!

Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV

A recording of our DPTV panel re Detroit and Vincent Chin and the PBS documentary "Asian Americans"

I have a new poem re Vincent Chin case and Covid-19 written for the occasion at the 5:40 mark

Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV

Direct Youtube link The Detroit Story Panel Discussion | Asian Americans - YouTube

Today! Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV

Today! Friday May 8, 12:00pm EDT/ 9amPDT/ 6amHST

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Excited to be a part of Detroit Public Television and APIAVote Michigan's event to celebrate the upcoming PBS Special on Asian Americans Detroit Style! Friday May 8, 12:00pm EDT/ 9amPDT/ 6amHST. There will be a panel of Asian American activists from the metro-Detroit area talking about the Vincent Chin case. American Citizens for Justice will be there, I'll be reading a poem, and IS/LAND might be performing too.

Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV

and here is the facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/231411694704390/

And here is the registration link: RSVP for this free event here: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/l3063

Speaking at Toyota TAASia Today

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Excited to be speaking at Toyota TAASia today as part of their e-Lunch and Learn series on The History of Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks in the Time of COVID-19.

Today is also election day in Michigan -- Don't forget to vote!

Essay: Beyond Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, There Are Still More Stories to Tell

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Some old articles to read

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — a FAQ - NBC News

12 nonfiction books to read for Asian Pacific Heritage Month - NBC News

Books Featuring Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders for Kids and Teens - NBC News

'Groundbreaking' Asian-American Poets to Read w Immigrant, Refugee Roots - NBC News

Emerging Writers to Read and Watch in the Pacific Islander Poetry Community - NBC News

Essay: Beyond Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, There Are Still More Stories to Tell - NBC News

Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing | NBC News

Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

A Vincent Chin Syllabus of sorts--a collection of films and articles to learn more, at NBC Asian America, that I wrote a few years ago:

Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Excited to be a part of Detroit Public Television's event to celebrate the upcoming PBS Special on Asian Americans Detroit Style! Next week on Friday May 8, 12:00pm EDT/ 9amPDT/ 6amHST. There will be a panel of Asian American activists from the metro-Detroit area talking about the Vincent Chin case and I'll be reading a poem (that I am still writing, omg)

Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV

and here is the facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/231411694704390/

And here is the registration link: RSVP for this free event here: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/l3063



Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV

2020 AAPI Heritage Month Digital Event Calendar

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Here is a big calendar of virtual events compiled by Angry Asian Man

2020 AAPI Heritage Month Digital Event Calendar

Highlights include
Center for Asian American Media's (CAAMedia) Digital Town Hall 4/30 8pmEDT/5pmPDT
Digital Town Hall - Asian Americans in the Time of Covid-19

Laomagination 45 poetry open mic 5/1 7pmCDT/8pmEDT/4pmPDT w BTW
Our inaugural Laomagination:45 zOpen Mic will be... - Bryan Thao Worra

and a virtual dinner party 5/1 11pmEDT/8pmPDT w Angry Asian Man and friends
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-meal-a-virtual-dinner-party-tickets-103276242020?fbclid=IwAR0Cczy9B6duImA6v3iSj077YqLnyx2eGzI_WW6TXUvJyGAH68OUom1t3VI

And I will be speaking next week at Detroit Public Television's Asian Americans: The Detroit Story – Detroit Public TV Friday May 8, 12:00pm EDT/ 9amPDT/ 6amHSTand here is the facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/231411694704390/

Recording of my Talk at Harvard-Radcliffe

Thanks to Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association for this recording of my and Wen-Hao Tien's talk re Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks in a time of Covid-19 on April 27, 2020.

Creative_Clapbacks_April_2020.mp4 - Google Drive

Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks in the Time of COVID-19 Today at Harvard

Speaking at Harvard today! Monday night, April 27, 6pm EDT/ 3pm PDT/ 12pm HST, w artist Wen-Hao Tien on Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks in the Time of COVID-19. Big thanks to co-sponsors: Harvard University Asia Center, Task Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies at Harvard College, Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association. Thanks to all my cool artist friends who join us today.

https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/events/virtual-event-asian-american-resistance-and-creative-clapbacks-in-the-time-of-covid-19-991

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/258376922020035/

Free Creative Writing Webinar today at WCC at 1pm

Today at WCC!

