King and Thurston neighborhoods | Ann Arbor City Guide

My articles in this year's Ann Arbor City Guide, looking at King and Thurston neighborhoods

 

My Neighborhood - Thurston (CG18) - Ann Arbor Observer

My Neighborhood - King (CG18) - Ann Arbor Observer

A2SO @ 90 - Ann Arbor Observer

My article for the Ann Arbor Observer, August 2018 issue

"This is a quality-sensitive community," says Lipsky. "Ann Arbor is a hub for the best professional orchestras in the world. So we are lucky to be here, but our audience--which is the same audience--comes to expect the same experience as with the Berlin Philharmonic."

A2SO @ 90 - Ann Arbor Observer

College Application Essay Writing Workshop

College Application Essay Writing Workshop
Saturday, September 08, 2018, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Chelsea District Library Learning Lab

Have you been meaning to start your college application essays all summer? What do those questions mean? Where do you even start? How do you fit it all into the word count? This college application essay boot camp prompts you to sit down and just get it done. Using timed writings and discussion, we will inventory your high school experiences, analyze application essay questions, write a good first draft and discuss editing techniques. Bring a laptop or a notebook and pen.

Event Type(s): Teen
Age Group(s): High SchoolCollege Application Essay Writing Workshop

Laughter, tears as excited audiences pack theaters to support 'Crazy Rich Asians'

My article with NBC Asian America team

Laughter, tears as excited audiences pack theaters to support 'Crazy Rich Asians'

Literary Reading at Mokupapapa next summer

Confirmed: We'll be having a literary reading next summer at Mokupapapa Discovery Center in Hilo on Thursday, July 18, 2019! Mark your calendars!

Jumpstart Your College Essay at Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart Your College Essay
Washtenaw Community College

Technical and Industrial Bldg

2 Saturdays, August 18 and 25, 2018, 1-4 pm

Have you been meaning to start your college application essays all summer? What do those questions mean? Where do you even start? How do you fit it all into the word count? This college application essay boot camp prompts you to sit down and just get it done. Using timed writings and discussion, we will inventory your high school experiences, analyze application essay questions, write a good first draft and discuss editing techniques. Bring a laptop, notebook and pen. Bring a friend too!

Please read: Lunch is not provided. For ages 15-18.

Register now: https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=17975&int_category_id=12&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0

Writing the Stories of Your Life

Big Island friends! Come write with me! Starting this thursday, July 12, for four weeks at UHH. It will be fun (esp since my my mom may sit in on the class with us!) There is still room because of the lava so register now and bring/send friends xoxo see you soon

Writing the Stories of Your Life

The Customs & Culture of Chinese Food at AADL

The Customs & Culture of Chinese Food with Cooking Demonstration

Ann Arbor District Library
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Thursday September 27, 2018: 6:30pm to 8:00pm

For Whom
Grade 6 - Adult

Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals.
What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and the Chinese moon festival, and why?
What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history?
Where were fortune cookies invented?
And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?

Afterward, watch Frances Kai-Hwa Wang demonstrate how to make a smashed cucumber salad and discover your fortune in a cookie!

https://aadl.org/node/378442

Jumpstart Your College Essay at Chelsea District Library

Jumpstart Your College Essay
Chelsea District Library
Saturday, September 29, 2-4 pm

Have you been meaning to start your college application essays all summer? What do those questions mean? Where do you even start? How do you fit it all into the word count? This college application essay boot camp prompts you to sit down and just get it done. Using timed writings and discussion, we will inventory your high school experiences, analyze application essay questions, write a good first draft and discuss editing techniques. Bring a laptop, notebook and pen.

