Asian American Writers Workshop The Margins

Time 2020-10-19 21:05:37

Web Name: Asian American Writers Workshop The Margins

WebSite: http://aaww.org

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Translators Notes: Letters for Black Lives There is always a risk of misunderstanding in all kinds of conversations, but those risks are more acutely felt in translation, and even more acutely felt in translation that calls forth past and ongoing traumas. She should moisturize more often, drink at least three liters of hot water with lemon each day, and wear silicon sheet masks to bed to hide the stigmata of a woman who was everything. The Transpacific Literary Project is calling for writing from the space between waking and sleep, consciousness and dream, between the living world and the underworld I was interested in a coming-of-age story that wasn’t about running away from the domestic space but about burrowing and binding and rooting more deeply. Creativity, as it turns out, is especially hard when your brain is in survival mode. They say / the faithful go to God with the love // of a child, they say the soul sees everything / without eyes. I am trying to understand // my life. I embarked on this list with an assumption of scarcity. But I discovered an embarrassment of riches. In the summer of 1990, 62,000 Hong Kong people chose to flee the city because of the violent crackdown on student protesters at Tiananmen Square the previous year. Now once again, people in Hong Kong were faced with the dilemma: to emigrate or to stay. Back then I was committed to the color blue, felt moved to paint my walls, nails, furniture the same shade of teal. Now my body swells at the window with casual longing. One day you ll be married. May Allah make your naseeb good. May you find a man who prays and follows the deen. Fifty five years later, how we remember the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act directly correlates to the strength of our solidarity movements. somewhere a tiger loosens its throat or so she imagines / the rubber trees looming she lifts her paring knife to the day’s throat And though I knew it was someone’s son, I unburied the rooster in the dark and kick-started a fire and roasted it on a spit, my fingers lamping with grease. You spoke through the impossible and you teach us once more how a story, through a faithful, stubborn kind of continuation, can be like a collective strength. We continue in our bookmarks series with works that sing, dissolve boundaries, and gather voices together She does not know if she’s an “opportunist”; this probably means she is an opportunist; She wonders if there is Judgement Day before the revolution; She forces all of her sexual partners to watch The Battle of Algiers. I think that sensual pleasure is at the heart of what I find to be exciting about writing. rises, bloodied, and breathing and begins walking as if in hope. / of being heard. She should moisturize more often, drink at least three liters of hot water with lemon each day, and wear silicon sheet masks to bed to hide the stigmata of a woman who was everything. One day you ll be married. May Allah make your naseeb good. May you find a man who prays and follows the deen. The Transpacific Literary Project is calling for writing from the space between waking and sleep, consciousness and dream, between the living world and the underworld Fifty five years later, how we remember the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act directly correlates to the strength of our solidarity movements. I was interested in a coming-of-age story that wasn’t about running away from the domestic space but about burrowing and binding and rooting more deeply. somewhere a tiger loosens its throat or so she imagines / the rubber trees looming she lifts her paring knife to the day’s throat Creativity, as it turns out, is especially hard when your brain is in survival mode. And though I knew it was someone’s son, I unburied the rooster in the dark and kick-started a fire and roasted it on a spit, my fingers lamping with grease. You spoke through the impossible and you teach us once more how a story, through a faithful, stubborn kind of continuation, can be like a collective strength. They say / the faithful go to God with the love // of a child, they say the soul sees everything / without eyes. I am trying to understand // my life. We continue in our bookmarks series with works that sing, dissolve boundaries, and gather voices together I embarked on this list with an assumption of scarcity. But I discovered an embarrassment of riches. She does not know if she’s an “opportunist”; this probably means she is an opportunist; She wonders if there is Judgement Day before the revolution; She forces all of her sexual partners to watch The Battle of Algiers. In the summer of 1990, 62,000 Hong Kong people chose to flee the city because of the violent crackdown on