This book A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim is an Asian American/Korean American literary classic and should be on every reading list for Asian American literature. This book was written decades before its time and Kim writes with authority, lyricism and fluidity. There is a complicated protagonist and the book reveals the raw truths of childhood and immigration. This story is about the dark side of Confucianism, how we are imprisoned by family and
This is a great book. I bought it several months ago and started reading it. The author reveals to us the relevance of Karen Carpenter to American pop, but also references her own life. This is an academic memoir free of jargon, written in fluid prose. Too often researchers are captive to the often unbearable unreadable lexicon of theory. Academics must use this and deftly to legitimize ideas that are new—and fields that are stigmatized
This is a MEDIUM series based on my current work-in-progress, a memoir (working title: VALID) that is based on my years at Phillips Academy Andover. I will be adding to this series on a weekly basis. It will include my memories, thoughts, ideas, and theories about education, knowledge, identity, and creative expression. Series written by Dr. Stephanie Han – medium
I was really excited to be a part of the Council of Korean Americans summer fellowship program IGNITE. I delivered lectures on Korean American literature and identity, and narrative writing workshops on family and gender. This is a fantastic program for Korean Americans interested in understanding their roles and dreams within the United States and beyond. Many different questions and ideas were raised. For me personally, as a 3rd/4th generation American, this was a great experience
I was interviewed by Amanda Fletcher for the PEN podcast. Looking forward to seeing people in class next week! Check out the podcast here: 1999 EV Dr. Stephanie Han is our next guest on the podcast. She talks to us about polyculturalism, protests, and the pandemic; our increased ability to conceptualize a narrative after the internet; and delivers an inspirational rant on why we write that’s worthy of a Ted Talk. Listen and then sign up for one
Looking forward to the upcoming lecture and workshop series with the Council of Korean Americans for the CKA-Public Service Internship program. I spoke with Dr. Abraham Kim on the CKA podcast about storytelling, family, and writing. My lecture and workshop series will run from June 22-July 1. I am really excited to meet and work with young Korean Americans who are engaged in areas of public service and civic involvement. Community building is important to
I am so excited to have Swimming in Hong Kong chosen as a book club selection for the Nana-Ama Danquah Books & Booze hour! I’ll be zooming in the second half of the meeting! Please join and you don’t have to have read the book! Zoom invitation link: https://lnkd.in/gpGryzy Password: danquah #bookclub #SwimminginHongKong #hongkong #readingforpleasure #nanaamadanquah
Last days of school. Given that it will be my last week of teaching at this school I decided to talk about what I believe are the two most significant requirements for good writing. You need to have something to say. This first element of good writing is not easily obtained in a classroom setting. Classes and teachers give you the tools to begin to ask questions, but they cannot teach you what to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH48GhHkXWY“HEARD / WORD is a new audio series from Galleyway highlighting compelling voices in poetry and prose. The series kicks off with author and poet Stephanie Han reading ‘A Garden’s Bones’ – an excerpt from her manuscript ‘Passing in the Middle Kingdom.’ For the full reading, visit galleyway.com/2020/4/27/heard-word-stephanie-han To find out how your reading can be featured, visit galleyway.com/blog/2020/3/31/call-for-audio-submissions”
This series of posts on my teachers was inspired by Steven Dunn’s social media feed asking people to comment if they had a black teacher. My previous post was about Ms. Witwer, my 8th grade Social Studies teacher I had at Northwest Jr. High in Coralville, Iowa. I will now turn to Mr. Regan, my first English teacher at Phillips Academy Andover. I had quite a few. I entered his classroom at the age of
This series of posts on my teachers was inspired by Steven Dunn’s social media feed asking people to comment if they had a black teacher. My previous post was about Mrs. Cromarty, one of two black teachers I had during my K-12 years. Ms. Witwer was my 8th grade Social Studies teacher at Northwest Junior High in Coralville, Iowa. Like almost all of my K-12 teachers, Ms. Witwer was white, good natured, and a dedicated
