AAWWTV: Memoirs & Oral History: Telling Elders Stories

How do we document our first-generation elders’ histories, and the stories of the vanishing communities they grew up in? Join us for a special event with Chinese-American writers who use an innovative mix of memoir, oral history, and intergenerational storytelling to do just that. We’ll hear a special presentation from 86-year-old author Fay Hoh Yin, who began writing about three generations of her trailblazing family over 20 years ago but only published last year, with the help of her daughter and editor, Monona Yin. Open City Fellow Huiying B. Chan will share writing based on their oral histories with Chinese Cuban grandmothers in Havana from their year traveling to Chinatowns around the world, and journalist Eveline Chao will share the story of Pearl Chow, who grew up in one of the first Chinese-American households in Flushing in the 1940s. If you have ever wanted to write your elders’ stories or write collaboratively with them, this event is for you!