Wry and tender field notes on the emotional cartography

of love across difference.

 

Many men don’t have words to express what’s deepest  in their hearts. Lover or husband, father or son, employer or co-worker—each has different styles of wordlessness and different reasons for it.

 

In today’s polarized world, breaking through the silence is essential, especially across divisions of race, class, generation, culture, or religion.

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"Breathtakingly fierce and honest poetry that smashes Asian American stereotypes and reveals complexities of love across race, class, age and religion. Provokes fist-pumping, sighing, cheering, and laughing throughout."  —Susan Kiyo Ito, I Would Meet You Anywhere

 

Courting A Man Who Doesn’t Talk began as midnight journaling to puzzle out an budding romance between a fortyish, Asian American single mother and a twenty-something white man. Thirty years later, the personal experiment has stood the test of time, but the larger social battle for equality and respect between women and men is still being waged, one day at a time, one person at a time. 

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Look for it at these San Francisco bookstores:

Bird & Beckett, Browser Books, Dog-Eared Books, Forest Books, Green Apple Clement, Green Apple on the Park, Medicine for Nightmares, Mission Blue

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Upcoming events:

Wed, Apr 2, 7-9 pm on Zoom: Alameda Island Poets. Featured poets Shizue Seigel and Brenda Yeager, Poet Laureate of Lake County, followed by open mic.

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Thurs, Apr 10, 7-9pm on Zoom: Alameda Island Poets poetry workshop led by Shizue Seigel on "He Said, She Said," the complexities of love and communcaition. 

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Past events: 

Fri, Feb 28, 5:30-7pm: Stories for Oranges storytelling activities @ On Waverly,162 Waverly Place, San Francisco Chinatown. Join Caroline Yuu of Yunny Studios, Shizue Seigel and Cynthia Huie for an evening of story-sharing featuring readings an Open Mic, kids' craft table and a Parents Are Human recording session. 

 

Thurs, Feb 20, Reading and interview by Kimi Sugioka, Green Apple on the Park, 1235 - 9th Ave, San Francisco​

 

Sat, Feb 15, 2pm, Reading and interview by Kimi Sugioka, J-SEI Community Center, 1285- 66th St, Emeryville

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