Woman. Warrior. Writer. 04-05
Joan Kwon Glass Vol. 5 No. 4 04-05-24
Woman. Warrior. Writer. Joan Kwon Glass
How did you come to author your life?
I am a mixed race, Korean American who grew up in Michigan and South Korea & I am a survivor of religious trauma, familial suicide loss & drug addiction (clean and sober nine years). I refuse to allow systems, events and other people to dictate and dominate the narrative of my life. In my 12-step fellowship, we often use the expression "life on life's terms." Facing the truths of my life and the reality of who I have been, who I am, and who I might become is one that impacts my writing deeply and empowers me to author my life authentically and unapologetically.
Joan Kwon Glass is the Korean American author of NIGHT SWIM, winner of the Diode Book Prize (Diode Editions, 2022) & two chapbooks. She serves as poet laureate for Milford, CT, editor in chief for Harbor Review & as a writing instructor for several writing centers. Joan’s poems have been featured or are forthcoming in Poetry Daily, The Slowdown, Poetry Northwest, Cherry Tree Lit, Ninth Letter, Asian American Writer’s Workshop (The Margins), Tahoma Literary Review, Prairie Schooner, Salamander, Texas Review & elsewhere. She lives in coastal Connecticut with her family. She won the Perugia Press Prize for ‘Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms’ to be released September 2024.
IG: joan_kwon_glass
Twitter/X: joanpglass
UPDATES
Classes
Women’s Creative Writing Workshop (4 weeks) June 6-27 Thursdays 12-2PM (HST), a mixed level cross-genre generative writing workshop: voice, creative process, community. I have published authors and new writers in workshop—it works as I emphasize voice and creative process. I use texts written by women to teach women. I cover fundamentals in narrative and writing craft. If you want to be in an environment where you can take risks on the page and you want to explore story and creativity—enroll. Many women come to writing with this fear: “Will I get in trouble for writing XYZ?” Workshop=experimentation. (And no, you will not get in trouble for writing it down on the page…no self-policing! We can chat about editing after you write it down.) The art of story is how we create meaning of who we are and how we live. If you can get to the place where you write your emotional truth, fact or fiction, your story can sing. Curious? Contact writer@drstephaniehan.com
BREAK: Write Your Divorce Story Workshop May 17 Fri. 9-11AM (HST),a 2-hour class designed for busy women who want the basic fundamentals of how to write their divorce story for their personal/legal file.
Master Narratives: A Deep Dive (Live at da Shop) June 22 Sat. 9-11AM (HST), a live workshop —my first since COVID!—where writers explore how and why Master Narratives are foundational to our framework of belief, community, and the self. This is an OPEN GENDER class.
News (WCWW alumni doing amazing things)
Reema Rajbanshi (author of Sugar, Smoke, Song) piece The Bedroom or Survivor’s ABC is out in Timada's Diary (volume 3) — AACWW folk remember this?!
Elizabeth Su released “The Adventure Tarot”, a road-trip inspired tarot deck about self-discovery and belonging.
Iris Yi Youn Kim is pursuing an MFA at WashingtonU this Fall.
Elizabeth Su (left) and Iris Yi Youn Kim (right) on a hike
Marisa Lin released a new chapbook, Dream Elevator, which explores girlhood, displacement, and movement.
Grace Hwang Lynch won the 2023 Grand Prize for Creative Nonfiction in the Adult Category, for her essay Salty Like Tears.
Marisa Lin (left) with her chapbook, Dream Elevator, and Grace Hwang Lynch (right)
Events and more
Join me in conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes author of Hula on Saturday April 27th at da Shop.
Join me in conversation with Elise Hu author of Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital on Saturday, May 4th at da Shop!
Devi S. Laskar’s (WWW) poem in Panorama
Annie Liu Kellor (WWW—still backdating all WWW!) Hear Me Calling on Spotify
Micro prose expert Darien Gee offers quarterly office hours via Zoom for writing/publishing questions. Go to Writer-ish.com for her newsletter May 5 1PM PST link -- she’ll also talk about juggling genres.
the big ask session for FB WCWW members and WWW substack subscribers will be on May 2 Thursday from 9-10AM HST. This is a FREE ask me anything session:) passcode: ask
MAUI and PALESTINE
Donate to Maui Strong. Visitors-- please support local businesses—and for those who can--help us expand our economy beyond tourism.
#Ceasefire now. Do your government representatives receive money from AIPAC?
Above are examples of the fallout of the nation-state and capitalism. Rewrite the story. Envision a new society. What do you believe? And why? It is our duty as human beings to imagine. Our gestures matter; story is beauty; humanity is possible.
MERCH
Renee Simms (top) and Susan Ito (below) in the WWW hoodie! :)
Woman. Warrior. Writer. T-shirts and hoodies for writing student financial aid
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Aloha,
Stephanie