Detroit Tuesday! Author Event at Pages Bookshop

 

Pages Bookshop Author Event
Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 6:00 pm EDT, in person
19560 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48223

https://www.pagesbkshop.com/event/2022-05

Virtual Book Talk w Katherine Reynolds Lewis at Martin Luther King Jr Library, Washington DC

I'll be in conversation with the awesome amazing Katherine Reynolds Lewis​ about my new book You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Zoom at Martin Luther King Jr Library, Washington DC Libraries (Thanks Ryan Williams​) on Wed, May 4, 2022, 7:00 - 8:00 pm EDT 

More info https://www.dclibrary.org/aapihm

Registration link https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/6590757 

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022 | District of Columbia Public Library

Matthaei Botanical Gardens 100th anniversary community art exhibit

My Sowing Aunties art installation and poem just got accepted at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens 100th anniversary community art exhibit: Time in the Garden: A moment. A season. A century. May 21-Jun 26, 2022

Sowing Aunties art installation and poem 

Matthaei Botanical Gardens 100th anniversary community art exhibit: Time in the Garden: A moment. A season. A century

Matthei Botanical Gardens, Sat. May 21 to Sun June 26, 2022 
https://mbgna.umich.edu/peony-100/

https://mbgna.umich.edu/event/call-for-artists-time-in-the-garden-community-art-exhibit/

https://mbgna.umich.edu/event/100-years-in-bloom-art-exhibit-closing-reception/

Coming up soon at WCC and AADL

So many things coming up soon at WCC and AADL

"Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within" at Washtenaw Community College starting this Sunday, May 1-Jun 5, 12-2pm EDT/ 9am PDT/ 7am HST on Zoom so anyone can join, 5 weeks, come write with us!

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=38811&int_category_id=3&int_sub_category_id=49&int_catalog_id=1

Coming up at Ann Arbor District Library

Film Screening | Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Tuesday May 3, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:30pm EDT in person
Ann Arbor District Library Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
https://aadl.org/node/577841

Film Screening | Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Saturday May 7, 2022: 3:00pm to 4:30pm EDT
AADL.TV
https://aadl.org/node/582837

Film Discussion | Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Saturday May 7, 2022: 5:00pm to 6:00pm EDT
AADL.TV
Author and community member Frances Kai-Hwa Wang joins AADL staff to discuss the documentary 1989 Who Killed Vincent Chin? She will provide background information about this anti-Asian American hate crime that happened in Detroit in 1981 and connect it to violence against Asian American people today.
An in-person screening of this film will occur on Tuesday, May 3rd at the Downtown Library. A virtual screening will also take place immediately prior to this event at 3:00pm EDT.
https://aadl.org/node/577840

Book Discussion | Katie Yamasaki
Wednesday May 11, 2022: 5:00pm to 6:00pm EDT
AADL.TV
Muralist and picture book creator Katie Yamasaki has created lavishly illustrated tales on the themes of diversity, resilience, and the impact of mass incarceration on communities. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and AADL staff discuss three of her works for children: Fish for Jimmy, When the Cousins Came, and Everything Naomi Loved.
https://aadl.org/node/577842

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on AADL.TV
Tuesday May 24, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
AADL.TV

Mallory McMorrow Goes on Offense After Accusations of Being a Groomer - The New York Times

My New York Times Debut (sort of, jk, not really) I'm hyperlinked in the New York Times! under "resulting speech". I wrote the text for the PBS NewsHour video. That counts as finally getting into the NY Times right? lolol (I always feel so awk when I tell people I've included them in hyperlinks but this feels so much fun) My article in the NYTimes

McMorrow Goes on Offense After Accusations of Being a Groomer - The New York Times

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on AADL.TV

I'm going to be on tv! AADL TV, that is. If you missed this week's in person reading, you can still catch it on replay!

