Saturday, June 3, 2023

Starting today Writing to Save the World at WCC

Starting today

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 3-10, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Next classes 

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, July 30-Aug 29, 2023, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom ?

Finding your Voice, University of Hawaii Hilo, July 2023?

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Starting today Introduction to Magazine Writing at WCC

Starting today

Introduction to Magazine Writing
2 Saturdays, May 13-20, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Next classes 

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 3-10, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Summer 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, July 30-Aug 29, 2023, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom ?

Finding your Voice, University of Hawaii Hilo, July 2023?

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Starting today Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop at WCC

Starting today

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, May 7-Jun 11, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Next classes:

Introduction to Magazine Writing
2 Saturdays, May 13-20, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 3-10, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Summer 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, July 30-Aug 29, 2023, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom ?

Finding your Voice, University of Hawaii Hilo, July 2023?

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Monday, April 3, 2023

Upcoming courses at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Spring and Summer

After Free College Week, Register today for my upcoming creative writing and publishing courses at Washtenaw Community College (WCC)

Spring 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, May 7-Jun 11, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Introduction to Magazine Writing
2 Saturdays, May 13-20, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 3-10, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Summer 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, July 30-Aug 29, 2023, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom ?

Finding your Voice, University of Hawaii Hilo, July 2023?

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Sunday, April 2, 2023

IS/LAND Presents: Kizuna Tree | Ann Arbor District Library

I'll be reading poetry with my friends at this incredible dance, music, art, and poetry performance 

IS/LAND Presents: Kizuna Tree
Saturday May 20, 2023: 6:00pm to 7:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar
Ann Arbor District Library Downtown Library: 1st Floor Lobby
343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Kizuna Tree is an interactive installation/performance collaboration between AAPI performance collaborative IS/LAND, Detroit Public Television, and Rising Voices. Comprised of an Ikebana Tree designed by Celeste Shimoura Goedert, sound recordings from the collaborative series AAPI Stories originally co-developed by Zosette Guir of DPTV and journalist Dorothy Hernandez as a response to the Atlanta spa shootings in 2021, and movement, visuals, and readings by IS/LAND, Kizuna Tree is an exploration of communal healing for AAPI peoples, across generations, communities, and ethnicities. The restorative and healing properties through this physical movement and storytelling offers the audience an experiential exploration of the interactive connections between the dancers with each other, the audience, and the tree itself.

This event is in partnership with Detroit Public Television and IS/LAND, a performance collaborative comprised of Asian Pacific Islander American and Asian artists.

IS/LAND Presents: Kizuna Tree | Ann Arbor District Library

Saturday, April 1, 2023

WCC Free College Week this week

I'll be teaching 8 free writing and publishing classes this week at Washtenaw Community College WCC Free College Week, coming up April 3 - April 7. All classes on zoom, one hour, and FREE! Preregistration required.  

Each class is one hour long, so short and fun. Bring your elders and your friends! The second class session will be exactly the same as the first, so don't need to go to both unless you want to. Or you could create your own free week-long writing workshop series. And you might find some other classes that you think are fun (The Geneaology Instructor is amazing!). I'll be teaching:

Writing to Save the World (Mon Apr 3, Wed Apr 5, 6-7pm EDT)
Learn How to Publish in Magazines (Mon Apr 3, Wed Apr 5, 7-8pm EDT)
Jumpstart your memoir (Tues Apr 4, Thurs Apr 6, 6-7pm EDT)
ABC's of publishing in books (Tues Apr 4, Thurs Apr 6, 7-8pm EDT)

All you have to do is go to this link https://www.wccnet.edu/events/free-college-week.php
Then click on the "register" button at the top
Then fill in your information
Then you can click to choose the classes and times you are interested in (some classes are not listed on the landing page above)
Washtenaw Community College will send you a Zoom link when the time comes.

Saturday, March 25, 2023

8 free writing classes in April on Zoom for WCC Free College Week

I'm teaching 8 free writing classes the first week of April and wanted to let you know in case you or any of your friends might be interested in a free writing class. 4 are about writing and 4 are about how to publish. Each class is one hour, on zoom, and free. I love free classes, so I wanted to share. Anyone can sign up. Here is the Registration link https://www.wccnet.edu/events/free-college-week.php

Washtenaw Community College Free College Week April 2023 with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Free College Week: Writing to Save the World Mon Apr 3 and Wed Apr 5, 6-7 pm EDT

Free College Week: Learn How to Publish in Magazines (articles) Mon Apr 3 and Wed Apr 5, 7-8 pm EDT

Free College Week: Jumpstart your Memoir Tues Apr 4 and Thurs Apr 6, 6-7 pm EDT

Free College Week: The ABC's of Publishing (books) Tues Apr 4 and Thurs Apr 6, 7-8pm EDT

Register for these and other Free College Week classes today – all free, all on Zoom, all one hour each


Writing to Save the World

Date and time:4/3/23 6:00 PM - 6:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

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, and 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 pen.


