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In this event hosted by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, Jane Wong reads “To Love a Mosquito,” a chapter from her memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City (Tin House, 2023), and pieces of her mother’s diary, followed by a discussion about her approaches to poetry versus creative nonfiction.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including The Figure Going Imaginary by Marianne Boruch and Marginlands: A Journey Into India’s Vanishing Landscapes by Arati Kumar-Rao.
Oral historian Nyssa Chow considers the nested memories she belongs to, and invites readers to do the same.
In this 2024 Asian American Literature Festival event, hosts Cathy Song and Misty-Lynn Sanico introduce a reading from Bamboo Ridge Press authors Donald Carreira Ching, Scott Kikkawa, Wing Tek Lum, and Tamara Wong-Morrison.
Publishing around half a dozen novellas, poetry collections, and graphic novels yearly, Driftwood Press resists narrowing itself to a specific niche; instead, the press is defined by its diversity in stories, styles, and perspectives.
The annual Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop was held from June 8 to June 12 at the Hollins University campus in Roanoke, Virginia. The conference featured generative manuscript workshops and tutorials in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and multigenre work, as well as craft talks, individual conferences with faculty members, readings, and social events. The faculty included poet and nonfiction writer James McKean; fiction writers Amanda Cockrell, Dorothy Hassan, Fred G. Leebron, Daniel Mueller, and Rachele Salvini; and nonfiction writer Kristin Dombek.
Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop Summer Residential Program, Hollins University, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA 24020. (540) 362-6225. Christine Powell, Program Director.