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on AADL.TV

Tuesday May 24, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:00pm

AADL.TV

Long time Ann Arbor writer and educator Frances Kai-Hwa Wang reads from her new book, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids. With many stories set on the streets and in the cafes of Ann Arbor, this is a mischievous and fierce collection of lyric essays and prose poems deftly navigating the space between cultures, punctuated by wise children, bossy aunties, unreliable suitors, and an uncertain political landscape that is Asian America. With artwork and stories behind the stories, we will discuss the challenges of writing in these political and pandemic times.

This event was originally recorded on April 26th, 2022.

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on AADL.TV | Ann Arbor District Library

Pictures from today's Author Event at Ann Arbor District Library

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids
Tuesday April 26, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm, in person
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room

 

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids
Tuesday April 26, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm, in person
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room
Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library
https://aadl.org/node/583922

Today! Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library

 

When

Tuesday April 26, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Where

Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room

Description

Long time Ann Arbor writer and educator Frances Kai-Hwa Wang reads from her new book, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids. With many stories set on the streets and in the cafes of Ann Arbor, this is a mischievous and fierce collection of lyric essays and prose poems deftly navigating the space between cultures, punctuated by wise children, bossy aunties, unreliable suitors, and an uncertain political landscape that is Asian America. With artwork and stories behind the stories, we will discuss the challenges of writing in these political and pandemic times.

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library

Upcoming readings and author talks (Virtual Book Tour)

Upcoming readings and author talks for my new book, "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids" More info https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/you-cannot-resist-me-when-my-hair-braids

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids
Tuesday April 26, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm, in person
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room
Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library
https://aadl.org/node/583922

Pages Bookshop Author Event
Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 6:00 pm EDT, in person

19560 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48223

https://www.pagesbkshop.com/event/2022-05

Virtual Book Talk with Kakki Xue-Yi Reynolds Lewis​ 

Martin Luther King Jr Library, Washington DC Libraries

Wed, May 4, 2022, 7:00 - 8:00 pm EDT
More info https://www.dclibrary.org/aapihm
Zoom https://youtu.be/AlWzkYnNxl8

Where are you from? Where are you really from? 150 years of Asian Americans in Michigan 1872-2022
Michigan Asian Pacific American Advisory Commission (MAPAAC) Virtual Literary Reading 
Thurs., May 5, 2022, 4-6pm EDT, Zoom
Direct registration link bit.ly/3Mgy32j
Order our books from 27th Letter Books, an Asian American owned bookstore in Detroit: https://www.27thletterbooks.com/event/where-are-you-where-are-you-really-150-years-asian-americans-michigan

Detroit Writing Room Book Club featuring Frances Kai-Hwa Wang for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Virtual Poetry Reading: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids
Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 7-8 pm EDT Zoom
Registration link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/detroit-writing-room-book-club-ft-frances-kai-hwa-wang-tickets-258783286777

Bridge Michigan Book Club
Wed., June 8, 2022, 12-1pm EDT Virtual

Ypsilanti District Library Reading and Reception
Sun., June 12, 2022, 2pm EDT in person

Whittaker Community Room, 5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197

https://attend.ypsilibrary.org/event/6544036 


and if you need something extra and fun to do (interactive!)
Suggest a Title for the 2023 Washtenaw Reads! (Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids)
https://airtable.com/shrYgaSNlS7PRVIXW

A Week Before Chinese New Year - Ann Arbor Observer

My Ann Arbor Observer excerpt from my new book, "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids" has been unlocked! Or find it in your April 2022 Ann Arbor Observer

A Week Before Chinese New Year - Ann Arbor Observer

Suggest a Title (my title) for the 2023 Washtenaw Reads!

Friends! Please help me out by suggesting my book, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, for the 2023 Washtenaw Reads! It's an easy form, won't even take you one minute, and wouldn't it be great to get the whole county and all the libraries buying and reading my book? Please go to this link: https://airtable.com/shrYgaSNlS7PRVIXW

Suggest a Title for the 2023 Washtenaw Reads!

Do you have a suggestion for what everyone should read for the 2023 Washtenaw Reads?

Books chosen for the Reads should meet the following criteria:

• Titles should be engaging and thought-provoking.

