Name: Deeper and Higher: Exploring Identity and Transcendence with C. E. Gatchalian
Start: 2017-12-03T13:00:00-08:00
End: 2017-12-10T13:00:00-08:00
Location: Historic Joy Kogawa House

Deeper and Higher: Exploring Identity and Transcendence with C. E. Gatchalian

The Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Society (ACWW) is a not for profit organization with a mandate to increase the public’s appreciation of Asian Canadian literary writing; advancing education in the literary arts; and promoting literary publications by new and emerging writers.

Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop (ACWW)

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<DIV CLASS="gmail_default" STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Creating literary works about identity - whether it be racial, cultural, sexual, gender, ability, etc. or any combination of the above - can be challenging. Is one writing for a general audience, or a specific/niche/target one? What negotiations, if any, take place when writing about a minoritized experience for a general audience? Are there "compromises" that are inevitable? Is "apolitical" art possible, or is all art inherently political? Are questions about compromise and negotiation even necessary?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Current Kogawa House Writer-in-Residence C.E. (Chris) Gatchalian will lead discussions on these questions in two one-hour workshops. As a queer-identifying, racialized artist, Chris wrestles with these questions on a daily basis. The first workshop will be a discussion led by Chris on the above issues; in the second workshop, participants will be free to share and receive feedback on works-in-progress, if they choose.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"><STRONG>About CE Gatchalian</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">The author of five books, Filipino-Canadian author C. E. Gatchalian was born, raised and based on the unceded traditional lands of the Coast Salish People (Vancouver). His plays, which include Falling In Time, Broken, Motifs & Repetitions and People Like Vince, have appeared on stages nationally and internationally, as well as on radio and television. The winner of two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards and a two-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, he was the 2013 recipient of the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, awarded annually by The Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian LGBT author of merit. He is currently <A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/deeper-and-higher-exploring-identity-and-transcendence-with-c-e-gatchalian-tickets-39721301482" TARGET="_blank"><SPAN STYLE="background-color: #ffffff;">Writer-in-Residence at Kogawa House</SPAN></A>, where he is working on a non-fiction manuscript.</SPAN></DIV>
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