Viet Thanh Nguyen at UM!

Viet Thanh Nguyen at UM today for special September 11 lecture at Lydia Mendelssohn theatre (and I got to have lunch with him and Peter Ho Davies and Emily Lawsin)

Open Mic & Share Poetry feat Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Reading Thursday, September 13, 2018, 7pm, at Bookbound Open Mic and Share Poetry Series, Ann Arbor
Open Mic and Share Poetry feat Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

SAT/ACT Essay writing and Public Speaking classes

Teaching SAT/ACT Essay writing and Public Speaking classes at Ann Hua Chinese School again this year! Sundays 11-12 and 2-3, starting Sept. 9. See you all there!

New Ann Arbor courses coming soon: Memoir in Free Verse

New Ann Arbor courses coming soon through Springfed Arts! Check out Springfed.org

Memoir in Free Verse

Writing workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Everyone has interesting stories to tell, but not everyone knows where to begin. Whether you want to write a family history for your loved ones or publish a memoir of your life, why not start here, one word, one story at time? Short writing and reading exercises, tips and tricks to overcome barriers to writing, if you can tell your story, you can write your story! No prerequisites. Bring a notebook and a pen.

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, speaker, educator, and poet focused on issues of race, culture, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBC News Asian America, PRI Global Nation, New America Media, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, and several anthologies, journals, and art exhibitions. She teaches Asian/Pacific Islander American media and civil rights law at the University of Michigan, and she teaches creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. Franceskaihwawang.com

6 class sessions, 2 hours each session, weekday times

Fall term Oct-Nov, Winter term Feb-Mar, Spring term April-May

Tuition $130 for members, $180 for nonmembers

Membership Springfed Arts $50 (1 year)

Dates, times, locations available soon at Springfedarts.org or Franceskaihwawang.com (still setting things up with venue)

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