April 12, 2024, 9-11 PM New York Time
April 13, 2024, 9-11 AM Hong Kong Time

What if, like the stars, we go out with a bang, leaving behind particles of light, waves of sound that reverberate through time until our descendants can feel our persistent hum.

Join Q.M. Zhang for this pop-up writing workshop that coincides with the lunar calendar spring celebration known as the Qing Ming Festival, 清明節. Traditionally a day for visiting and sweeping the graves of our ancestors, Qing Ming can also be thought of as a time for descendants to re-member and re-claim what has been buried or gone underground: our histories, our people, our humanity.

As next gen writers and artists, we will gather to create our own rituals and practices for listening and recording the hum of the past. We will reach across time and summon our ancestors. We will write into past legacies and future histories we carry in our bodies.

This workshop is being held at a time that makes possible the participation of writers and artists in both Asia and North America. Creatives in all parts of the world are welcome to join. Workshop readings and writing prompts will be offered in English. Participants are invited to write in any language that feels necessary and urgent for them.

Registration closes on April 8, 2024.

All registered participants will receive a Zoom meeting link in advance of the workshop.