Link coming soon

Writing from the Heart at Volcano Art Center | Volcano Art Center

Big island friends! Come write with me! One-day workshop up at the summit of the volcano! Sat July 21 9:30-4:00.at Volcano Art Center. Bring/send friends

Writing from the Heart at Volcano Art Center | Volcano Art Center

Stargazers: A Cracked Walnut poetry reading

Thanks for inviting me to be a part of
Stargazers: A Cracked Walnut reading,
Friday, June 22 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM, at
East Side Freedom Library, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Cracked Walnut presents an evening of original literature by local authors presented with the theme of “Stargazers” which they may use to alter their own reality as they see fit. This reading will feature Josh Brown, Emylisa Warrick, Riawa Thomas-Smith, Mike Finley, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and Bryan Thao Worra. Hosted by Bryan Thao Worra. https://www.facebook.com/events/189864468502744/

Stargazers: A Cracked Walnut reading

And a report
Reading Report: Cracked Walnut’s “Stargazers,” June 22, 2018 – SPECPO

And pictures too

Asian American playwright Young Jean Lee makes Broadway history - Women’s Media Center

My article for on Korean American playwright Young Jean Lee in Women's Media Center!

Asian American playwright Young Jean Lee makes Broadway history - Women’s Media Center

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

June 19, 2018...36 years ago now...

We're all in this together. A Vincent Chin Reader I put together for NBC Asian America last year

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

"Racists are not very smart. Don’t count on them being able to tell any of us apart (not that that would make it ok). Don’t assume that you or your children or your elders are safe because you are not from that other group."

An interview I did with Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles re Vincent Chin case last year that resonates painfully today

Q&A with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA

Asian Heritage Street Celebration Newspaper by cccsanfrancisco - issuu

I curated the essays and poetry for "Without Walls," May 2018, Issue 1, published by Chinese Culture Center San Francisco with Tamiko Wong for San Francisco's Asian Heritage Street Celebration

Asian Heritage Street Celebration Newspaper by cccsanfrancisco - issuu

ONA Detroit Local Summit

Making new friends at ONA Detroit Local Summit! 

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice WCC

We are Writing with Style today Saturday 6/2/2018 at this fun weekend workshop at Washtenaw Community College. Come join us! Bring a notebook and a pen (and a lunch!)

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Write with me this Saturday 6/2 at this fun weekend workshop at Washtenaw Community College. Register now for just a few remaining seats! Bring a notebook and a pen (and a lunch!)

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

The #WriteBackFightBack Twitter townhall

The #WriteBackFightBack Twitter townhall, inspired by the http://WriteBackFightBack.com/ essay series, is happening today, May 30, 2018, at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT, as the #WriteBackFightBack writers come together to talk about Asian American resistance to white supremacy!

Preparing Little Brother for a Mass Shooting – Reappropriate

My essay as part of the #writebackfightback series sponsored by 18MillionRising, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and Reappropriate--from March 8

Preparing Little Brother for a Mass Shooting – Reappropriate

How Can We Make the MFA Workshop More Hospitable to Writers of Color? | Literary Hub

How Can We Make the MFA Workshop More Hospitable to Writers of Color? | Literary Hub

‘Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would’ Is the Most Savage Twitter Thread in Ages

‘Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would’ Is the Most Savage Twitter Thread in Ages

writing w style: food and family this sat at WCC

Fun new writing workshop w me, "writing w style: food and family," (the two best topics to write about), this sat April 7 9:30-3:30, at Washtenaw community college. A few spaces left, Register today!

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=16997&int_category_id=3&int_sub_category_id=49&int_catalog_id=0

Speaking at Detroit's 15th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference

Speaking at Detroit's 15th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference on April 19 at Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn

Look how much fun I had at MAASU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paxgrsRE12M

Giving the Keynote today at MAASU at OSU

Speaking today at the Historical Society of Michigan on Vincent Chin case

Updates

This website is in the middle of being updated so... Here are some of my recent articles:

Why Are Asian American Women Still Inaccurately Portrayed on TV?

AlterNet-Mar 10, 2018

Hawaiian language finds new prominence in Hawaii's courts ...

