Selections from the Immigrant Writing Workshops: “Reflection,” “A Poem and a Pal,” and “Clinging to a language”

October 08, 2021 in Programs

“The poet’s work whispered in my ears with a subtle hint: there was an exceptional bond between Xinyu and me in that bigger universe beyond the ploughed fields. We were more than just classmates. Our thoughts and views were rooted in much deeper and richer soil.”

Selections from the Immigrant Writing Workshops: “The Wooden Horse and the Metallic Deer” and “What Would It Be Like If He Lived”

April 05, 2021 in Programs

“The young man attacked that damp and gray melancholy with poetry. Neruda revealed to us that growing up in a land that is always rainy and cold, childhood is long and static. Even the stars were wet in Neruda’s world.”

Selections from the Immigrant Writing Workshops: “Same Sky, Different Fly” and “Member of the Tribe”

March 19, 2021 in Programs

“When it was time to introduce Rachel’s dad to Hung’s dad, they realized that they had a problem. Rachel’s dad was fluent in Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, Polish and German (the last of which he refused to speak), and Ba Anh was fluent in Vietnamese, English, French, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean. They did not have a language in common.”