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(Re)Vision: Creating a Sustainable Writing Community
Thursday, February 8, 2024
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm
Writers are not only writers. They are parents, teachers, and organizers, among others. As a result, it can be a challenge to carve out dedicated time for the page, and when we do, a piece can sit untouched for months. A group of Asian American writers created a space to exchange work that requires minimal time while maximizing community building amid life’s other commitments. Panelists discuss the significance of safe writing spaces and how their mixed genre grouping allows for unique dialogue.
Participants
Tiana Nobile is the author of Cleave (Hub City Press, 2021). She is a Korean American adoptee, Kundiman fellow, recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award, and a finalist of the National Poetry Series and Kundiman Poetry Prize. She lives in New Orleans.
Sarah Audsley, author of Landlock X (Texas Review Press, 2023) is a Korean American adoptee, a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and a member of The Starlings Collective. Audsley lives in northern Vermont and is the writing program manager at Vermont Studio Center.
Tamiko Beyer is the coeditor of Poetry as Spellcasting and author of Last Days and We Come Elemental. She is a Kundiman and VONA fellow and a Hedgebrook alum. A social justice communications writer and strategist, she spends her days writing truth to power.
Dharani Persaud is a queer Indo-Guyanese-American writer, organizer, and archival enthusiast. She is currently a grad student at University of British Columbia pursuing a dual degree in archival studies and library & information sciences.