NBCNews.com-Feb 28, 2018

After the recall , Ka'eo said he felt the judge did not understand the movement to revitalize the Hawaiian language, NBC affiliate Hawaii News Now reported. "This is not just about language,” Ka'eo reportedly said. “This is a larger questions in which Hawaiians have been struggling to become visible within Hawaii and the ...

Asian Americans and the food justice movement in metro-Detroit
https://www.detroitjournalism.org/2018/02/20/asian-americans-food-justice-movement-metro-detroit-adding-complexity-making-connections/
Reprinted in these New Michigan Media publications: http://newmichiganmedia.com/meet-the-publishers/

Newsrooms should be more diverse, even ours

UConn Daily Campus-Feb 15, 2018

Last Thursday, the University of Connecticut Department of Journalism invited three professional journalists to speak on a panel titled “Confronting Racism in Journalism” in Wilbur Cross. The panelists were Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, essayist for “NBC AsianAmerica” and a contributor to Public Radio International; Helen ...

Professional journalists talk race representation in the media

UConn Daily Campus-Feb 9, 2018

The event hosted Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, essayist for NBC News: Asian America and contributor to Public Radio International; Helen Ubinas, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Hartford Courant's first Latina news columnist; and Kevin Blackistone, columnist for The Washington Post and commentator on ESPN's ...

Speaking at Univ of Minnesota Feb 20

http://aapress.com/community/u-of-mn-asian-american-studies-events-calendar/

Becoming an Asian American Badass feat. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Appleby Hall 311

Tired of the BS and ready for the Badass? Subject to all sorts of competing—and often conflicting—expectations and pressures about who we are, who we ought to be, and what we could be, it can be hard to figure out how to be Asian, American, Asian American,…oneself? It is not enough to talk about race, it is not enough to talk about gender, it is not enough to talk about the scars of our high expectations tiger parents. Yet we have so many badass role models and superheroes in our community, showing us how to be true to ourselves and a fierce advocate for our communities. How do we cultivate an Asian American identity that works for us as we move through our many different communities and how do we carry our art and activism forward into life after school?

Refreshments will be provided!​

Please RSVP at z.umn.edu/badass
https://www.facebook.com/events/140019590027759/

February 20
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Asian American Resistance & Creative ClapbacksRapson Hall 100

Join the Asian Pacific American Resource Center for our Spring Speaker!
Using Asian American stereotypes in the media as an easy and visual entry point into Asian American history, we will examine connections between Asian American media stereotypes, historical anxieties, and what contemporary Asian American creatives are doing to clap back. This history of resistance is more relevant than ever today in this time of Islamophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, Black Lives Matter, and “fake news.” The challenge is to become critical readers, savvy media consumers, and activist content creators.
Please RSVP at z.umn.edu/APARCspeaker
Doors open at 5 p.m.

For more information on these and other events call 612-625-4813 or visit www.cla.umn.edu/asianamerican and on FACEBOOK.

Confronting Racism as Journalists at UConn

Today! Speaking on a cool panel at University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 8, 5:00 pm

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/339772666506854

Ypsilanti District Library Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

Saturday, February 10, 2018

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

YDL-Whittaker Community Meeting Room

Topic

Family

Contact

jkrahnke@ypsilibrary.org

734 482-4110 x1340

Department

Whittaker Youth

Link

http://ems.ypsilibrary.org/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=6899

The Lunar Festival marks the beginning of spring. Join Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and learn about New Year traditions and see a performance from the Ann Arbor Chinese Center's Yo-Yo Troupe!

Audience

Family

Event Detail

The Lunar Festival marks the beginning of spring. Join Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and learn about the terrible Nian monster that comes out on New Year's Even, the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, the luckiest way to clean and decorate your house for the New Year, and see the Chinese Yo-Yo Troupe from the Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan perform!

Master Calendar - Event Details

“We are more complex than that”: How television portrays Asian American women - Women’s Media Center

My first article at Women's Media Center!

“It is not realistic,” said Yuen. “Every show has more than one white character, but it is rare to have more than one Asian American character.”

