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Alton Ru: Doujiang, Youtiao, Bean (Short Story) Alton Ru: Doujiang, Youtiao, Bean (Short Story)
Rosalie Chiang on "Turning Red": "My red panda is my acting career." Rosalie Chiang on "Turning Red": "My red panda is my acting career."
Charles Yu celebrates sophomore year of Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes with fellow judges, participants Charles Yu celebrates sophomore year of Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes with fellow judges, participants
Alice Lin's YA debut novel "Fireworks" navigates bisexuality, pop fandom, friendship Alice Lin's YA debut novel "Fireworks" navigates bisexuality, pop fandom, friendship
Architecture student, journalist, designer, musician: Eric Lin is all of these and more Architecture student, journalist, designer, musician: Eric Lin is all of these and more

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Charles Yu, Shawna Yang Ryan, Alvina Ling Select 2022 Creative Writing Prize Recipients

We are pleased to announce the 2022 cohort of honorable mentions, finalists, and grand prize winners of the Betty L. Yu & Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes, established in partnership with TaiwaneseAmerican.org in honor of Yu’s parents, who are longstanding Taiwanese American community leaders.…

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Oliver Lin’s short film “To Add Oil” interrogates identity and duty

Feature images provided by Oliver Lin or from his website. Today, we’re incredibly excited to be launching TaiwaneseAmerican.org’s “New Creatives” initiative, a series that seeks to highlight up-and-coming Taiwanese/Taiwanese American artists in various fields of creative artistry. Our…

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We grieve the May 15th Shooting at Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church

Editor's note: This is not a think piece or analysis of the situation as it unfolds. We are a small, deeply passionate team of Taiwanese American volunteers and we are grappling with the shock and grief of this tragedy, too. This is not something we were prepared to cover or feature. We only hope…