Look for new posts MWF. This week, it will be posts on teachers. Audience: teachers, students, parents, educators, anyone who reads and writes… REFLECTING ON TEACHERS I’m probably inviting students to roll their eyes, but I will state that even if I had a teacher who was less than inspiring, I reflect now and acknowledge there was some takeaway from that experience. More later on Mrs. Martinez who carried a yardstick around and took the
Aloha, A poem for National Poetry Month: ‘Company’. Stay healthy everyone. The world awaits and needs your well-being. We will be better than we were before. Keep the faith and believe in the possibility. I’m grateful to say that I participated in the PEN Emerging Voices Workshop, part of PEN America. PEN fostered then, and continues to nurture, the idea of voice and letters, and dedicates its efforts to protecting the beauty and ferocity of
Aloha, Here we are sheltering in place. So many people are now turning to literature, poetry, and art to get through these times. By now, many have started to write, to record their thoughts and feelings about a time that is deeply traumatic, confusing, and unknown. When we have no familiarity with what we are faced with we often turn to art for solace, redemption, and hope. To that end, I thought I would post
Day 1 Today I began teaching. I wrote this between classes: Poetry in the Pandemic How do I tell them that this is the test for the gods? For we are alone here as we enter, as we leave. And the date has only moved up. This trial run is just a test, a black and white target of descending numbers on a screen. A series of red and yellow warnings. What we learn now is
A brief explanation for the reluctant reader. (for students and teachers).
A brief intro to the concept of polyculturalism by Dr. Stephanie Han.
Award-winning writer Stephanie Han draws from her life experiences to inform her poetry, fiction and non-fiction, which frequently grapple with identity in multicultural settings. Her childhood was anchored by books, which helped her make sense of others and the world around her. Though her life has taken her around the globe, she now calls Honolulu home, working as a writer and educator.
Academy of Creative Media, University of Hawaii Our lives are narratives—we are the art of narrative, and we must understand, guard, and cultivate our story, as if we do not, we are subject to the narratives that others impose upon us. Those are the narratives of people who are more powerful, who control us through government or money or paperwork or emotions, who want us to be something other than who we are. If we
This book A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim is an Asian American/Korean American literary classic and should be on every reading list for Asian American literature. This book was written decades before its time and Kim writes with authority, lyricism and fluidity. There is a complicated protagonist and the book reveals the raw truths of childhood and immigration. This story is about the dark side of Confucianism, how we are imprisoned by family and
This is a great book. I bought it several months ago and started reading it. The author reveals to us the relevance of Karen Carpenter to American pop, but also references her own life. This is an academic memoir free of jargon, written in fluid prose. Too often researchers are captive to the often unbearable unreadable lexicon of theory. Academics must use this and deftly to legitimize ideas that are new—and fields that are stigmatized
This is a MEDIUM series based on my current work-in-progress, a memoir (working title: VALID) that is based on my years at Phillips Academy Andover. I will be adding to this series on a weekly basis. It will include my memories, thoughts, ideas, and theories about education, knowledge, identity, and creative expression. Series written by Dr. Stephanie Han – medium
I was really excited to be a part of the Council of Korean Americans summer fellowship program IGNITE. I delivered lectures on Korean American literature and identity, and narrative writing workshops on family and gender. This is a fantastic program for Korean Americans interested in understanding their roles and dreams within the United States and beyond. Many different questions and ideas were raised. For me personally, as a 3rd/4th generation American, this was a great experience
I was interviewed by Amanda Fletcher for the PEN podcast. Looking forward to seeing people in class next week! Check out the podcast here: 1999 EV Dr. Stephanie Han is our next guest on the podcast. She talks to us about polyculturalism, protests, and the pandemic; our increased ability to conceptualize a narrative after the internet; and delivers an inspirational rant on why we write that’s worthy of a Ted Talk. Listen and then sign up for one
Looking forward to the upcoming lecture and workshop series with the Council of Korean Americans for the CKA-Public Service Internship program. I spoke with Dr. Abraham Kim on the CKA podcast about storytelling, family, and writing. My lecture and workshop series will run from June 22-July 1. I am really excited to meet and work with young Korean Americans who are engaged in areas of public service and civic involvement. Community building is important to
