The Ghost Archive with Jane Wong

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The Ghost Archive with Jane Wong
Sunday, May 3rd
10 AM – 1 PM PT/ 1 PM – 4 PM ET
Online

Artist and writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha writes: “Beginning wherever you wish, tell even us.” What happens when your archive is a ghost? Working through familial and historical archives, this generative craft intensive engages how we can grapple with the difficulty of research through memoir, poetry, and hybrid texts. How can we expand the definition of the archive to include the half-lit, the half-recorded, the speculative, even? And how can we reimagine storytelling through different mediums? Through readings and guided exercises, we will discuss, write, and share with each other. Optional: bring archival materials with you (i.e. photographs, clothing, seeds, food, documents, etc.).

Scholarship
The scholarship for this intensive has already been awarded.

BIO: Jane Wong is the author of the memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City (Tin House, 2023), winner of the Washington State book award. She also wrote two poetry collections: How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships and residencies from the U.S. Fulbright Program, Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room, Artist Trust, Hedgebrook, Ucross, Loghaven, Mass MOCA, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and others. An interdisciplinary artist as well, she has exhibited her poetry installations and performances at the Frye Art Museum, Richmond Art Gallery, and the Asian Art Museum. She grew up in a take-out restaurant on the Jersey shore and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Asian American Studies at Western Washington University.