Chinatown Ghosts: The Poems and Photographs of Jim Wong-Chu
Paperback: 9781551527482, 128 pages, 2018 | Arsenal Pulp Press |
I remember the long drives home after our meetings. Jim liked choreographing the main points, teaching me how to read … more »
Chinatown Ghosts, originally published in 1986, is a collection of poems that Jim Wong-Chu wrote over a period of years. Some of them were later published in Ricepaper. I encountered Chinatown Ghosts during a visit to the UBC … more »
The Asian Canadian Writers Workshop can trace its origins to the late sixties during the time of the Vietnam War, the Afro-American movement and other Third World minority movements. In Vancouver, the Cultural Revolution in China influenced local politics and … more »
On October 17, 2017, a very special event took place in Toronto – A Celebration of Life event was held for Jim Wong-Chu, the founder of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop and Ricepaper Magazine. Although Jim lived in Vancouver, he … more »
The following is a personal letter from Paul Yee written to Jim Wong-Chu shortly after Jim’s stroke. With permission from Paul, the letter is published in its entirety here. Jim passed away peacefully on July 11, 2017.
Hey, Jim
It’s … more »
Being published for the first time is a challenge, especially since the odds are so sharply stacked against emerging writers. This was the case for several young Asian Canadian writers primarily living in Vancouver as the shift to multiculturalism began … more »
The following interview took place on June 3, 2014 between Dr. Zhen Liu and Jim Wong-Chu. Liu received her M. Litt degree with her thesis research focus on Alice Munro and her PhD in English Studies from the University of … more »
The long May evening was tapering to a close when the five speakers took to the front of the gallery at Centre A before a crowd of eager listeners. Crecien Bencio, Carolyn Nakagawa, Jackie Wong, C.E. Gatchalian, and Rita Wong … more »
On November 27, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre hosted a three-way discussion between writer and poet, Terry Watada; Ricepaper Magazine and ACWW co-founder, Jim Wong-Chu; and professor at UBC, Dr. Glenn Deer. The topic for the afternoon’s event was on … more »