I am so excited to have Swimming in Hong Kong chosen as a book club selection for the Nana-Ama Danquah Books & Booze hour! I’ll be zooming in the second half of the meeting! Please join and you don’t have to have read the book! Zoom invitation link: https://lnkd.in/gpGryzy Password: danquah #bookclub #SwimminginHongKong #hongkong #readingforpleasure #nanaamadanquah
Last days of school. Given that it will be my last week of teaching at this school I decided to talk about what I believe are the two most significant requirements for good writing. You need to have something to say. This first element of good writing is not easily obtained in a classroom setting. Classes and teachers give you the tools to begin to ask questions, but they cannot teach you what to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH48GhHkXWY“HEARD / WORD is a new audio series from Galleyway highlighting compelling voices in poetry and prose. The series kicks off with author and poet Stephanie Han reading ‘A Garden’s Bones’ – an excerpt from her manuscript ‘Passing in the Middle Kingdom.’ For the full reading, visit galleyway.com/2020/4/27/heard-word-stephanie-han To find out how your reading can be featured, visit galleyway.com/blog/2020/3/31/call-for-audio-submissions”
This series of posts on my teachers was inspired by Steven Dunn’s social media feed asking people to comment if they had a black teacher. My previous post was about Ms. Witwer, my 8th grade Social Studies teacher I had at Northwest Jr. High in Coralville, Iowa. I will now turn to Mr. Regan, my first English teacher at Phillips Academy Andover. I had quite a few. I entered his classroom at the age of
This series of posts on my teachers was inspired by Steven Dunn’s social media feed asking people to comment if they had a black teacher. My previous post was about Mrs. Cromarty, one of two black teachers I had during my K-12 years. Ms. Witwer was my 8th grade Social Studies teacher at Northwest Junior High in Coralville, Iowa. Like almost all of my K-12 teachers, Ms. Witwer was white, good natured, and a dedicated
Look for new posts MWF. This week, it will be posts on teachers. Audience: teachers, students, parents, educators, anyone who reads and writes… REFLECTING ON TEACHERS I’m probably inviting students to roll their eyes, but I will state that even if I had a teacher who was less than inspiring, I reflect now and acknowledge there was some takeaway from that experience. More later on Mrs. Martinez who carried a yardstick around and took the
Aloha, A poem for National Poetry Month: ‘Company’. Stay healthy everyone. The world awaits and needs your well-being. We will be better than we were before. Keep the faith and believe in the possibility. I’m grateful to say that I participated in the PEN Emerging Voices Workshop, part of PEN America. PEN fostered then, and continues to nurture, the idea of voice and letters, and dedicates its efforts to protecting the beauty and ferocity of
Aloha, Here we are sheltering in place. So many people are now turning to literature, poetry, and art to get through these times. By now, many have started to write, to record their thoughts and feelings about a time that is deeply traumatic, confusing, and unknown. When we have no familiarity with what we are faced with we often turn to art for solace, redemption, and hope. To that end, I thought I would post
Day 1 Today I began teaching. I wrote this between classes: Poetry in the Pandemic How do I tell them that this is the test for the gods? For we are alone here as we enter, as we leave. And the date has only moved up. This trial run is just a test, a black and white target of descending numbers on a screen. A series of red and yellow warnings. What we learn now is
A brief explanation for the reluctant reader. (for students and teachers).
A brief intro to the concept of polyculturalism by Dr. Stephanie Han.
Award-winning writer Stephanie Han draws from her life experiences to inform her poetry, fiction and non-fiction, which frequently grapple with identity in multicultural settings. Her childhood was anchored by books, which helped her make sense of others and the world around her. Though her life has taken her around the globe, she now calls Honolulu home, working as a writer and educator.
Academy of Creative Media, University of Hawaii Our lives are narratives—we are the art of narrative, and we must understand, guard, and cultivate our story, as if we do not, we are subject to the narratives that others impose upon us. Those are the narratives of people who are more powerful, who control us through government or money or paperwork or emotions, who want us to be something other than who we are. If we
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