What I learned about writing from reading Greta Thunberg’s speech to the U.N. - Poynter

What I learned about writing from reading Greta Thunberg’s speech to the U.N. - Poynter

"Beyond Vincent Chin: Legacies of Action" to be published by Wayne State University Press

Omg. Signed. It's really happening. "Beyond Vincent Chin: Legacies of Action" to be published by Wayne State University Press. Thanks to the Knight Foundation Knight Arts Challenge Detroit!

Knight Foundation names 36 winning ideas to share over $1.3 million in the 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit - Knight Foundation

Excited to announce that I won a Knight Arts Challenge Detroit award!

https://knightfoundation.org/press/releases/knight-winning-ideas-to-share-over-1-3-million-in-the-knight-arts-challenge-detroit

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2019/10/10/detroit-knight-arts-challenge-winners/3921981002/

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/nonprofit/hamtramck-theater-jazz-collective-puppet-performance-among-winners-14-million-knight-arts

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2019/10/10/knight-arts-challenge-2019-winners/3928467002/

Here is the project:
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
"Beyond Vincent Chin: Legacies in Action and Art"
An anthology of essays by Asian American activists and a digital arts archive that enables reflection by Asian American activists, artists and allies on the landmark Vincent Chin case

The book will be published by Wayne State University Press and the digital arts archive will be housed at UM Library in perpetuity.

Knight Foundation names 36 winning ideas to share over $1.3 million in the 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit - Knight Foundation

A2 Poetry Slamiversary Showcase

I'll be reading tonight with my friends at the Ann Arbor Poetry Slamiversary Showcase to celebrate the second oldest poetry slam in the country. Come join us, it will be fun! Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, 7-9pm, Espresso Royale on State St., Ann Arbor

Slamiversary Showcase

The 20 best Asian American films of the last 20 years - Los Angeles Times

good voices behind this list

The 20 best Asian American films of the last 20 years - Los Angeles Times

Upcoming writing classes at Washtenaw Community College

My next two writing classes at Washtenaw Community College are a go! Only a few spots left! Register today! Finding the Writer within (10 Sundays 12-2 starting 10/6) and Exploring Creative Nonfiction (3 Mondays 6-8:30 starting 10/7) 

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

Detroit Equity Action Lab Race and Justice Reporting fellowship

Excited to announce that I have received a Race and Justice Reporting Initiative fellowship from the Detroit Equity Action Lab at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights! So excited to be able to write about Asian American artists working on social justice issues in Detroit.

https://sites.google.com/view/detroitequity/stories/reporting-initiative/arts-culture/fall-2019-fellows?fbclid=IwAR1v1MtL8_oc8lY2ikZqisBhgEBHy6ofxiJPHDNhMm45Qe1LKwsOKxvAmx8

Joe Grimm on the Faygo Book: What I learned in 100 author appearances

great advice from the great joe grimm!

Joe Grimm on the Faygo Book: What I learned in 100 author appearances

Opinion | The Whistle-Blower Knows How to Write - The New York Times

Opinion | The Whistle-Blower Knows How to Write - The New York Times

"Whatever Happened to 王大中"

Who remembers Wang Da Zhong from Chinese school textbooks? Just heard that my poem "Whatever Happened to 王大中" has been accepted for publication in Volume II of "Chrysanthemum: Voices of the Taiwanese Diaspora" thanks TaiwaneseAmerican.org

Education Writers Association EWA coming to UMich

So excited (and relieved) to receive a kind last-minute scholarship to attend Education Writers Association EWA's 2019 Higher Education Seminar to be held next week at the University of Michigan! "Demographics, Politics, and Technology: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education!" I distractedly missed all the deadlines and was so sad when I thought EWA would be in my own town and I wouldn't be able to go...

Taking photographs today

Taking photographs today with the talented and charming Cybelle Codish in Detroit for a secret thing I can't tell you about yet, but will be announced soon. In the meantime, if you need a photographer in Detroit, check out https://www.cybellecodish.com

Reading at Ann Arbor Poetry Slamiversary

I'll be reading at the Ann Arbor Poetry Slamiversary of the second oldest running poetry slam/series in the country with my friends Sun Oct 6, 7pm, Espresso Royale on State Street in a2. Hope to see you there

Slack key, poetry and prose attract big crowd to Mokupāpapa Discovery Center | Daughters of Fire

more pictures from this summer's reading at Mkupapapa Discovery Center with Patrick Landeza Leomi Bergknut Tom Peek Catherine Robbins! we are so cute!
Slack key, poetry and prose attract big crowd to Mokupāpapa Discovery Center | Daughters of Fire

Rule Allows Native Hawaiians to Form Their Own Government | Smart News | Smithsonian

Wow, look, I was quoted in Smithsonian.com! Three years ago, but still.

Rule Allows Native Hawaiians to Form Their Own Government | Smart News | Smithsonian

The Knight's Library Magazine - Home

Check out my poem "crying on airplanes" now published in Knight's Library magazine. It was written that week that Pro Publica released that heartbreaking audio of the children at the border separated from their parents.
The Knight's Library Magazine - Home

Oasis | Hana Hou

Just found the Hana Hou archives. Here's an article featuring my dad and his beloved pond from 2009

Oasis

Teach Writing With The New York Times: A Free School-Year Curriculum in 7 Units - The New York Times

Teach Writing With The New York Times: A Free School-Year Curriculum in 7 Units - The New York Times

Ypsi group helps African Americans overcome slavery-era obstacles to genealogy research

Miss Jean!!! Next winter, she is teaching an African American geneology class at Washtenaw Community College, and I will be teaching a follow-up course called "writing your family stories"

Ypsi group helps African Americans overcome slavery-era obstacles to genealogy research

Knight Foundation names 62 finalists in 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit - Knight Foundation

I can finally announce that my project "Beyond Vincent Chin: Legacies in Action and Art" is one of 62 finalists in the Knight Arts Challenge Detroit! The proposal seeks to put together an anthology of essays by activists about how the case has inspired them, and to build a digital arts archive of art inspired by the case, plus a fabulous arts-filled launch event. Thanks to all my partners: Wayne State Univ Press, Univ of Michigan Library, IS/LAND, American Citizens for Justice. Fingers crossed and breath held until Sept announcement of winners. Thanks Knight Foundation!
Knight Foundation names 62 finalists in 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit - Knight Foundation