Join us for an inspiring evening with the award-winning poet Tammy Lai-Ming Ho. This class is great for aspiring writers and avid readers interested in craft. To participate, make sure you register via our website:
https://tiwc.eu/ho
The class will focus on Tammy’s latest poetry collection If I Do Not Reply. We’ll be talking about her craft choices, the art of putting together a collection, and her publishing insights as a journal editor.
This masterclass will be moderated by IWC teacher Michelle Lin and will consist of an interview and Q&A session. There will be drinks and bites afterwards.
ABOUT THESE TEACHERS
Tammy Lai-Ming Ho is a Hong Kong-born poet, translator, scholar, and journal editor. Her first poetry collection, Hula Hooping (Chameleon, 2015), won the Young Artist Award in Literary Arts presented by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. In 2018, she published her first short story collection Her Name Upon the Strand (Delere Press), her second poetry collection Too Too Too Too (Math Paper Press), and chapbook An Extraterrestrial in Hong Kong (Musical Stone). In addition to her writing, Tammy is the editor-in-chief of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, an editor of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine and she has edited or co-edited several literary collections. She is a former tenured professor of English literature and Fellow of the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa.
Michelle Lin is an American writer based in Amsterdam and an assistant poetry editor at Narrative Magazine. Before rediscovering her creative writing muscle, Michelle spent years writing articles and white papers on the global energy industry and the outlook for sustainable systems. In her more personal work, Michelle often writes about memory, identity, food, and the occasional obsession with canyons. Her poetry and essays have appeared in journals including Beyond Words, Cleaver, Corvus Review, Panorama, and The Closed Eye Open. She joined the IWC faculty in spring ’24, and this spring she’s teaching our Tuesday online Level I course.
ABOUT OUR MASTER CLASS SERIES
In this series, working writers talk tips, tricks and techniques with a focus on a single novel or collection. The classes are conducted in an interview format with plenty of room for questions. Check out our podcast archive to listen to recordings of previous Master Classes with writers such as A.M. Homes, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction; Kristen Roupenian, author of the viral short story “Cat Person”; Jennifer Clement, then PEN International president; and Lauren Groff, the author of Barack Obama’s favourite book of 2015.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL WRITERS' COLLECTIVE
We've been teaching fiction and poetry workshops in Amsterdam since 2011 and formed the International Writers’ Collective in early 2017. You can find our course catalog at:
https://tiwc.eu/courses
We are an audited and accredited educational institution and are listed at CRKBO.nl, the central register for short vocational education in the Netherlands.
Our teachers are not just great writers, they're great teachers. They've been selected for their exceptional insight, warmth, and ability to inspire.
For more information, go to:
https://tiwc.eu/write
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