In celebration of Lisa Eve Cheby’s second chapbook, I will participate in her book launch as a featured reader on February 12! Join us 3-3:30 p.m. PST at NoHo FUMC Boyer Chapel.
새해에는 글을 써보고 싶으신가요? 나만의 이야기를 위해 펜을 들어보고 싶으신가요? 꼭 남기고 싶었던 이야기의 첫 문장을 써보고 싶지 않으세요? 글을 쓰고 싶은데 시간도 없고 어떻게 시작해야 하는지 망설여지는 분들을 위해서 뉴욕 공공도서관 53번가 도서관에서 고현혜(Tanya Ko Hong) 작가님과 함께 하는 글쓰기 워크샵을 마련했습니다. 아주 쉽게 글을 쓰며 창조의 기쁨까지 함께 느낄 수 있는 워크샵에 여러분을 초대합니다! 워크샵은 온라인으로 4주 동안 진행됩니다.
Art is everywhere and you can create a poem or story from just about anything.
Have you ever written a poem from a list? Have you ever used your senses in your writing? Have you ever stared at the pictures on the wall and wondered what they meant to you? Have you tried to tell your life story in just a few words? Tanya will show how to use simple shopping lists to create poetry; how to compose poems using your six senses; how to look at the pictures on the wall and turn them into poetry, and how to reduce down your thoughts into a 45 word poem, even a 6 word poem!
Tanya Ko Hong will read from her books, Generation One Point Five and The War Still Within. She will share her process for how non-native speakers can translate their lives into English, based on how she personally writes in both languages simultaneously. She will use her poem, “the Gap,” to share how different languages display different minds. Participants will write a short poem using “The gap” method to create their own poem. She will use her “Second Period” poem about how immigrants feel when they learn languages, and to demonstrate the importance of knowing how to help students share their stories. She will also discuss how history turns to poetry, how it affects society today, and how untold stories can be poetry with reference to excerpts from her work. This seminar is open to writers of all backgrounds, including non-poets.
