We realize that the development of emerging writers may be even more crucial than featuring writers that have established themselves in their writing careers.
In our commitment to nurture new writers, we offer a variety of writing workshops ranging from playwriting and performance poetry to prose narrative development and technical assistance workshops, facilitated by experienced artists to help emerging writers develop their craft through writing exercises and peer editing workshops.
AAWW is offering four exciting new workshops for the Spring seasons. Check it out!
Workshop Calendar Spring '98
Screenwriting Workshop
Michael Kang
Tuesday, May 19 to June 23 Every Tuesday for 6 weeks. 7pm-9pm $125. 10 max.
For any writer who has wanted to write a screenplay -to those who are working on their 17th draft of their "Wedding-Banquet-in-a-submarine" epic period piece, this six-week course will focus on developing the screenplay in pragmatic terms and sharpening the thematic elements of an Asian American perspective in a safe and supportive environment. The course will also explore the practical issues involved in script writing as well as the positions and possiblities available for an Asian American filmaker. Participants should have a draft of a script by the end course. Requirements: Please submit a brief paragraph of prior film experience. No prior film experience necessary.
Master Class with Kimiko Hahn
Thursdays, June 11-July 23, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, $175
Recipient of the American Book Award and the Lila Wallace Award, Kimiko Hahn instructs a master class in poetry at The Asian American Writers' Workshop's Summer Workshop Series. The master classes will meet every second Thursday from June 11 to July 23, 1998. The cost is $175.
The master class is limited to 10 participants. Interested applicants must submit five pages of written material by May 25 to The Asian American Writers' Workshop. Please address all submissions to AAWW, Master Class with Kimiko Hahn, 37 St. Mark's Place, New York, NY 10003, ATTN: Derek Nguyen. Notification of acceptance will be made by June 1, 1998.
Summer Book Club
Every 2nd Wednesday, June 17-July 29, 7:00 pm $25. Free for Members!
Eat and talk about Asian American literature with others interested in exploring literature! Get a discount at the Asian American Bookseller on books being read. Talk about fiction with our very own Oprah...Lilly Chu! Bring food to these potluck meetings. We may have some unexpected guest speakers exclusively to the club.....
Meets every other Wednesday from June 17 to July 29. Please read Gangster of Love by Jessica Hagedorn for the first meeting on June 17.
Intertwining Genres - A Poetry Workshop with Wang Ping Mondays, June 29 - July 20, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, $100
Wang Ping, author of American Visa and the newly released Of Flesh & Spirit, instructs a poetry workshop entitled Intertwining Genres. meets every Monday, June 29 to July 20, 1998. The cost of the workshop is $100.
This poetry workshop explores the possibility of transforming things that seem to be trivial, ordinary and personal into the realm of creativity and wisdom, and the possibility of combining fragments of mixed genres (poetry, prose, etc.) into one poetic piece of writing. Works by great poets will be discussed, and the students' writing will be critiqued in each session.
The workshop is open to all levels of writing experience. No submissions are necessary. Workshop reservations are made on a first-come-first serve basis. To make reservations, call Derek Nguyen at The Asian American Writers' Workshop (212) 228-6718.
Fiction-In-Progress Workshop with Ameena Meer
Tuesdays, June 30 - July 27, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, $100
Author of the critically acclaimed novel, Bombay Talkie, Ameena Meer instructs a Fiction-In-Progress Workshop meeting every Tuesday from June 30 to July 27, 1998. The cost for the workshop is $100.
No submission is necessary, and the workshop is open to every level of experience. Reservations are made on a first-come-first-serve basis. Participants must have a fiction work-in-progress at the first meeting.
"How To Get Published" Seminar with Andrea Louie
Thursday, July 30, 7pm, $20
Got a good manuscript and don't know what to do with it? Come to this one-night seminar to learn the practical aspects of getting published.
No submission is necessary. Reservations are made on a first-come-first-serve basis. Be prepared to take notes.
BIOS
Kimiko Hahn was born outside New York City in 1955 to two artists, the late Maude Miyako Hamai from Hawaii and Walter Hahn from Wisconsin. Her previous book are the poetry collections Air Pocket, Earshot, and We Stand Our Ground (with Susan Sherman and Gale Jackson). She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. In 1995, she was granted the Theodore Roethke Poetry Award for Earshot. The Unbearable Heart won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award in 1996. A professor of poetry writing and literature at Queens College/CUNY, Hahn lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Ted Hannan, and their daughters, Miyako Tess and Reiko Lily.
Andrea Louie is a freelance writer and editor living in New York City. Her novel, Moon Cakes (Ballantine Books), was published in 1995. She graduated from Kent State University in Ohio with a bachelor's degree in news journalism and worked as a newspaper reporter before beginning a career in fiction.
Ameena Meer is an Indian of the diaspora, living and writing in New York City. Her journalism has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Interview and Spin, among other publications. Her fiction has been anthologized in The Flaming Spirit: New Writing 3; New British and Commonwealth Writing; and On A Bed Of Rice: Asian American Erotica. Her first novel is Bombay Talkie.
Wang Ping, born in Shanghai, came to New York in 1985. Her work includes American Visa (short stories), Foreign Devil (novel), Of Flesh & Spirit (poetry), all from Coffee House Press, and an anthology of contemporary Chinese poetry she edited and co-translated, forthcoming from Hanging Loose. She is the recipient of the NEA, NYFA and NYSCA for poetry and translation.
To reserve your space in any workshop or other information, Call (212) 228-6718. (We will not be accepting e-mail reservations.)
All workshops will take place at AAWW
Please send all materials to AAWW
37 St. Mark's Place, New York, NY 10003-7801 (at 2nd Ave.)