“We are more complex than that”: How television portrays Asian American women - Women’s Media Center

Adventures with the haircut aunties

Went to see the haircut aunties today for my biannual lecture about how I need to dress better and take at least 8 minutes to do my hair in the morning and find a nice Chinese boyfriend with a good job, now ready for the lunar new year's season.

Winter term beginning Washtenaw Community College

Starting this week!

Wednesday
Chinese: Level 1 - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Saturday
Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

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

Confronting Racism as Journalists at UConn

speaking at a panel discussion at University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 8

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/339772666506854

Sarah Taber on Twitter: "Japanese internment was a land grab by white farmers. Full stop."

Sarah Taber on Twitter: "Japanese internment was a land grab by white farmers. Full stop."

Miracle Whip, Hamburger Helper and the zombie apocalypse: Daughter's obituary for her father goes viral - Daily Southtown

Miracle Whip, Hamburger Helper and the zombie apocalypse: Daughter's obituary for her father goes viral - Daily Southtown

Ten Tips For Developing a Data State of Mind | Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2017

Ten Tips For Developing a Data State of Mind | Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2017

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping | 90.5 WESA

Hey look, my PRI article is at Pittsburg's public radio station. Seattle and Virginia, too!

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping | 90.5 WESA

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of headwrapping | KUOW News and Information

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping | WVTF

Exploring Chinese Food Culture and Customs Today!

Exploring Chinese Food Culture and Customs
Salem-South Lyon District Library
Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:00-8:30 pm
Free but Registration required
Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals. What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and why? How do you put together a Chinese meal and what counts as good Chinese table manners? What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history? Where were fortune cookies invented? And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?

Talk this Thursday: Chinese Food: Custom & Culture

Chinese Food: Custom & Culture, Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Salem-South Lyon District Library

Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals. What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and why? How do you put together a Chinese meal and what counts as good Chinese table manners? What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history? Where were fortune cookies invented? And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?


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WCC Writing Classes Winter 2018 beginning this week!

Here are my upcoming writing classes at WCC. Lots of writing and sharing with tips and tricks. The full descriptions are in the link (Spring classes might not be listed yet). Come join the fun!

Dare to Dream writing workshop
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

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

Writing with Style--Family and Culture

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

Writing from the Heart 

4 Wednesday evenings, May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice, Writing with Style

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

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

Exploring Chinese Food Culture and Customs this thursday!

Exploring Chinese Food Culture and Customs
Salem-South Lyon District Library
Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:00-8:30 pm
Free but Registration required
Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals. What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and why? How do you put together a Chinese meal and what counts as good Chinese table manners? What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history? Where were fortune cookies invented? And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?

Writing classes WCC Winter and Spring 2018

Here are my upcoming writing classes at WCC. Lots of writing and sharing with tips and tricks. The full descriptions are in the link (Spring classes might not be listed yet). Come join the fun!

Dare to Dream writing workshop
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

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

Writing with Style--Family and Culture

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

Writing from the Heart 

4 Wednesday evenings, May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice, Writing with Style

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

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

Sensitivity Readers: What the Job Is Really Like

Sensitivity Readers: What the Job Is Really Like

UMich first day of school

Back to school today, send me your Umich students!

Asian/ Pacific Islander Americans and Civil Rights Law
University of Michigan Department of American Culture AC301

Winter semester 2018

(listed under Roland Hwang)

Hawai'i Deep Beauty and Volcanic Power reading 2013 | Ann Arbor District Library

I just found this video from a reading I did at the Ann Arbor District Library in 2013 with Tom Peek, Catherine Robbins, June Tanoe, Susan Najita. I have no memory of discovering it before... (I'm at the 29:19 mark)
Hawai'i: Deep Beauty and Volcanic Power

Catherine Robbins | Ann Arbor District Library
Update: AADL updated their website. Watching to see if link returns.