Learn How to Publish in Magazines

Date and time:4/3/23 7:00 PM - 7:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

Publishing articles in magazines and newspapers is a great way to get started as a published writer, and maybe make a little extra income, too. How do you get an article or essay published in a magazine or newspaper? Do you need to write the whole article first or just a pitch? Should you blog? How do you develop a relationship with an editor? We will discuss where to find a magazine's submission guidelines, how to write a pitch, how to approach an editor, and the power of photographs, data, and infographics. What do you need to know about copyright and style guides? How do you use social media and hyperlinks to promote your articles? What to expect in the publishing process. Bring a notebook and pen.


Jumpstart your memoir

Date and time:4/4/23 6:00 PM - 6:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

Whether you want to write a memoir for your loved ones or sort through your favorite memories, why not start today, one word, one story at time? Discuss the difference between a memoir and an autobiography. Share techniques to overcome barriers to writing. Short writing and reading exercises to remember the past and make sense of the present. If you can tell your story, you can write your story! Bring a notebook and a pen.


The ABC's of publishing

Date and time:4/4/23 7:00 PM - 7:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

This course is an introduction to the many paths to publishing, whether book or article or story or poem. Maybe you have finished writing the next great American novel or perhaps you have an idea for a great children's picture book. How do you go about getting it published? Do you need an agent? Do you need to finish writing the whole book first, or is a proposal enough? Do you need to find an illustrator for your children's picture book? What about self-publishing? What about magazines? What is a chapbook? Should you blog? How important is social media in securing a book contract?


Writing to Save the World

Date and time:4/5/23 6:00 PM - 6:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

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, and 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 pen.


Learn How to Publish in Magazines

Date and time:4/5/23 7:00 PM - 7:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

Publishing articles in magazines and newspapers is a great way to get started as a published writer, and maybe make a little extra income, too. How do you get an article or essay published in a magazine or newspaper? Do you need to write the whole article first or just a pitch? Should you blog? How do you develop a relationship with an editor? We will discuss where to find a magazine's submission guidelines, how to write a pitch, how to approach an editor, and the power of photographs, data, and infographics. What do you need to know about copyright and style guides? How do you use social media and hyperlinks to promote your articles? What to expect in the publishing process. Bring a notebook and pen.


Jumpstart your memoir

Date and time:4/6/23 6:00 PM - 6:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

Whether you want to write a memoir for your loved ones or sort through your favorite memories, why not start today, one word, one story at time? Discuss the difference between a memoir and an autobiography. Share techniques to overcome barriers to writing. Short writing and reading exercises to remember the past and make sense of the present. If you can tell your story, you can write your story! Bring a notebook and a pen.


The ABC's of publishing

Date and time:4/6/23 7:00 PM - 7:55 PM ET

Location: Virtual Session Zoom

Speakers:Frances Wang

Description:

This course is an introduction to the many paths to publishing, whether book or article or story or poem. Maybe you have finished writing the next great American novel or perhaps you have an idea for a great children's picture book. How do you go about getting it published? Do you need an agent? Do you need to finish writing the whole book first, or is a proposal enough? Do you need to find an illustrator for your children's picture book? What about self-publishing? What about magazines? What is a chapbook? Should you blog? How important is social media in securing a book contract?


Free College Week (WCC Event)

Sunday, March 19, 2023

WCC Creative Writing Classes this Spring and Summer

Washtenaw Community College Spring and Summer Classes are out! Register today

Spring 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, May 7-Jun 11, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Introduction to Magazine Writing
2 Saturdays, May 13-20, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 3-10, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Summer 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, July 30-Aug 29, 2023, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom ?

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Free writing classes for Washtenaw Community College's "Free College Week"

I am teaching a few free writing courses on Zoom next month as it is part of our Washtenaw Community College's "Free College Week." Each class is one hour long, so short and fun. Bring your friends! The second class session will be exactly the same as the first, so don't need to go to both unless you want to. And you might find some other classes that you think are fun. I'll be teaching:

Writing to Save the World (Mon Apr 3, Wed Apr 5, 6-7pm EDT)
Learn How to Publish in Magazines (Mon Apr 3, Wed Apr 5, 7-8pm EDT)
Jumpstart your memoir (Tues Apr 4, Thurs Apr 6, 6-7pm EDT)
ABC's of publishing in books (Tues Apr 4, Thurs Apr 6, 7-8pm EDT)

All you have to do is go to this link https://www.wccnet.edu/events/free-college-week.php
Then click on the "register" button at the top
Then fill in your information
Then you can click to choose the classes and times you are interested in (some classes are not listed on the landing page above)
Washtenaw Community College will send you a Zoom link when the time comes.

