Essay on raising a multicultural family in FamilyEquality.org

Proud to share my guest blog post on the Family Equality website as part of the celebration of the International Family Equality Day (IFED 2020). The cause it celebrates – achievement of equal rights for LGBTQ families everywhere – is very close to my heart as both a gay parent and a former refugee whoContinue reading “Essay on raising a multicultural family in FamilyEquality.org”

‘AWPocalypse of 2020’: A Convention on the Brink of the Pandemic (California Writers Club)

Just came out in the Spring 2020 issue of the bi-monthly California Writers Club Bulletin: my article “A Writers’ Convention That Almost Didn’t Happen” (excerpted on this site), a firsthand account of the #AWP20 congress that barely made it under the wire of the pandemic. Every year, thousands of writers travel to the annual AssociationContinue reading “‘AWPocalypse of 2020’: A Convention on the Brink of the Pandemic (California Writers Club)”

AWP 2020: Two Panels and a Reading

Every year, thousands of writers flock to the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference, the largest literary convention in North America. This year, however, was special. The coronavirus pandemic cast doubt on this giant event until March 2, just two days before its start, when the organizers and the host city ofContinue reading “AWP 2020: Two Panels and a Reading”