student protesters at Tiananmen Square the previous year. Now once again, people in Hong Kong were faced with the dilemma: to emigrate or to stay. I think that sensual pleasure is at the heart of what I find to be exciting about writing. Back then I was committed to the color blue, felt moved to paint my walls, nails, furniture the same shade of teal. Now my body swells at the window with casual longing. rises, bloodied, and breathing and begins walking as if in hope. / of being heard. Upcoming Events Thursday, October 22, 7:00 PM Re-: An Open City Fellows ReadingNoah Flora, Amir Khafagy, Soumya Shankar, Preeti Varathan, Kate Zen, Noel Pangilinan This October, join us for a celebratory reading with the 2020 Open City Fellows. We’ll hear from Neighborhood Fellows Noah Flora, Soumya Shankar, Preeti Varathan, and Kate Zen, who have been documenting the pulse of metropolitan Asian America as it has being lived on the streets of New York right... Monday, October 26, 7:00 PM Mouth to Mouth: Open MicKay Ulanday Barrett, Ashna Ali, Donika Kelly, Golden, and Mejdulene B. Shomali Mic Check! Are you a writer? Come share your work at our first virtual edition of our open mic, Mouth to Mouth. Hosted by AAWW’s fave poets Kay Ulanday Barrett and Ashna Ali, this edition of Mouth to Mouth features Donika Kelly, Golden, and Mejdulene B. Shomali. Mouth to Mouth... Wednesday, November 11, 5:00 PM The Voice of Sheila ChandraKazim Ali, Sheila Chandra, and Rajiv Mohabir The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is thrilled to celebrate the launch of Kazim Ali’s newest poetry collection, The Voice of Sheila Chandra. Following a reading from Ali’s innovative and musical new collection, he will be joined in conversation by Sheila Chandra and Rajiv Mohabir to discuss sound, silence, and embodied... Tuesday, December 1, 7:00 PM Racing the EssayCathy Park Hong, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Sejal Shah, and Piyali Bhattacharya This fall, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop is celebrating the art of the essay. Featuring longtime poets and fiction writers with debut essay collections out this year, this conversation will take an intersectional look at Asian American identity, genre, gender, race, publishing, and the way the essay form allows writers... Past Events Tuesday, October 13, 7:00 PM Good Talks: Tina Chang and Mira Jacob Tina Chang and Mira Jacob Tina Chang and Mira Jacob join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop to celebrate the paperback releases of their books Hybrida and Good Talk. Following a reading from their work, they will speak to the intersections of their experiences and creative practices, discussing race, motherhood, and hybrid storytelling structures. RSVP Here!... Saturday, October 10, 5:00 PM AGGIE Documentary Screening and Live Virtual Q A with Film Forum Mahogany Browne, Adnan Khan, Tanya Selvaratnam, Rachel Kuo AAWW is partnering with Film Forum to present a screening of AGGIE, and a discussion with Mahogany Browne, Adnan Khan, and Tanya Selvaratnam, moderated by Rachel Kuo. AGGIE is a feature-length documentary that explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes... Friday, October 2, 7:00 PM Love vs. Internship Ed Lin, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, and Ruth Minah Buchwald In collaboration with the Asian American Writers Workshop and Kundiman, Kaya Press brings acclaimed novelist Ed Lin together with pioneering YA author and co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Marie Myung-Ok Lee (FINDING MY VOICE (Soho Teen, 2021 re-release) in conversation to celebrate the release of Ed Lin’s YA... Tuesday, September 29, 7:00 PM Burial is Beginning: K-Ming Chang and Franny Choi K-Ming Chang and Franny Choi The Asian American Writers’ Workshop celebrates the publication of K-Ming Chang’s debut novel, Bestiary, with a reading and conversation with K-Ming and Franny Choi. Exploring the ways writing about girlhood can reinvent our definitions of community and lineage, and the ways we can grapple with and imagine beyond threats of... Tuesday, September 8, 8:00 PM Book Launch: World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Join the Asian American Writers' Workshop and Milkweed Editions to celebrate the publication day of World of Wonders with author Aimee Nezhukumatathil and special guests Patrick Rosal, Joseph Legaspi, Sarah Gambito, Oliver de la Paz, and Jon Pineda. This event will be presented virtually at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT.  The evening... We would like to collect information during your visit to help us better understand site use. This data is anonymized, and will not be used for marketing purposes. Read More on our Privacy Policy page. You can withdraw permission at any time or update your privacy settings here. Please choose below to continue.

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