1999 Emerging Voices Fellow Dr. Stephanie Han talks to us about polyculturalism, protests, and the pandemic; our increased ability to conceptualize a narrative after the internet; and delivers an inspirational rant on why we write that's worthy of a Ted Talk. Listen and then sign up for one of her creative writing classes this summer. Visit stephaniehan.com for details.

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Stephanie Han is an author, speaker, and educator. Her debut short story collection “Swimming in Hong Kong” (Willow Springs Books/distributed by University of Washington Press) won the Paterson Fiction Prize and was the sole finalist for both the AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction and the Spokane Prize, in addition to making the shortlist for the Asian Books Blog Award. Individual stories won awards from Nimrod International Literary Journal, Santa Fe Writer’s Project, and the South China Morning Post. Han is City University of Hong Kong’s first English literature PhD. She resides and teaches in Honolulu, Hawaii.