• The subjects discussed should be accessible to readers throughout the community, high-school age and above.

• The length, price, and availability of the book should be suited to involvement by the general public.

• The book should be by a living author.

• Its treatment of issues should encourage readers to discuss the issues further with others, at home, work, reading clubs, and community events.

• Ideally, the subject should lead to constructive dialogues across our diverse communities.

Go to this link: https://airtable.com/shrYgaSNlS7PRVIXW

1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 8 asks, "How do we balance the celebration, the hurt, and the work of Asian America?"

My essay for 1990 Institute Vol 2 Issue 8 asks, "How do we balance the celebration, the hurt, and the work of Asian America?"

1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 8

Rescheduled Reading and Book Talk w Katherine Reynolds Lewis | Facebook Live

Rescheduled to May 13, 2022, 1-2pm EDT

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

MAPAAC literary reading for AANHPI Heritage Month, Thurs May 5

 

Come check out this great Asian American literary festival and reading to celebrate 150 years since the first two Asians (one Japanese international student to UM, one Chinese immigrant to Detroit) came to Michigan. Featuring Asian American writers from or in or with a connection to Michigan, sponsored by Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission on Thurs May 5 4-6pm EDT/1-3pm PDT Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 

Where are you from? Where are you really from? 150 years of Asian Americans in Michigan 1872-2022
Michigan Asian Pacific American Advisory Commission (MAPAAC) Virtual Literary Reading
Thurs., May 5, 2022, 4-6pm EDT, Zoom
Direct registration link bit.ly/3Mgy32j

Order our books from 27th Letter Books, an Asian American owned bookstore in Detroit: https://www.27thletterbooks.com/event/where-are-you-where-are-you-really-150-years-asian-americans-michigan

WATCH: ‘We will not let hate win,’ Michigan lawmaker says | PBS NewsHour

My article for PBS NewsHour on MI Sen Mallory McMorrow

WATCH: ‘We will not let hate win,’ Michigan lawmaker says | PBS NewsHour

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CclgYPnpEvW/

YouTube https://youtu.be/iLWo8B1R0MY

And look, I'm even in this sizzle reel for PBS NewsHour https://youtu.be/bugEQWp5NMg

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids

When
Tuesday April 26, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Where
Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room, in person

Description
Long time Ann Arbor writer and educator Frances Kai-Hwa Wang reads from her new book, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids. With many stories set on the streets and in the cafes of Ann Arbor, this is a mischievous and fierce collection of lyric essays and prose poems deftly navigating the space between cultures, punctuated by wise children, bossy aunties, unreliable suitors, and an uncertain political landscape that is Asian America. With artwork and stories behind the stories, we will discuss the challenges of writing in these political and pandemic times.

More event info https://aadl.org/node/583922 

 

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library

Today! Book Launch celebration for "Being Human During COVID," at UMMA

Today! Book Launch celebration for "Being Human During COVID," in which I have a chapter, Monday, April 18th from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI. Preregistration required.

Order the book from UofM Press https://www.press.umich.edu/12136619/being_human_during_covid

Artists Created a Virtual 360° Gallery to Inspire Climate Joy | Earthjustice

from Earthjustice re AAWAA Sowing Agency art exhibition May 2021

Artists Created a Virtual 360° Gallery to Inspire Climate Joy | Earthjustice  They're bringing color, form, and story to a call for climate justice. By Maz Ali | May 28, 2021

Some artists do this by paying tribute to eco-cultural norms.

FRANCES KAI-HWA WANG / AAWAA / SOMARTS

An installation by Chinese American artist Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is an homage to aunties who reuse and hand down items often destined for landfills over the course of generations — jars and takeout containers, rubber bands and twist ties, and, of course, plastic bags. “At any auntie’s home, the world comes full circle," Wang wrote.

Artists Created a Virtual 360° Gallery to Inspire Climate Joy | Earthjustice

Author reading May 3 | Pages Bookshop

Information coming soon! Live, in person poetry reading for my new book, "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids," Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 6pm-7pm EDT, Detroit

Pages Bookshop

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang’s essay collection leaves readers reflecting on their own identities and how they will write themselves into existence - International Examiner

oh wow look what i found, thank you International examiner in Seattle! By Kiyomi Kishaba. So cool to see what people see in my writing.