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Soft diplomacy 🧋🏆 • Check out the newest M Soft diplomacy 🧋🏆 • Check out the newest MADE IN TAIWAN product from @traderjoes Posted @withregram • Since its creation in Taiwan in the 1980s, #boba has become a global phenomenon. Now, for about the same price you’d pay for a single beverage at a boba shop, #TraderJoes Instant Boba Kit gives you the chewy, brown sugar-y tapioca pearls & wide-mouth paper straws you need to stir up four boba beverages! 🧋+🧋+🧋+🧋 • Simply pop a pouch of the pearls in the microwave for about a minute, then add them to a glass of milk or non-dairy beverage along with ice, a sweetener of your choice, and some optional matcha, coffee, or black tea (or any other flavors you fancy). Bam! Instant boba. 😍 — • Product of 🇹🇼 • Vegan • Gluten Free • #TJsFreezerFinds • • 4 Boba Pouches + 4 Paper Straws per 9.2-oz. Kit. •
The Sundance Institute has partnered with The Asia The Sundance Institute has partnered with The Asian American Foundation to launch a new fellowship and scholarship to support Asian American representation in film and TV. We're excited to see some rising talent from the Taiwanese American community! Among the inaugural cohort of fellows includes Sean Wang @seanswang, who is currently developing his first feature film, Dìdi (弟弟). Scholarship recipients include Georgia Fu @notgeorgia whose work has also screened as part of the Taiwanese American Film Festival @tafilmfestival, and Norbert Shieh @fotosbynorb, who is working on a documentary about the aging farmers who make traditional Taiwanese pickled mustard greens. Read more here: https://deadline.com/2022/08/sundance-institute-partners-with-taaf-for-aapi-fellowship-scholarship-1235083582/
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Meanwhile here in the states… WASHINGTON, D.C. Meanwhile here in the states… WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 2, 2022) – Today, Pew Research Center launched its largest qualitative focus group analysis, which explores – in their own words – the experiences and views of Asian Americans via a data essay and documentary. Conducted in the fall of 2021, the analysis included 66 focus groups with a total of 264 participants, which were organized into 18 distinct Asian ethnic origin groups. Discussions took place in 18 languages and were moderated by members of the participants’ own ethnic groups. Researchers spoke to Asian Americans with a range of household incomes, those born both inside and outside of the United States, and individuals from the following origin groups: Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Nepalese, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, Thai and Vietnamese. Use this interactive to sort focus group quotes by ethnic origin nativity (immigrant or U.S. born), years lived in the U.S. (for immigrant participants), gender and age. To start, choose an origin group or select “view all quotes” to see responses from all focus group participants: https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/interactives/in-their-own-words-the-diverse-perspectives-of-being-asian-in-america/
U.S. Speaker of the House @speakerpelosi has arriv U.S. Speaker of the House @speakerpelosi has arrived in Taiwan. She is the first House speaker to visit Taiwan in over two decades.
We were excited to see this @hyphenmagazine roundt We were excited to see this @hyphenmagazine roundtable discussion led by @karissaychen with several Taiwanese American thinkers, writers and journalists to get their perspectives on how Taiwan has been represented in the media, what they wish people understood about Taiwan and how these issues have impacted their own communities both here in America and abroad. Linked here and in bio: https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2022/08/more-escalating-tensions-roundtable-taiwans-recent-representation-western-media
We are excited to share the first of our 2022 Bett We are excited to share the first of our 2022 Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes selections, a short story by Alton Ru described by judge and novelist Charles Yu as "honest and raw."⁠ ⁠ Alton Ru studied at UC Berkeley. His father is from Taiwan.⁠ ⁠ Linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2022/07/alton-ru-creative-writing-short-story/⁠ ⁠ #creativewriting #shortstory #taiwaneseamerican #creativefiction
Today at @tafagram summer conference, the high sch Today at @tafagram summer conference, the high schoolers were challenged to create “sticker bombs” to reflect on a workshop about art activism, or artivism. There were some pretty great causes and identities represented on their canvas, but this one made us smile extra big. I am #TaiwaneseAmerican.
Happy pub date to Anna Gracia’s "Boys I Know," a Happy pub date to Anna Gracia’s "Boys I Know," a debut YA novel highly anticipated by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Popsugar, and more. In "Boys I Know," PW reports, "Gracia doesn't shy away from teenage desire and its potential results, treating Taiwanese American protagonist June's need for validation with nuance." The novel highlights the struggles of teenage girlhood with timely scenarios, such as a trip to Planned Parenthood and her experience acquiring emergency contraceptive. ⁠ ⁠ "Boys I Know" is now available everywhere books are sold and in our Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/6825/9781682633717
The cookbook, “Taiwanese Homestyle Cooking,” i The cookbook, “Taiwanese Homestyle Cooking,” is restocked and available for online ordering after selling out completely last year! Produced by Taiwanese American Citizens League – Leading Youth Forward (TACL-LYF), the book is a beautiful compilation of recipes written, tested, and passed down by our Taiwanese moms and grandmas around the world in collaboration with 2nd generation Taiwanese Americans. It includes suggested menus for various occasions and quick guidelines for prep time, complexity level, and significance in Taiwanese culture. Payment is through PayPal. Expect delivery by USPS Media Mail anywhere between 2-3 weeks’ time for deliveries within the U.S. All proceeds directly support the annual TACL-LYF Summer Camp, a weeklong overnight camp dedicated to helping the next generation of Taiwanese American youth explore TA identity and grow as people. Order here and in bio: https://lyf.tacl.org/cookbook/