I will be teaching a free 1-hour creative writing class this Sunday, April 26, 1-2 EDT, "Finding your Voice," through Washtenaw Community College on GoToMeeting. You have to register here to get the link, and scroll down to April 26, but I hope a few friends can join in this new experiment. If it works, we'll try again in May. Register here https://www.wccnet.edu/learn/our-offerings/webinars-campaign.php

Also sign up for more creative writing classes at WCC as we will try to move them online, esp note
Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within, starting May 3 on Sundays 12-2, 5 weeks
Creative Writing Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Speaking at Harvard on Monday (tell my mom!)

I’m speaking at Harvard on Monday night, April 27, 6pm edt, w artist Wen-hao Tien on Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks in the Time of COVID-19. Co-sponsors: Harvard University Asia Center, Task Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies at Harvard College, Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association. hope y’all can join us (and tell your moms to tell our moms lol) there will likely be shout-outs to our cool artist friends

https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/events/virtual-event-asian-american-resistance-and-creative-clapbacks-in-the-time-of-covid-19-991

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/258376922020035/

Free Webinar this Sunday "Finding your voice" (Creative Writing) at WCC

Friends! I will be teaching a free 1-hour creative writing class this Sunday, April 26, 1-2 EDT, "Finding your Voice," through Washtenaw Community College on GoToMeeting. You have to register here to get the link, and scroll down to April 26, but I hope a few friends can join in this new experiment https://www.wccnet.edu/…/our-offerings/webinars-campaign.php

Free webinars from WCC

I'm teaching a free creative writing webinar at WCC this Sunday, April 26, 2020. Register now!


Finding Your Voice (Creative Writing)
Frances Wang
1:00pm-2:00pm

Free webinars from WCC

"A Suggestion of Salt" poem | Knight's Library Magazine

So excited to announce that "A Suggestion of Salt," a collaborative poem I wrote with poet Ravi Shankar, has been published in Knight's Library Magazine's Spring 2020 issue. There is also a nice interview with me as the featured poet. Hope you like it

http://online.fliphtml5.com/pszqz/ojld/

'We're nesting. We prepared his room': Families adopting children from China anxiously wait | NBC News

My article for NBC Asian America

"I hope that these children don't get lumped in with the racism that Asian Americans and particularly Chinese Americans are experiencing as a result of the coronavirus," said JaeRan Kim, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Washington Tacoma who researches transracial and transnational adoption. "We know Chinese adoptees, like other Asian adoptees and Asian Americans in the United States, are experiencing racism in their schools and communities."

'We're nesting. We prepared his room': Families adopting children from China anxiously wait

New upcoming events, the virtual coronavirus edition

I'm starting to be invited to give virtual keynotes and to teach online courses. These are tentative dates, links to come later

Washtenaw Community College Writing Your Family Stories--April 6, 13, 20

Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies--April 27

Washtenaw Community College Finding your Voice--April 26, 1-2, free webinar

Toyota Asian American Society in Alliance (TAASiA) A/PIA Heritage Month--May 5

Univ of Michigan Rackham Program in Public Scholarship/Institute for Social Change--May 15

Washtenaw Community College Writing in Extraordinary Times--May? free webinar, tentative

Update upcoming events in a time of Coronavirus

Everything is officially cancelled for March and April (and most likely May, June, and July too). Hope everyone is staying healthy and writing! Thanks to all my artist friends posting great creative content online.

Today (March 13) I'm learning all about how to teach online. Love the UM Librarians.

Speaking at Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor in Sept on food

I've been invited to speak to the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor on Sept 20, 2020, 3-5pm, about Chinese and Chinese American Food and Cultures. Fun!

The 16 Best Book Covers of February | Literary Hub

The 16 Best Book Covers of February | Literary Hub

Lots of talks coming up!

Lots of talks coming up this semester and spring!

Keynote Speaker UM Dearborn Second Annual Philippine Culture Night (PCN)
Puno ng Buhay: Tree of Life
Saturday, February 15, 6-9pm

UM Dearborn, MI

Joyce Foundation The Artist as Problem Solver III Summit: Examining the Role of the Arts in Inclusive Future Building -- Panelist!
Thurs and Friday, March 26-27, 2020
Bader Philanthropies HQ, Milwaukee, WI

New Detroit’s Multicultural Leadership Series -- Asian American Session
Speaker: Asian American History and Heroes

Thursday, April 9, 2020 9am - 4pm 

Korean American Cultural Center, Southfield, MI

Boston Series! Details coming
Bunker Hill Community College? Thurs April 16
Boston University? Friday April 17
Harvard Asia Center, Friday April 17
Pao Center for the Arts, Saturday April 18, "Navigating Community Engagement and Artistic Practice: A Conversation with Wen-Hao Tien and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang"
Arts Emerson and Boston Asian American Film Festival, Saturday April 18
More? invite me!
Thursday-Saturday, April 16-18, 2020
Boston, MA...details coming soon!

