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/

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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