Digital Prose poetry with found object installation and photography for Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) Sowing Agency Art Exhibition, SOMArts gallery, San Francisco, May 2021. This prose poem with whimsical art installations feature everyday items and children’s toys collected, reused, reborn. This is not just about frugality but a celebration of how our immigrant and refugee elders create home and provide for our tomorrow.

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, poet, artist focused on issues of Asian America, race, justice, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBCAsianAmerica, PRI GlobalNation, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, Drunken Boat. She teaches Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at University of Michigan and creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. She co-created a multimedia artwork for Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. She is a Knight Arts Challenge Detroit artist. In Chinese School, she was often scolded for having the best spoken Chinese in class and the worst written Chinese.

Franceskaihwawang.com @fkwang