University of Michigan Rackham Program in Public Scholarship Institute for Social Change
Speaking on Writing for Public Audiences

May 13, 15, or 18, 2020
Ann Arbor, MI

Detroit Public Television (DPTV) "The Asian Americans" PBS Special community event
Panel on Vincent Chin case

Saturday, May 16, 2020, 1:30-4:30 pm
EMU Tollbridge Center, Novi, MI

And check out all my writing classes at WCC, starting at the end of February
Creative Writing Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

And cooking classes too! starting in April, May classes will be posted soon
Food and Drink Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

10 Books With South Asian Characters You Should Read in 2020 | Teen Vogue

10 Books With South Asian Characters You Should Read in 2020 | Teen Vogue

In honor of Lunar New Year and Black History Month

In honor of Lunar New Year and Black History Month

Before “American Dirt,” There Was “The Korean Angela’s Ashes” - Los Angeles Review of Books

Before “American Dirt,” There Was “The Korean Angela’s Ashes” - Los Angeles Review of Books

Land Artist Creates Ephemeral Stone Art on the Shores of the U.K.

Land Artist Creates Ephemeral Stone Art on the Shores of the U.K.

The Book - Writing the Other

The Book - Writing the Other

Writing the Other | Online Writing Classes and Workshops

Writing the Other | Online Writing Classes and Workshops

American Dirt: Dignity & Equity - David Bowles - Medium

American Dirt: Dignity & Equity - David Bowles - Medium

Connecting Digital Scholarship Event - Second Annual | Happening @ Michigan

Today! I'll be speaking at UM Graduate Library Wed., February 5, 2020, 9am-1pm, on my Knight Arts Challenge Detroit project with UM Library Digital Humanities to create a digital art archive about the Vincent Chin case

Connecting Digital Scholarship Event - Second Annual | Happening @ Michigan

Connecting Digital Scholarship – Teaching and Technology Collaborative

Very excited to be presenting about my Knight Foundation Knights Art Challenge Detroit funded project "Beyond Vincent Chin: Legacies in Activism and Art" Digital Arts Archive to be housed at University of Michigan Library Digital Humanities for the first time today at UMich Connecting Digital Scholarship Symposium at Hatcher Grad Library Wed., February 5, 2020, 10-11:30am Connecting Digital Scholarship – Teaching and Technology Collaborative

Michigan Lion Dance | Detroit Institute of Arts Museum

Michigan Lion Dance performing at DIA Sunday 1:00

Lion Dance | Detroit Institute of Arts Museum

AACCOM Weekly News 1/7/2020 – Ann Arbor Chinese School (AACCOM)

I'll be MC at the Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese Lunar New Year celebration on Sat., Jan 25, 2020, at Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building. Games 3:30-5:00, Dinner 5:00-6:30, Performances 6:30-8:30pm. Details below. Hope to see you there!

AACCOM Weekly News 1/7/2020 – Ann Arbor Chinese School (AACCOM)

Mary Kamidoi speaks on Japanese internment, preserving A/PIA history | The Michigan Daily

Great article in Michigan Daily about our UMich APIA Civil Rights class and our fave guest lecturer, the amazing Mary Kamidoi, talking about growing up in Rohwer concentration camp during WW2 and all the fights she continues to get into today

Mary Kamidoi speaks on Japanese internment, preserving A/PIA history | The Michigan Daily

Celebrating lunar new year's at the Governor's Residence

Happy Lunar New Year from Michigan Lion Dance at the Governor's Residence yesterday. I had so  much fun introducing our amazing teenagers to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, State Senator Stephanie Gray Chang, and Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission chair Jamie C Hsu (even if in the middle of finals week), that I forgot to introduce myself to the governor.

The Decade in Southeast Asian American Political Resistance

The Decade in Southeast Asian American Political Resistance

How to Write About Race Beyond Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Education Writers Association

great resources

How to Write About Race Beyond Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Education Writers Association

2020 Artist As Problem Solver Summit: Full Day Panels & Workshops (MKE) Registration, Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

So excited to be speaking at this The Joyce Foundation 2020 Artist as problem solver summit 3 in Milwaukee on March 26-27. There are two registration links, I'll be speaking on day 2 (there is another link for day 1)

Day 2 (with me!)
2020 Artist As Problem Solver Summit: Full Day Panels & Workshops (MKE) Registration, Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

Day 1
2020 Artist As Problem Solver Summit: Half-Day Opening Session (MKE) Registration, Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

Writing Is Hard — Stop Making These Common Grammatical Mistakes

good writing tips

Writing Is Hard — Stop Making These Common Grammatical Mistakes

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan 2020 Lunar New Year Celebration

I'll be MC at this event, and Huron APEX Chinese Yo-Yo team will be doing community outreach (with Chinese Yo-Yos from a Michigan Action Grant from Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of National Endowment for the Humanities, and Chinese American Education and Cultural Center), hope to see you there!