Saturday, March 11, 2023

happy awp and happy one year book anniversary!

So sorry to miss everyone at Association of Writers & Writing Programs #awp #awp23 #awp2023 this year, I’m teaching lyric essay on my book’s one year anniversary today. At home. Find “you cannot resist me when my hair is in braids” at Wayne State University Press and New York Writers Workshop booths! 



Big thanks woodhall press, darien gee, carla crujido for bringing our book of incredible micro essays “nonwhite and woman 131 micro esssys on being in the world” at Association of Writers & Writing Programs #awp #awp23 #awp2023 this year

Friday, March 10, 2023

The Institute for Independent Journalists Conference March 9-10, 2023

So excited to be invited to introduce moderator Valeria Fernandez of palabra nahj & help launch this great panel for The Institute for Independent Journalists freelancing conference “picture perfect: succeeding as an independent photojournalist.” I learned so much!


The Institute for Independent Journalists

1990 Institute Newsletter vol 3 issue 5 How do we take on the challenges of standing up for our communities?

1990 Institute Newsletter vol 3 issue 5 asks How do we take on the challenges of standing up for our communities?

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Free College Week (WCC Event)

I'll be teaching 4 free writing and publishing classes at WCC Free College Week, coming up April 3 - April 7. All classes on zoom. Registration opening early March. Details coming soon!

Free College Week (WCC Event)

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop at WCC

Register today for Upcoming writing classes at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Winter 2023

Starting today

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
3 Saturdays, Mar 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Starting soon

ABCs of Publishing
2 Saturdays, Apr 22-29, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Why Seattle banned caste discrimination | PBS NewsHour

I helped with this great story! 

PBS NewsHour’s Nicole Ellis speaks with Gaurav Pathania, a sociologist and expert in caste at Eastern Mennonite University. (Just found the note at the bottom, "The PBS NewsHour’s Frances Kai-Hwa Wang contributed reporting to this piece.")

Saturday, February 4, 2023

Telling the Stories of your Life through Food at WCC

Register today for Upcoming writing classes at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Winter 2023

Starting today

Telling the Stories of your Life through Food
3 Saturdays, Feb 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Starting soon

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
3 Saturdays, Mar 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

ABCs of Publishing
2 Saturdays, Apr 22-29, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop starting at WCC

Register today for Upcoming courses at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Winter 2023

Starting today
Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Jan 29-Apr 2, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Starting soon

Telling the Stories of your Life through Food
3 Saturdays, Feb 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
3 Saturdays, Mar 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

ABCs of Publishing
2 Saturdays, Apr 22-29, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Upcoming courses at Washtenaw Community College (WCC)

 Register today for Upcoming courses at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) 

Winter 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Jan 29-Apr 2, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Telling the Stories of your Life through Food
3 Saturdays, Feb 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
3 Saturdays, Mar 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Introduction to Publishing
2 Saturdays, Apr 22-29, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Spring 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, May 7-Jun 11, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Introduction to Magazine Writing
2 Saturdays, May 13-20, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 3-10, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Summer 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, July 30-Aug 29, 2023, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom ?

Finding your Voice, University of Hawaii Hilo, July 2023?

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Monday, January 23, 2023

Talking about Lunar New Year on Michigan Radio Stateside: Monday, Jan. 23, 2023

Talking about and reading from my book, "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids," for Lunar New Year's Day with April Baer on Michigan Radio Stateside: Monday, Jan. 23, 2023

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Tomorrow! Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, & Zilka Joseph | Literati Bookstore®

Reading with my friends at Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor tomorrow!

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, & Zilka Joseph
Monday, January 23, 2023 - 6:30pm EST, in person
Literati Books, 124 E. Washington, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
We're pleased to welcome Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in support of You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids. She'll be joined by guest readers Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, and Zilka Joseph. 

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Register today! Upcoming courses at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Winter 2023

Register today for Upcoming courses at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Winter 2023
Classes starting soon! Emeritus scholarships available.

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Jan 29-Apr 2, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Telling the Stories of your Life through Food
3 Saturdays, Feb 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
3 Saturdays, Mar 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Introduction to Publishing
2 Saturdays, Apr 22-29, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Sunday, January 8, 2023

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, & Zilka Joseph | Literati Bookstore®

Happy new year! First reading of the year, both solar and lunar years.

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, & Zilka Joseph
Monday, January 23, 2023 - 6:30pm EST, in person
Literati Books, 124 E. Washington, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
We're pleased to welcome Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in support of You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids. She'll be joined by guest readers Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, and Zilka Joseph. 

