LOCATION: Tilden Room, MLK Student Union, UC Berkeley
WHEN: February 21, 5pm-7pm
Come hear groundbreaking Chinese American artists/activists Genny Lim, Flo Oy Wong, and Nellie Wong read the poems carved by detainees into the walls of the historic Angel Island Immigration Station, as well as poetic works of their own. They’ll be reading in both English and the Hoisan dialect, which they are fighting to keep alive in collective memory. They’ll discuss the role of place and language in memory and activism.
Genny Lim is San Francisco Jazz Poet Laureate emeritus, the author of five poetry collections, co-author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, winner of the American Book Award and the award-winning play, Paper Angels.
Flo Oy Wong is cofounder of the Asian American Women Artists Association, and author of Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos. Her solo art exhibition, “made in usa: Angel Island Shhh” explored the identity secrets of Chinese immigrants detained and interrogated in the United States.
Nellie Wong is a poet and essayist and author of Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park, The Death of Long Steam Lady, Stolen Moments and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Nellie is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award.
Center for Race and Gender Studies
The Center for Race and Gender Angel Island Forum Series was designed to accompany “A Year on Angel Island” and organized by Future Histories Lab and the Arts + Design Initiative. These virtual events are sponsored by the Center for Race and Gender.
LOCATION: Zoom Webinar. Register here
WHEN: February 23, 4pm-6pm.Nayan Shah is a historian whose books uncover how people struggle with illness, migration and incarceration in the United States and across the globe from the 19th century to the present. Shah is Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History at the University of Southern California.
He is featured in documentaries on Asian American History and the History of Contagion and Pandemics for PBS and the History Channel. He has worked with the National Park Service, Angel Island Foundation, California Historical Society, and the New York Historical Society to interpret Asian American past and present. He serves on the board of Los Angeles’ East West Players, the longest-running Asian American theater in the U.S. |
Claire Meuschke: Lunch Poems
LOCATION: Morrison Library (Located in Doe Library), UC Berkeley
WHEN: March 2
12:00 – 1:00pm – Reading (in Morrison Library)
4:00 – 5:15pm – Craft Talk (Location TBA)
On March 2nd, Claire Meuschke will visit UC Berkeley for a reading and public craft talk, in conversation with Arts Research Center Director Beth Piatote.
CLAIRE MEUSCHKE is the author of Upend (Noemi Press), which was longlisted for the PEN/Voelcker Award. She received a Stegner Fellowship in Poetry from Stanford University (2019-2021) and has creative writing degrees from the University of Arizona (MFA) and Pratt Institute (BFA). She was born in San Francisco, CA and currently lives in Tucson, AZ where she works to distribute traditional, arid adapted seeds.
Presented by the Arts Research Center & the English Department with support from Engaging the Senses Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Colby, the UC Berkeley Library, The Morrison Library Fund, and the dean’s office of the College of Letters and Science. This event is part of UC Berkeley’s A Year on Angel Island project. |
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