More POC essays to read

More great POC essays to read

A Story of Slavery in Modern America - Alex Tizon - The Atlantic

A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read | Ocean Vuong | The New Yorker

Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving - Viet Thanh Nguyen - The New York Times

Typecast as a terrorist | Riz Ahmed | The Long Read | World news | The Guardian

more soon

Amazing essays by women of color to read

Amazing essays by women of color to read (what am I missing? Let me know!)

Why I Don’t Date White Men - Tanzila Ahmed - The Aerogram

A Refuge for Jae-in Doe: Fugues in the Key of English Major | Seo-Young Chu | ENTROPY

An essay by Vanessa Mártir, "She called it 'White Woman Shit'" | The James Franco Review

Catapult | Women at Work and Other Tales of Survival | May-lee Chai

I Don't Know What to Do With Good White People | Brit Bennett

What Goes Through Your Mind: On Nice Parties and Casual Racism - The Toast | Nicole Chung

White Women Drive Me Crazy | Aisha Mirza

They All Laughed at Edwidge Danticat – Electric Literature | Kariissa Chen

more

and one from me too Essay: Carrying Our Courage, From Immigrant Stories to Refugee Stories

Beyond Pho | KCET

Beyond Pho | KCET

How Pho Genius Andrea Nguyen Makes Vegan Broth As Rich as Chicken

How Pho Genius Andrea Nguyen Makes Vegan Broth As Rich as Chicken

時尚、信仰和文化在全球頭巾藝術展上齊聚一堂 · Global Voices 繁體中文

Look at how good my Chinese is! They even translated my Chinese name right! My article for Public Radio International (PRI) Global Nation in traditional Chinese!!!

時尚、信仰和文化在全球頭巾藝術展上齊聚一堂 · Global Voices 繁體中文

WCC field trip to Chinese restaurant

My Chinese food class at WCC went on a field trip tonight to my favorite Chinese restaurant, so delicious. Do you need the cliff notes?

TK WU | Fine Chinese Cuisine

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Next time:

Chinese Food: Custom & Culture - Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Salem-South Lyon District Library

Free but registration required.
Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals. What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and why? How do you put together a Chinese meal and what counts as good Chinese table manners? What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history? Where were fortune cookies invented? And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?

After 10 years, play about internment resister finds new relevance

My article for NBC Asian America re Jeanne Sakata's play, "Hold These Truths"

“There’s a line in the play where Gordon says, ‘And I’ll say it again, ancestry is not a crime.’ And never more than right now do we need to hear those words.”

After 10 years, play about internment resister finds new relevance

Mode, foi et culture réunies dans l’art mondial du foulard · Global Voices en Français

oh wow, my high school french teacher would be so impressed with me lol

My article for PRI Global Nation in French

Mode, foi et culture réunies dans l’art mondial du foulard · Global Voices en Français

and in Portuguese and Spanish, too! Who knew I was so talented jk

Moda, fé e cultura se encontram na arte global de amarrar lenços e turbantes · Global Voices em Português

Pañuelos para la cabeza que enlazan moda, religión y cultura · Global Voices en Español

WCC snow day

Chinese Food Culture and Customs class tonight postponed until next week, same time same place. Washtenaw Community College just announced that all classes and activities today after 5pm are cancelled due to snowy conditions.

Nonprofit Staves Off Displacement in San Francisco’s Historic Chinatown - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Just found this article re my article re Rev Norman Fong and Chinatown Community Development Center


Nonprofit Staves Off Displacement in San Francisco’s Historic Chinatown - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Muslim Chinese food video

for reference, video on Muslim Chinese food (so hungry!)

https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/10155905121349820/

Facebook

Essay: Carrying Our Courage, From Immigrant Stories to Refugee Stories

just found out my essays are being taught in a university creative nonfiction class (and I thought I needed to take a creative nonfiction class lol) so fun to see the student responses to this essay from two years ago https://www.nbcnews.com/…/essay-carrying-our-courage-immigr… thanks!