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, & Zilka Joseph | Literati Bookstore®

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, & Zilka Joseph

Monday, January 23, 2023 - 6:30pm

We're pleased to welcome Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in support of You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids. She'll be joined by guest readers Kyunghee Kim, Carlina Duan, and Zilka Joseph. 

Please note: masks are required at Literati Bookstore events.

About the book: In the aftermath of a messy divorce, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang writes in the hope of beginning to build a new life with four children, bossy aunties, unreliable suitors, and an uncertain political landscape. The lyric essays in You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids deftly navigate the space between cultures and reflect on lessons learned from both Asian American elders and young multiracial children, punctuated by moments rich with cultural and linguistic nuance. In her prologue, Wang explains, "Buddhists say that suffering comes from unsatisfied desire, so for years I tried to close the door to desire. I was so successful, I not only closed the door, I locked it, barred it, nailed it shut, then stacked a bunch of furniture in front of it. And now that door is open, wide open, and all my insides are spilling out."

Full of current events of the day and #HashtagsOfTheMoment, the topics in the collection are wide ranging, including cooking food to show love, surviving Chinese School, being an underpaid lecturer, defending against yellow dildos, navigating immigration issues, finding love in a time of elections, crying with children separated from their parents at the border, charting the landscape of frugal/hoarder elders during the pandemic, witnessing COVID-inspired anti-Asian American violence while reflecting on the death of Vincent Chin, teaching her sixteen-year-old son to drive after the deaths of Trayvon Martin and George Floyd, and trusting the power of writing herself into existence. Within these lyric essays, some of which are accompanied by artwork and art installations, Wang finds the courage and hope to speak out for herself and for an entire generation of Asian American women.
A notable work in the landscape of Asian American literature as well as Midwest and Michigan-based literature, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids features a clear and powerful voice that brings all people together in these political and pandemic times.

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is an award-winning poet, essayist, journalist, activist, scholar focused on issues of Asian America, race, justice, and the arts. Her writing has appeared in online publications at PBS NewsHour, NBCAsianAmerica, PRIGlobalNation, Center for Asian American Media, and Detroit Journalism Cooperative and in Cha: An Asian Literary JournalKartika ReviewDrunken BoatJoao Roque Literary Journal. She co-created a multimedia artwork for Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, and she is a Knight Arts Challenge Detroit artist.

Zilka Joseph’s work is influenced by Indian and Western cultures, and her Bene Israel roots. She has authored five collections, and her work has appeared in several prominent US and international journals and anthologies. Her books have been nominated for awards such as PEN, ABA, and Pushcart prizes, and her recent chapbook Sparrows and Dust won a Notable Best Indie Book award. She was awarded a Zell Fellowship, the Michael R. Gutterman prize, and the Elsie Choy Lee Scholarship from the University of Michigan.Her new book In Our Beautiful Bones is a Foreword INDIES award finalist. She teaches creative writing workshops, is a manuscript advisor, and a mentor to writers in her community.

Kyunghee Kim is a Korean American poet, writer, public school educator, and a life coach residing in the Ypsilanti area. As a proud immigrant, Kyunghee explores topics of identity in her writing as well as topics of love, grief, hope, and belonging. She believes in the power of stories to bring connection, compassion, and change. Her work has been featured in Shondaland, INSIDER, KoreanAmericanStory.org, and others. Her debut children's poetry book, See Us Bloom, is out in April 2023 with Modern Marigold Books, available for preorder now. Kyunghee writes for both kids and adults. Visit kimkyunghee.com to learn more.

Carlina Duan is a writer-educator from Michigan, and the author of the poetry collections I Wore My Blackest Hair (Little A, 2017) and Alien Miss (Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2021). Among many things, she loves river walks, snail mail, and being a sister. Carlina’s poems have appeared in POETRY Magazine, Narrative Magazine, Poets.org, The Rumpus, and other publications. Carlina received her M.F.A. in Poetry from Vanderbilt University. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the University of Michigan’s Joint Program in English and Education, and works as the Poetry Editor at Michigan Quarterly Review.

Event address: 
124 E. Washington
Ann ArborMI 48104

Friday, January 6, 2023

U.S. Marine Corps compelled to allow Sikh Americans to begin basic training with turbans, beards | PBS NewsHour

My article for PBS NewsHour
In a milestone for religious freedom and against employment discrimination, a federal court of appeals granted a preliminary injunction last month that requires the Marine Corps to immediately allow two Sikh Americans to enlist and begin basic training without shaving their heads and beards, while also allowing them to wear turbans, patkas, and other religious articles that their faith requires.

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Guest Lecture APIA History and Heroes

First day of classes at University of Michigan! Guest Lecture on APIA History and Heroes today for Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights, University of Michigan Dept of American Culture
Wed., Jan. 4, 2023 10-11:20am EST