Photo by Melanie Canales
The Boston Immigrant Writers Salon is a community to empower and inspire immigrant voices. Together, we reframe and reimagine the immigrant narrative, celebrate our identities, and build community through storytelling. Learn more about our work on Instagram, or join the Facebook Group exclusively for immigrant-identifying writers. (Slideshow photos by Frankie Concepcion & Melanie Canales)
Past Events
October 2019: Defining Home and Other Stories at the School Street Sessions
A lecture on finding your place within the “immigrant experience” and America’s ownership of immigrant narratives.
October 2019: Rewriting Our Stories: A Workshop for Immigrant and Diaspora Writers at the Boston Book Festival
A multi-media, collaborative workshop on breaking down stereotypes and celebrating individual immigrant experiences; in collaboration with writer and editor Kayti Lahsaiezadeh.
August 2019: BIWS x FEMS
A poetry workshop & open mic night featuring Boston Poet Laureate Emeritus Danielle Legros Georges; in collaboration with FEMS Poetry Slam.
May 2019: Duty Free: Asian Diaspora Storytelling Night (co-host)
An open-mic night celebrating Asian Diaspora communities, writers, and performers led by Boston-based writer, artist, and performer Hassan Ghanny.
March 2019: Navigating Creativity in White Spaces Workshop (in collaboration with Spaceus and Arielle Gray)
A generative workshop to name the invisible burdens placed on BIPOC in artistic industries and finding methods of self-care; in collaboration with Arielle Gray of Print Ain’t Dead and Spaceus.
March 2019: Healing Salon: Defining Home
A night of gathering and self-care through the sharing of stories and building a community for immigrants, by immigrants.