Essay: Carrying Our Courage, From Immigrant Stories to Refugee Stories

WCC Field trip to Chinese grocery store

My Chinese food class at WCC went on a field trip tonight to a local Chinese grocery store, so much fun! Next week: Field trip to my favorite Chinese restaurant

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Next time:

Chinese Food: Custom & Culture - Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Salem-South Lyon District Library

Free but registration required.
Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals. What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and why? How do you put together a Chinese meal and what counts as good Chinese table manners? What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history? Where were fortune cookies invented? And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?

ACA High School Scholarship Awards Banquet

Keynote speaker tonight, December 3, 2017, at the Association of Chinese Americans High School Scholarship Awards Banquet, Chinese Cultural Center, Madison Heights, MI

Will be talking about superheroes!

'America Is in the Heart': Smithsonian video spotlights U.S.'s immigrant history

My article for NBC Asian America

“Given the times we live in, I wanted to revisit Bulosan this way because we can all use a reminder that there have been other tough times in America, and we have persevered and become stronger as a people, and as a nation.” Thanks Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

'America Is in the Heart': Smithsonian video spotlights U.S.'s immigrant history

Writing to Change the World - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Writing to Change the World is on for this Saturday at Washtenaw Community College Continuing Education Come write with me in this last class of 2017 and get ready to change the world in 2018! Only a few spaces left, register now!Writing to Change the World - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

My Chinese food class at WCC starting this Wed and running for 3 consecutive Wed nights. First night in the classroom, second night a field trip to a local Chinese grocery store, third night a field trip to my favorite local Chinese restaurant. Register now! A few spaces left!

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Grateful for Family & Friends #TaiwaneseThanksgiving

My mom, "No one could possibly be such a terrible cook, she must be doing it on purpose." Thanks HoChie Tsai TaiwaneseAmerican.org for having faith in my #taiwanesethanksgiving abilities. And Grace Hwang Lynch too! There is still time to send in your photos!



Grateful for Family & Friends #TaiwaneseThanksgiving

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

We will be "Writing to Change the World" this Sat at WCC, an all-day intensive writer's workshop. A few spaces left, come along or send your friends.
Creative Writing Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Why we should all mourn the end of Pacific News Service - San Francisco Chronicle

So much love and thanks to Sandy Close and New America Media
Why we should all mourn the end of Pacific News Service - San Francisco Chronicle

Pacific News Service closes, but lessons continue - San Francisco Chronicle

So much love and thanks for Sandy Close and New America Media
Pacific News Service closes, but lessons continue - San Francisco Chronicle

A New Thanksgiving Tradition, Born of a Family's Separation

Revisiting a favorite essay I wrote for NBC Asian America re Thanksgiving Eve (even though thanksgiving eve is cancelled this year). Sad.

A New Thanksgiving Tradition, Born of a Family's Separation

Cartoonist Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In Yourself - The New York Times

Cartoonist Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In Yourself - The New York Times

coming to Ypsilanti Jan 7, 2018 w Amy Probst
WRITING THE UNTHINKABLE Tickets, Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

In San Francisco's Chinatown, community building starts with a turkey in every oven

My article for NBC Asian America about the great work Rev. Norman Fong and Chinatown Community Development Center are doing

“We’re trying to build the ‘Beloved Community’ here....Key to that is bridge building. It’s not just turkeys.”

In San Francisco's Chinatown, community building starts with a turkey in every oven

Rebecca Solnit: Let This Flood of Women's Stories Never Cease | Literary Hub

Write your stories:



"Patriarchy kills off stories and women to maintain its power. If you’re a woman, this stuff shapes you; it scars you, it tells you you are worthless, no one, voiceless, that this is not a world in which you are safe or equal or free. That your life is something someone else may steal from you, even a complete stranger, just because you’re a woman. And that society will look the other way most of the time, or blame you, this society that is itself a system of punishment for being a woman. Silence over these things is its default setting, the silence feminism has been striving to break, and is breaking."



