FINDING YOUR VOICE

Saturday June 5, 2021, 10:00-11:30 am PDT/ 1:00-2:30pm EDT/ 7:00-8:30am HST on Zoom. If you have been scribbling poetry in secret journals for years or if you have been waiting to find time to begin a memoir for your loved ones, it can take time to find your authentic voice or to have enough trust to show your writing to the world, so let’s begin here, one word, one day at a time. Hands-on workshop. How do I begin? How do I overcome barriers to writing? Bring a notebook and pen.

TELLING THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE

Saturday June 12, 2021, 10:00-11:30 am PDT/ 1:00-2:30pm EDT/ 7:00-8:30am HST on Zoom. Everyone has interesting stories to tell, but not everyone knows where to begin. Whether you want to write a memoir or just a keepsake for your loved ones, why not start here, one word, one story at time? Nobody knows your stories better than you. Hands-on workshop. What is a memoir? How do I begin? How do I overcome barriers to writing? If you can talk story, you can write your story! Bring a notebook and pen. (Pair this class with Virtual Writing Workshop: Finding your Voice to create your own writing series)

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, and poet 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.

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