Projects

2009-2010 Academic Year

May/June 2010 - Special Issue Journal

Together with the Stanford Journal of Asian American Studies, Oceanic Tongues puts out a special one-time literary issue featuring creative and critical work by Stanford students and alumni, including poetry, fiction, memoir, critical prose, and an excerpt from a play. Copies available to the end of the year at Shelley Tadaki's office in the A3C, and at http://aas.stanford.edu/journal/ for the online-PDF edition. The big reception is held on May 25 at the Faculty Gold Club Lounge with a catered dinner, with readings by students in the journal and featured writers Shimon Tanaka, Sarah Gambito, and Ken Chen.

May 2010 - Abraham Niu & The Friendly Fires

Karmia Chan Cao's all-original musical premieres at Roble Theater May 20-22 to standing ovations, sponsored in small part by Oceanic Tongues.

April 2010 - Herstory Month Reading

Organized by Dong Nghi Huynh, Oceanic Tongues members join in the "Telling Her Story" reading at the Coho on April 15. Karmia Chan Cao reads her poem "Childproof" and gives a sneak preview of her upcoming musical, and Henry W. Leung reads a prose poem, "'A' Declension."

February 2010 - Reading at Cantor Arts Center

On February 25, Oceanic Tongues members, by invitation, hold a reading for the student opening of the "Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future" exhibit. Nicole Chorney reads critical prose about the exhibit, Dong Nghi Huynh reads excerpts from her short story, "Covering Torn Leaves," and Karmia Chan Cao reads her poem, "What We Mean By Generations."

2008-2009 Academic Year

Jan 2009 - Listen to the Silence Workshop

On January 24, 2009, O.T. presents a special workshop entitled "The Voice Within" at the 13th annual Listen to the Silence Conference (hosted by Stanford's Asian American Student Association). O.T. members and alum lead the group in an exploration of the role that creative writing can play in investigating personal identity by means of a roundtable discussion, a Q&A session, and a series of collaborative exercises.

Nov 2008 - Craft Seminar + Monologue Slam in Collaboration with the Asian American Theatre Project

On November 13, 2008, O.T. and the AATP co-host a special craft seminar in anticipation of the AATP's first annual monologue slam competition, which takes place on November 20th and features a performative showdown between students who have written original, 2-minute dramatic monologues.

2007-2008 Academic Year

May 2008 - Playwriting Workshop in Collaboration with the Asian American Theatre Project

The AATP collaborates with O.T. to help us revise two dramatic scenes that we have written in an earlier craft seminar on playwriting. The four visiting AATP members do a table reading of our scripts, and then offer feedback from their perspectives as actors.

April 2008 - Public Exquisite Corpse Poetry

During April of 2008, OT members table at three separate events (SOCA's An Art Affair, the Admit Weekend Activities Fair, and the English Department Open House). Inspired by a craft seminar on collaborative poetry, we decide to introduce a public poetry-writing element to our booth setup. At each event, we recruit both visitors to our table and hapless passers-by to help us create collaborative poems by adding a few words, exquisite-corpse style, to a large poster board on which a number of formal "rules" (such as line length, syllable count etc) have been written. Our visitors have fun being included in the creative process, and we have fun watching their words unfold line by line.


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Connect With Us Subscribe to our blog's RSS feed. Join our Facebook group. Add yourself to our mailing list. Links .: STANFORD :. Asian American Activities Center Department of English Department of Creative Writing .: OUTSIDE GROUPS OF INTEREST :. The Original AAWW Kundiman Asian American Poetry & Writing	Projects 2009-2010 Academic Year May/June 2010 - Special Issue Journal Together with the Stanford Journal of Asian American Studies, Oceanic Tongues puts out a special one-time literary issue featuring creative and critical work by Stanford students and alumni, including poetry, fiction, memoir, critical prose, and an excerpt from a play. Copies available to the end of the year at Shelley Tadaki's office in the A3C, and at http://aas.stanford.edu/journal/ for the online-PDF edition. The big reception is held on May 25 at the Faculty Gold Club Lounge with a catered dinner, with readings by students in the journal and featured writers Shimon Tanaka, Sarah Gambito, and Ken Chen. May 2010 - Abraham Niu & The Friendly Fires Karmia Chan Cao's all-original musical premieres at Roble Theater May 20-22 to standing ovations, sponsored in small part by Oceanic Tongues. April 2010 - Herstory Month Reading Organized by Dong Nghi Huynh, Oceanic Tongues members join in the "Telling Her Story" reading at the Coho on April 15. Karmia Chan Cao reads her poem "Childproof" and gives a sneak preview of her upcoming musical, and Henry W. Leung reads a prose poem, "'A' Declension." February 2010 - Reading at Cantor Arts Center On February 25, Oceanic Tongues members, by invitation, hold a reading for the student opening of the "Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future" exhibit. Nicole Chorney reads critical prose about the exhibit, Dong Nghi Huynh reads excerpts from her short story, "Covering Torn Leaves," and Karmia Chan Cao reads her poem, "What We Mean By Generations." 2008-2009 Academic Year Jan 2009 - Listen to the Silence Workshop On January 24, 2009, O.T. presents a special workshop entitled "The Voice Within" at the 13th annual Listen to the Silence Conference (hosted by Stanford's Asian American Student Association). O.T. members and alum lead the group in an exploration of the role that creative writing can play in investigating personal identity by means of a roundtable discussion, a Q&A session, and a series of collaborative exercises. Nov 2008 - Craft Seminar + Monologue Slam in Collaboration with the Asian American Theatre Project On November 13, 2008, O.T. and the AATP co-host a special craft seminar in anticipation of the AATP's first annual monologue slam competition, which takes place on November 20th and features a performative showdown between students who have written original, 2-minute dramatic monologues. 2007-2008 Academic Year May 2008 - Playwriting Workshop in Collaboration with the Asian American Theatre Project The AATP collaborates with O.T. to help us revise two dramatic scenes that we have written in an earlier craft seminar on playwriting. The four visiting AATP members do a table reading of our scripts, and then offer feedback from their perspectives as actors. April 2008 - Public Exquisite Corpse Poetry [Images © B. Sung, 2008] During April of 2008, OT members table at three separate events (SOCA's An Art Affair, the Admit Weekend Activities Fair, and the English Department Open House). Inspired by a craft seminar on collaborative poetry, we decide to introduce a public poetry-writing element to our booth setup. At each event, we recruit both visitors to our table and hapless passers-by to help us create collaborative poems by adding a few words, exquisite-corpse style, to a large poster board on which a number of formal "rules" (such as line length, syllable count etc) have been written. Our visitors have fun being included in the creative process, and we have fun watching their words unfold line by line.