Born stateless in Seoul and raised on four continents, Grace Jahng Lee is working on a novel and an essay collection. Fragmented identities, memory, intergenerational trauma, and home are central themes in her writing. Her writing has been supported by VONA, Kundiman, Yaddo, Bread Loaf, Jentel, Hedgebrook, Caldera, AIR Budapest, Hambidge, the Paden Institute, the Jerome Foundation, the Brooklyn Arts Council, NYFA, Women Who Submit, and others. She is the managing editor at Guernica and the creative nonfiction and health editor at Hyphen.
Join us for three readings featuring the 2021 Jack Straw Writing Fellows, hosted by 2021 Writers Program Curator E. J. Koh. Friday, May 7, 7pm: Abi Pollokoff, C. R. Glasgow, Paulette Perhach, Patrycja Humienik Friday, May 14, 7pm: Kristie Song, S. Erin Batiste, José Luis Montero, Greg November Friday, May 21, 7pm: Tochukwu Okafor, Grace […]
Categories: Writers Program
Putsata Reang: Resisting Erasure through Storytelling
Putsata Reang discusses the dangers of dwelling on differences and encourages audiences to share their personal stories as an antidote to erasure.
Tuesday, December 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Shin Yu Pai: Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life
In this talk enriched by audio clips, Pai shares intimate stories from Asian American communities drawn from two seasons of her chart-topping podcast.
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
An anthology and reading from Jack Straw Cultural Center and Raven Chronicles celebrating the first twenty years of the Jack Straw Writers Program, 1997-2016