TaiwaneseAmerican.org is excited to present our la TaiwaneseAmerican.org is excited to present our latest “New Creatives” interview with Rosalie Chiang @rosaliecchiang, voice actress for the protagonist Mei in Pixar’s blockbuster 2022 animated film, Turning Red. Chiang is a 16 year-old actress, model, and author of two children’s poetry books, including A is for Albatross: Birds A to Z, which received the Skipping Stones Honor Award. Her mother is Taiwanese while her father is Singaporean, born in Taiwan. Chiang hopes to pursue a full-time acting career following her incredible success with @pixarturningred, which is her first feature film.⁠ ⁠ Linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2022/07/rosalie-chiang-turning-red-interview/⁠ ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #turningred #pixar #asianamerican #taiwaneseamerican
COMING OCTOBER: A modern, brashly flavorful guide COMING OCTOBER: A modern, brashly flavorful guide to cooking Taiwanese-American food, from Brooklyn’s lauded Win Son, Win Son Bakery, and Cathy Erway, celebrated writer and expert on the cuisine Josh Ku, born in Queens to parents from southern Taiwan, and Trigg Brown, a native Virginian whose mentor was a Taiwanese-American chef, forged a friendship over food—specifically, excellent tsang ying tou, or "flies’ head," a dish of chopped budding chives kissed with pork fat. Their obsession with Taiwanese food and culture propelled them to open Win Son together in 2016. The East Williamsburg restaurant quickly established itself as a destination and often incurs long waits for their vibrant and flavorful Taiwanese-American cuisine. Ku and Brown have teamed up with Cathy Erway, Taiwanese food expert and celebrated writer, to create this book which explores and celebrates the cuisine of Taiwan and its ever-simmering pot of creative influences. Told through the eyes, taste buds, travels, and busy lives of Ku, Brown, and Erway, this book brings the cuisine of this misunderstood island nation into the spotlight. With 100 creative, yet accessible recipes, this book will unravel the history of this diaspora cuisine. While featuring classic dishes and well-known favorites, this cookbook also stretches this cuisine's definition, introducing new dishes with brazen twists that are fun, flavorful, and decidedly American-born in style.
Happy pub day to IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY by @jane Happy pub day to IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY by @janekuowrites. This gorgeous novel-in-verse, set in the 80s, chronicles a girl whose emigration to America, the "beautiful country," from Taiwan is full of dusty disappointment. Her proverbial promises of wealth and opportunity give way to failure, poverty, and the unkindness of others. Still, protagonist Anna finds a way to make this beautiful country their home.⁠ ⁠ Purchase IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, out now everywhere books are sold: https://bookshop.org/a/6825/9780063118980
Loving this feature in @variety on Taiwanese Ameri Loving this feature in @variety on Taiwanese American filmmaker Georgia Fu and her project, MAPS. “The title “Maps” is metaphor for the way the film charts the distance work puts between a mother and daughter. It’s an issue Fu faced with her real-life mom, who owned a home décor import and export business. “My mother was a full-time working mom,” says Fu, whose parents were Taiwanese immigrants. “She was always away when I was a kid. She would travel to Asia a lot and it was just me and my dad growing up. He was sort of a ‘Mr. Mom,’ but I missed my actual mom a lot.” The daughter in Fu’s film starts as a young child, striving to please her mother and father. Then we see her as a tween, angry that her parents keep her from going out with friends and bitter that her mom travels so much for work. When she starts failing classes and diving headlong into American pop culture, the parents are left speechless and unable to influence her. Eventually, she wins acceptance into a design school in New York, and her father is supportive and proud, while her mother is angry that her daughter wants to go so far away. Each jump in the daughter’s age is accompanied by a corresponding change in the parents. They start as hard-working, exhausted newcomers to the U.S. and, over time, their health begins to fail and the daughter is drawn back to them.” MAPS on Vimeo linked here and in bio: https://vimeo.com/714770784/8bc70bd9db
Boston, you’re in for a treat! Playwright Jamie Boston, you’re in for a treat! Playwright Jamie Lin (she/her) is a Taiwanese American theater artist. Both on and offstage, she's passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion, and noodles. Repost @chuangstage Announcing this brilliant cast of THE GHOST OF KEELUNG! Actors: Karla Lang, Channing Rion, Yitong Zhu, Malachi Rosen, Jude Torres, and Dylan C. Wack THE GHOST OF KEELUNG by Jamie Lin A Radio Play Presentation Directed by Audrey Seraphin Performed at Tiger Pavilion at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway Saturday, June 25, 6:00 PM Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $10. >> [LINK IN BIO] In the present, a woman visits her family home in Taiwan to appease an ancestral wrong. Back in 1956, a young woman begins working at a bar for American sailors and falls for one of them with dire consequences. Presented with live foley sound effects, The Ghost of Keelung is a time-traversing auditory adventure of ancestral love, mistakes, and revenge, hidden in the coastal memories of Taiwan. This event takes place at the YEAR OF THE TIGER installation by Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong at Mary Soo Hoo Park, as part of the VISIONS/VOICES: YEAR OF THE TIGER performance series on The Greenway. Co-Produced by Asian American Theatre Artists of Boston, CHUANG Stage, Pao Arts Center, and Rose Kennedy Greenway
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