Press
Introducing the 2023 PEN/Bellwether Prize Finalists, PEN America. The PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction is presented biennially to the author of a previously unpublished novel that addresses issues of social justice and the impact of culture and politics on human relationships.
Here are the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellows, Literary Hub. The National Endowment for the Arts has made public their list of this year’s recipients of Literature Fellowships in Creative Writing.
Meet the Creative Writing Fellows, National Endowment for the Arts. The Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose and poetry to published creative writers that enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
Jack Straw x Bushwick Book Club Seattle | Daniel Tam-Claiborne x Intisaar, Bushwick Book Club. Seattle musicians create original music inspired by the 2021 Jack Straw Cultural Center Writers Anthology.
”Why should I blame anyone but myself if I cannot understand what I know nothing about?” Bookish Asia. Quincy Carroll reviews What Never Leaves for the East Asia Book Review.
Interviews
“Without other people understanding, not a lot is going to change,” JoySauce. Serica Initiative executive director Daniel Tam-Claiborne weighs in on how he uses storytelling to affect change.
Q&A Series – Next Generation Leaders: Daniel Tam-Claiborne, Committee of 100. The staff of Committee of 100 sat down with one of our Next Generation Leaders and asked them about their careers, what the past few years has been like and their hopes for the future.
“Between Black & White” explores Asian racial roles in America, Northwest Asian Weekly. The launch and discussion, held at Capitol Hill’s Northwest Film Forum, featured the three films, each one running roughly eight minutes, and five panelists in a discussion after the films.
Behind the Essay, Off Assignment. Daniel Tam-Claiborne discusses the nuances of writing about the predicament of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, explores the role of remorse in the process of crafting his “Letter to a Stranger” essay, and offers some stellar reading recommendations of Asian American authors.
SoundPages Literary Podcast, Jack Straw Cultural Center. In his conversation with curator E.J. Koh, Daniel discusses his connection to the characters in his novel, the relationship between China and America, and how it effects individuals in both places.
2021 Jack Straw Writers Program continues mission of community-building despite a global cohort, The Daily. The annual program invites a group of 12 writers to receive vocal training, contribute to a published anthology, and participate in live readings of their work.
Fulbrighters speak out against cancellation of China program, The China Project. More than 50 Fulbright scholarship recipients won’t be able to research and teach in China and Hong Kong in 2020-21 thanks to Trump's misguided belief of who actually benefits from international exchange programs.
MFA graduate awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarship to China, Owl & Spade Magazine. The Fulbright Student Program will enable Daniel Tam-Claiborne '20 to pursue ethnographic research in China and write a novel about Chinese-American relations.
Meet the Travelers #11, LOST. Meet Daniel Tam-Claiborne, a Chinese American writer who went to China to search for his roots.