Rebecca Solnit: Let This Flood of Women's Stories Never Cease | Literary Hub

The Pitch: How to get the attention of a senior editor at Smithsonian Magazine - Nieman Storyboard

The Pitch: How to get the attention of a senior editor at Smithsonian Magazine - Nieman Storyboard

I am not your brown reporter

Just discovering Philadelphia's The Inquirer columnist Helen Ubiñas--Love this essay! Look forward to meeting and speaking on a panel with her at University of Connecticut soon!
I am not your brown reporter

more from Nieman
Why We Need More Visual Journalists and Editors of Color - Nieman Reports

Cartoonist Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In Yourself - The New York Times

Just discovered Lynda Barry's "Writing the Unthinkable" workshops--lots of similarities to the way I teach my writing workshops. Going to go look for her book now.

Cartoonist Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In Yourself - The New York Times

more
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/cartoonist-lynda-barry-will-make-you-believe-in-yourself.html
https://www.eomega.org/workshops/writing-the-unthinkable-1
https://www.eomega.org/workshops/writing-from-workbook-52-1

and then when others reproduce her workshops and in town!
https://www.facebook.com/events/402057686863543/

"Upcoming" page updated with new upcoming talks!

Updated 11/13/2017

Keynote speaker
Association of Chinese Americans High School Scholarship Awards Banquet
Chinese Cultural Center, Madison Heights, MI
Sunday, December 3, 2017, 6:00 pm

Korematsu Day programs
University of Michigan Law School Asian Pacific American Law Students Assn (APALSA)
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor
Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 12:00 pm

Exploring Chinese Food Culture and Customs
Salem-South Lyon District Library
Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:00-8:30 pm

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan
Chinese Lunar New Year program
Saturday, February 3, 2018, 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building

Chinese Lunar New Year program
Saturday, February 3, 2018, 2:00-3:00, Ypsilanti District Library

Keynote speaker
Carleton College Asian Students in America (ASIA) Lunar New Year program
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Saturday, February 17, 2018, 5:00 pm (date may change)

Minneapolis/St. Paul friends! Invite me to speak the weekend of Feb 17!

WCC Creative Writing Classes Dec 2017 through April 2018

Next semester's creative writing courses at WCC are posted!

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

Publishing U: How Do I Keep My Head Up while Finding a Publisher? : The Booklist Reader

when your novel's characters do not seem "Asian enough"

Publishing U: How Do I Keep My Head Up while Finding a Publisher? : The Booklist Reader

Speaking today at University of Michigan on A/PIA media

Speaking today at Prof. June Howard's American Culture/Communications 326 class on History of American magazines at the University of Michigan--on the elections, ethnic media, Asian/Pacific Islander American media, and more.  So much fun! Looking forward.

How to protect yourself during a mass shooting - The Washington Post

great advice

How to protect yourself during a mass shooting - The Washington Post

Creative Writing Classes today at WCC!

Teaching "Writing from the Heart" this Sat at WCC, an all-day intensive writer's workshop. A few spaces left, come along or send your friends. A

I also updated the Resources page. Cool articles about writing there! 

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

Michael Ondaatje opens archive to reveal his writing methods | Books | The Guardian

How did I forget to post this back in September? My hero.

Michael Ondaatje opens archive to reveal his writing methods | Books | The Guardian

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

Teaching "Writing from the Heart" this Sat at WCC, an all-day intensive writer's workshop. A few spaces left, come along or send your friends.

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

Pacific News Service dba New America Media Announces Closure of Organization - New America Media

oh no, so sad, the end of an era. so many people got their start at New America Media. Thanks Sandy Close for everything all these years (and shout outs to all the good friends made there too)

Pacific News Service dba New America Media Announces Closure of Organization - New America Media

If you're interested, hurry and read my columns on the Ethnoblog while they are still there

Dining review: Yue Huang in Natomas ranks among the best in Sacramento area for dim sum | The Sacramento Bee

to remember for later
Dining review: Yue Huang in Natomas ranks among the best in Sacramento area for dim sum | The Sacramento Bee

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of headwrapping | 90.3 KAZU

fun! i forgot about reprints! thanks for the reach PRI The World and Global Nation.

