Understanding Poetry Is More Straightforward Than You Think - The New York Times

Understanding Poetry Is More Straightforward Than You Think - The New York Times

50 Creative Nonfiction Prompts Guaranteed to Inspire - Bookfox

50 Creative Nonfiction Prompts Guaranteed to Inspire - Bookfox

Teaching today at UHH: CreativeNonfiction

Creative Nonfiction is one of the most popular genres of writing right now and encompasses many forms, including essay, journal article, research paper, memoir, poem, prose. The key to creative nonfiction is the use of literary techniques to tell nonfiction stories in a way that is dramatic and compelling. We will try several different techniques and styles in order to find the best way to tell our stories, to make them personal and to make them memorable. Bring a notebook and pen.

University of Hawaii Hilo, Tues 7/11 and 7/18, 5-7:30 pm

CreativeNonfiction

Teaching today "Writing from the heart"

Writing from the Heart begins today at UHH

The most powerful writing comes from the heart. What do you care about? What inspires you? What is special in your life? Write about the people and things that matter to you. Write to touch, inspire, move, persuade, and provoke readers. Write with emotion, write with spirit. Write from your own truest self to help others find theirs. This course explores the kind of writing that changes people, oneself included. And it begins honestly, one word, one day at a time. Short writing exercises, tips and tricks, including creating a safe space for writing, writing every day, reading aloud, overcoming barriers to writing, taking chances with emotion and humor, techniques to inspire and persuade, writing to find our own truest self. Bring a notebook and pen.

University of Hawaii Hilo, three Thursdays in July, beginning today, July 6 from 5-7:30pm at UH Hilo's University Classroom Building (UCB) Room 104.

Register now! WritingfromtheHeart

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

A Vincent Chin Syllabus of sorts--a collection of films and articles to learn more, at NBC Asian America:

“People forget. It’s been a long time ago. A whole generation has passed. It’s ancient history to them," Zia said.

“The Vincent Chin case forced Asian Americans into the civil rights discourse,” Roland Hwang co-founder and former president of American Citizens for Justice told NBC News. “The Vincent Chin case transformed a biracial discussion on race relations to be a multiracial one. So the Vincent Chin case, along with other cases, each serve as a wakeup call to address anti-Asian bias and racial intolerance.”

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

Looking forward to summer! Summer writing classes 2017

Summer 2017 writing classes

Writing from the Heart, University of Hawaii Hilo

July 6-20, Thursdays, 5-7:30pm, 3 classes, $70, Min 8/Max 30

Introduction to Creative Nonfiction, University of Hawaii Hilo

July 11-18, Tuesdays, 5-7:30pm, 2 classes, $55, Min 8/Max 30

Additional writing classes?

Writing Narrative Essays
Thursday August 10, 2017, 1-3?, Chelsea District Library

Jumpstart your college application essay
Saturday, August 19 and 26, 1:00-4:00 pm, Washtenaw Community College

See http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/p/upcoming.html for Fall 2017 and Winter 2018 classes and speaking.

Upcoming Fall 2017 classes

Register Now! My fall 2017 classes at Washtenaw Community College

Chinese 1 Language and Culture class
8 sessions, Wednesdays, Sept 27-Nov 8, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice writing workshop
Saturday, October 7, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Continuing Writing Workshop
5 sessions every other Saturday, Oct 7, Oct 21, Nov 4, Nov 18, Dec 2, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College
  
Jumpstart your Memoir writing workshop
Saturday, October 21, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Writing from the Heart writing workshop
Saturday, November 4, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture 

Wednesdays, November 29, December 6, December 13, 3 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

Writing to Change the World writing workshop
Saturday, December 2, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

See http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/p/upcoming.html for Summer 2017 and Winter 2018 classes and speaking.

Winter 2018 tentative schedule

Winter 2018

Asian/ Pacific Islander Americans and Civil Rights Law

University of Michigan Department of American Culture

Winter semester 2018

Chinese 1 Language and Culture class

8 sessions, Wednesdays, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Jan 31-March 21, 2018

Korematsu Day programs

January 2018

Dare to Dream

Saturday, January 20, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice, Writing with Style

Saturday, February 3, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Lunar New Year programs

February 2018

Jumpstart your Memoir

2 Saturdays, March 3 and 17, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Continuing Writing Workshop

4 sessions every other Saturday, Mar 3, Mar 17, April 7, Apr 21, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice--Food and Family

Saturday, April 7, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month programs

April-May 2018

Finding your Voice--Family and Culture

Saturday, May 5, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice, Writing with Style

Saturday, June 2, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

See http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/p/upcoming.html for Summer and Fall 2017 classes and speaking.

Remembering Vincent Chin website new url

Small mishap with the Remembering Vincent Chin url.

You can still access the blog from this webpage by clicking the button above.

But RememberingVincentChin.com has been highjacked and no longer works.

UPDATE: For now, I've recovered the content and moved it to RememberingVincentChin.blogspot.com. (Note that original links from way back may not work any more). I will keep it as a resource and archive, but I probably won't maintain it any more.

Remembering Vincent Chin

Today Writing with Style writing class at WCC

Today
Writing with Style

Saturday June 3, 2017, 9:30-3:30, Washtenaw Community College

Writing with Style this Saturday is on!

Hands-on intensive writing workshop this Saturday at WCC (with me!:) Register now, a few spaces left https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm…#

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

my Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) essay for NBC Asian America

"Despite model minority myth stereotypes, the AAPI community is wonderfully diverse with differences of ethnicity, language, class, education, income, geography, employment, religion, health insurance, chopsticks or spoons, although we often have to fight to disaggregate the data to see it. At the same time, there is a lot of generic negative rhetoric against immigrants, refugees, Muslims, people of color, and the undocumented that does not even try to differentiate one from another. So this year, it is even more important than ever to tell our stories, to look to see who is missing, and to stand up for all our communities." 

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

Ann Arbor Memorial Day Parade

Ann Arbor's oldest neighborhood parade is Monday at 10 a.m. http://annarborobserver.com/calendar/170529.html#event382542

Since 1968! My article from Ann Arbor Observer

http://annarborobserver.com/…/the_glazier_way_parade_full_a…