Upcoming talks and readings winter spring 2022

BOOK LAUNCH: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Wayne State University Press

March 2022

Poetry Reading at Rita Malone and Nancy Wolfe’s pop up art exhibition at Kerrytown Concert House 

Thurs Mar 3, 5-7pm EST, Ann Arbor, IN REAL LIFE! (Unofficial book crash rather than launch)

https://www.facebook.com/kerrytownconcerthouse/posts/10159721044851153

Asian American History and Heroes

3 Mondays, March 7-21, 2022, 6-8pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Panel "Learn from the Pros" at inaugural The Center for Independent Journalists conference #cij2022
Friday Mar 11, 5:45-7:00 pm EST

Writers Who Read: Pandemic Layers (Virtual poetry reading & Open Mic hosted by Tamiko Wong)
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 5:00-6:00 pm EST
https://www.facebook.com/events/250630370608479 

Eventbrite to sign up to attend: https://tinyurl.com/wwr-3-12-22

Revel: A Books Conversation with Tamiko Wong and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on HelloRevel.com (for women over 40 only) 

Sun., Mar 13, 2022, 3:30-4:30 pm EDT Virtual / 12:30-1:30 pm PDT Virtual
https://www.hellorevel.com/events/35c64605-1c9c-43f2-878a-d07e7dbbfdf0

Panel for 40th commemoration of Vincent Chin case and 1 year commemoration of Atlanta shootings

Moderator

Wed., Mar 16, 2022, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT

University of Michigan, Dept of American Culture, 3512 Haven Hall, hybrid event (in person & virtual)

A Virtual book talk with Katherine Reynolds Lewis and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about  You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Facebook Live

Fri, Mar 18, 2022, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT Twitter

Spilling the Tea with Tamiko Wong and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Facebook Live 

Sun., Mar 20, 2022, 3:00-4:00 pm EDT Virtual

Please register here for the Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/teawithfrances2022
https://www.facebook.com/events/498465311807704

 

Guest Lecture Hawaii Sovereignty 

Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights, University of Michigan Dept of American Culture

Mon., March 21, 2022, 10-11:20am EDT

A Twitter Spaces conversation with Vignesh Ramachandran of Red, White and Brown Media and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about  You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Twitter

Tues, Mar 22, 2022, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT Twitter

AWP -- find me w Wayne State Univ Press and New York Writers Workshop

Mar 23-26, 2022, Philadelphia, PA, in person AWP conference in Philadelphia

AWP Wayne State Univ Press book signing
Friday, Mar 25, 11:00 am EDT in person table #1151

Town Hall Seattle Book Reading You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids 

Mon, Mar 28, 2022, 7:00 pm PDT, in person
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

https://townhallseattle.org/ 

Univ of Michigan Asian/ Pacific Islander American Heritage Month Poetry Reading and discussion
Thursday Mar 31, 6-7pm EDT virtual

Wayne State University Press spring 2022 Publishing Symposium
Friday, April 1, 2022, 9:30 am -11:30 am EDT
I'll be speaking on copyediting and cover design at 10:15

ABCs of Publishing

Sat., April 2, 2022, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing your Family History

3 Mondays, April 4-18, 2022, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Chinese food and flavors

3 Weds., April 6-20, 2022, 6-8:30pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Ann Arbor District Library in person Poetry Reading: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids

Tues., April 26, 2022, 6:30pm EDT in person

Spring 2022

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop

5 Sundays, May 1-Jun 5, 2022, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

A Virtual Book Talk with Katherine Reynolds Lewis and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about  You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Zoom at Martin Luther King Jr Library, Washington DC Libraries (Thanks Ryan Williams)

Wed, May 4, 2022, 7:00 - 8:00 pm EDT Zoom

Poetry Reading: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids (Virtual Book Tour)
Detroit Writing Room book club virtual event and Asian Pacific American Heritage month
Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 7-8 pm EDT Zoom

Intro to Op-Ed and Opinion Essay Writing

2 Sats., June 4-11, 2022, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

ABCs of Publishing

2 Sats., June 4-11, 2022, 1pm-3pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Ypsilanti District Library Reading and Reception

Sun., June 12, 2022, 2pm EDT in person

Vincent Chin 40th year Commemoration Film Festival with CAAM and DPTV

Thurs Fri June 16-17, 2022, Detroit  https://www.vincentchin.org/schedule

Vincent Chin 40th year Commemoration Arts Performance (w IS/LAND and City of Detroit)

Poetry reading 

Sat., June 18, 2022, 6-8pm EDT, Detroit  https://www.vincentchin.org/schedule

Vincent Chin 40th year Commemoration (w ACJ and OCA)

Sun., June 19, 2022, 10-2pm EDT, Detroit  https://www.vincentchin.org/schedule