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of headwrapping | 90.3 KAZU

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping | Public Radio International

My first article for PRI Public Radio International Global Nation about the great Zarinah El-Amin Naeem Beautifully Wrapped & The Headwrap Expo this weekend! (and listen to Zarinah on The World later today!)

“There’s a real feeling when you go to the expo, that it’s fashion, it’s culture, it’s fun, it’s beautiful, and everything, but there is really something deeper going on.”

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping | Public Radio International

On the (Rising) Trail of Thai Food in America - The New York Times

"Warning this is not Thai food for beginners"

On the (Rising) Trail of Thai Food in America - The New York Times

Science and Chinese Somatization, or: Do I 'Feel' Like a Chinese Person?

to read later

Science and Chinese Somatization, or: Do I 'Feel' Like a Chinese Person?

2017 High School Conference (HSC) Registration: What Does It Mean to be A/PIA?

for your Michigan high schoolers (or send your UM students to help)--The A/PIA High School Conference will be Nov 18 at UMich

2017 High School Conference (HSC) Registration: What Does It Mean to be A/PIA?

慶雙十 密州僑界出錢出力 | 世界新聞網

Happy belated 10 10 day, article in World Journal about last week's Double Ten celebration, with pictures

慶雙十 密州僑界出錢出力 | 世界新聞網

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

WCC has cancelled this Saturday's "Jumpstart your Memoir" class, but "Writing from the Heart" and "Writing to Save the World" are still on track for Nov and Dec. Register now and bring your friends!

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

Recipes: Seared Spicy Ahi Poke and Ahi Poke | Foodland

also important. Recipes for

Seared Spicy Ahi Poke | Foodland

Ahi Poke | Foodland

Recipe: Make Hawaii-style ahi poke wherever you are | Hawaii Magazine

Recipe: How to make Hawaii chocolate haupia pie | Hawaii Magazine

important!

Recipe: How to make Hawaii chocolate haupia pie | Hawaii Magazine

She Was Told Internment Didn't Happen. Now, Her Family's Story Is in School Books. - NBC News

My article for NBC Asian America

“To have that shut down and then go through the rest of my education without it ever being taught just felt like, ‘oh this is so wrong,’” Yamasaki said. “And I know that this is not exclusive to Japanese-American history."
She Was Told Internment Didn't Happen. Now, Her Family's Story Is in School Books. - NBC News

How-to Drape Archive - The Sari SeriesThe Sari Series

i could watch these all day--Border&Fall's Sari Series, a digital anthology of India's regional sari drapes with 80 how-to videos--despite embarrassing flashbacks to how short I used to hike up my sari in KTM so that I could mountain bike to the city

How-to Drape Archive - The Sari SeriesThe Sari Series

(1) AJ+ - Native Hawaiians view their island as an occupied country,...

(1) AJ+ - Native Hawaiians view their island as an occupied country,...

'Never Again Is Now': Japanese-American Theater Group Finds New Relevance Supporting Muslims - NBC News

my article for NBC Asian America re Grateful Crane Ensemble

'Never Again Is Now': Japanese-American Theater Group Finds New Relevance Supporting Muslims - NBC News

Kazuo Ishiguro: how I wrote The Remains of the Day in four weeks | Books | The Guardian

Kazuo Ishiguro: how I wrote The Remains of the Day in four weeks | Books | The Guardian

Creative Writing Classes at WCC this Sat and this term

"Finding your voice" one day intensive writing workshop and "continuing writers' workshop" (New--6 Saturdays over 3 months) are a go this weekend at WCC, there are just a few spaces left, come write with me and tell your friends!

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

To Write a Great Essay, Think and Care Deeply - The Atlantic

To Write a Great Essay, Think and Care Deeply - The Atlantic