"In these pieces featuring this lover, Wang uses second person, using “you” to address the reader as the lover. This creates a mystical aura around this lover, allowing the reader to imagine who this “you” is."

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang’s essay collection leaves readers reflecting on their own identities and how they will write themselves into existence - International Examiner

A year after Atlanta and Indianapolis shootings targeting Asian Americans, activists say ‘we can’t lose momentum’ | PBS NewsHour

my article for PBS NewsHour

A year after Atlanta and Indianapolis shootings targeting Asian Americans, activists say ‘we can’t lose momentum’ | PBS NewsHour

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids

When

Tuesday April 26, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Where

Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room

Description

Long time Ann Arbor writer and educator Frances Kai-Hwa Wang reads from her new book, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids. With many stories set on the streets and in the cafes of Ann Arbor, this is a mischievous and fierce collection of lyric essays and prose poems deftly navigating the space between cultures, punctuated by wise children, bossy aunties, unreliable suitors, and an uncertain political landscape that is Asian America. With artwork and stories behind the stories, we will discuss the challenges of writing in these political and pandemic times.

Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids | Ann Arbor District Library

May Book Club ft. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang | Detroit Writing Room Book Club

Join The Detroit Writing Room Book Club for our May author talk on May 31, 2022, 7pm EDT/4pm PDT/ 1pm HST featuring Frances Kai-Hwa Wang! Frances is the author of "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids" that will be published by the Wayne State University Press in March 2022.

During the virtual book talk, guests will have an opportunity to greet the author, enjoy a book discussion and ask questions during a live Q&A. There will also be a book giveaway at the end!

Schedule: 7 - 7:15 p.m. - Meet-and-Greet 7:15 - 7:40 p.m. - Book Talk 7:40 - 7:55 p.m. - Q&A 7:55 - 8 p.m. - Book Giveaway

Tickets: Detroit Writing Room Book Club members receive free admission and 30% off the book. Sign up to become a member at detroitwritingroom.com/2022-book-club. Single admission is $15 for non-members.

Tickets are nonrefundable. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the event. Registration closes at 6:30 p.m. EST on May 31, 2022. This event is recorded.

May Book Club ft. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang | Facebook Detroit Writing Room Book Club

1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 7 April 8

My latest essay at 1990 Institute Vol 2 Issue 7 on April 8 asks
How do stories and poems bring us together during National Poetry Month? 
1990 Institute Newsletter

Postponed: Reading April 8 with Katherine Reynolds Lewis | Facebook Live

Postponed until Friday April 22, 2022, 12-1pm EDT/ 9-10am PDT/ 6-7am HST

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, Apr 8, 2022, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

Cancelled at WCC: Chinese food and flavors

Cancelled at Washtenaw Community College

Chinese food and flavors

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

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

Today at WCC: Writing your Family History

Today at Washtenaw Community College

Writing your Family History

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

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

Upcoming WCC Writing classes 2022 spring summer

Upcoming WCC Writing Classes from now through spring summer 2022 (August)

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

Today at WCC: ABCs of Publishing writing class

Today at Washtenaw Community College

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

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

Postponed Wayne State University Press spring 2022 Publishing Symposium

Wayne State University Press spring 2022 Publishing Symposium has been postponed to Wed Sept 14, 2022, 9:30am-11:30am. I'll be speaking on copyediting and cover design at 10:15am EDT

Friday, April 1, 2022, 9:30 am -11:30 am EDT

https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/you-cannot-resist-me-when-my-hair-braids

BUT I'm teaching The ABCs of Getting Published ID : 37962

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

Discover the many paths to publishing a book, poem or article. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing vs traditional publishing and the various ways to market your finished product.

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=37962&int_category_id=3&int_sub_category_id=49&int_catalog_id=1