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan 2020 Lunar New Year Celebration (二零二零安娜堡中文學校農曆新年迎春晚會)

祝福各位家長2020新年快樂。 中文學校2020農曆新年晚會將於一月25日(Sat.)在 Washtenaw Community College 舉行， 我們將於週五(2020/01/17)出售晚會的Dinner Ticket and Raffle Ticket (還有01/24).

We wish all parents a happy 2020 New Year. The Lunar New Year Party will take place at January 25th (Sat.) at Washtenaw Community College. The Dinner ticket and Raffle Ticket sale will continue this Friday (Jan. 17th) and next Friday (Jan. 24th).

日期 Date：2020年一月二十五日星期六 / January 25, 2020 Saturday
地點 Location：Morris Lawrence Building: Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College
4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor

Tickets:
預售 pre-sale Dinner ticket: $10, age 3 and under free
現場 at-door Dinner ticket: $13, age 3 and under free
摸彩券 Raffle Ticket: $2 一張, $10 六張（$10 for 6 Raffle tickets)
遊戲券 Game Ticket: $1 四張 ( $1 for 4 tickets)

活動流程 Program：
§ 3:30 pm – 5:00pm 預演/遊戲 Rehearsal/Games
§ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm 團圓晚餐 Dinner
§ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm 學生與社團成果表演 Student Performances

Note1:
WCC Lobby (1pm) and Auditorium (2pm) is available for Set-up and Performance Rehearsal. 大廳從下午一點, 禮堂從下午兩點開始開放用於場地準備和表演預演

Note2:
Mitai will set up a stand featuring traditional Art of Dough Figurine 密西根人文協會將設立捏麵人義賣攤位, 現場表演簡易捏麵人

**欲購票者請聯絡董事們 (See List below) 或星期五晚至大禮堂購買。
For Tickets, Please contact school board members or purchase King's multipurpose room on Friday night.
董事 Jia-Huey Jow 卓佳慧 board@aaccom.org
董事 Yi-Ching Daphne Lin 林奕菁 board@aaccom.org
董事 Kuo, Jason 郭權賢 board@aaccom.org
董事 Hsiao, Chu-Chun 曾福林 board@aaccom.org

Asian American history and heroes with American Citizens for Justice

Thanks everyone for coming out to “Asian American history and heroes” tonight sponsored by American Citizens for Justice / Asian American Center for Justice, and made possible by a Michigan Action Grant from Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. And thanks Philippine American Community Center of Michigan (PACCM) for hosting. What a great robust discussion! Looking forward to more community discussions. Invite me to speak for your organization!https://www.facebook.com/events/1404371969722514/?ti=icl

Talk: Asian American history and heroes for the next generation with ACJ

American Citizens for Justice has invited me to speak on Asian American history and heroes on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 6:00-8:00 pm, Philippine American Cultural Center of Michigan (PACCM), 17356 Northland Park Ct., Southfield, MI 48075. This lecture is made possible in part by a grant from Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Hope to see you there!

Writer and activist scholar Frances Kai-Hwa Wang (王凱華) will explore “Asian American history and heroes for the next generation” and celebrate the many contributions that Asian Americans have made to the US in a series of public lectures. Topics include the first Filipino Americans to arrive in 1587, the Chinese Americans who built the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War 2 and redress, the model minority myth, the fight for justice for Vincent Chin, the importance of Asian American activism in today’s political climate, and more. A writing activity will encourage students and families to write their own stories of immigration for a larger storytelling project.

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, speaker, and educator focused on issues of diversity, race, culture, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBC News Asian America and PRI Global Nation, and she teaches Asian/Pacific Islander American civil rights history and media at the University of Michigan. She is a Knight Arts Challenge Detroit winner. franceskaihwawang.com.

Lectures are free and open to the public and made possible in part by grants from Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Contact Frances Kai-Hwa Wang fkwangmedia@gmail.com.

American Citizens for Justice on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 6:00-8:00 pm, Philippine American Cultural Center of Michigan (PACCM), 17356 Northland Park Ct., Southfield, MI 48075

Asian American history and heroes for the next generation ACJ