4 postcards (6"x4.25") from "Sowing Aunties" prose poem with whimsical art installations feature everyday items and children’s toys collected, reused, reborn. I wanted to explore quiet ways one can be an environmental justice leader and the intergenerational ways cultural and environmental practices play out. This is not just about frugality but a celebration of how our immigrant and refugee elders create home and provide for us and our tomorrow.

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, and poet focused on issues of Asian America, race, justice, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBCAsianAmerica, PRI GlobalNation, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, Drunken Boat. She teaches Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at University of Michigan and creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. She co-created a multimedia artwork for Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. She is a Knight Arts Challenge Detroit artist. In Chinese School, she was often scolded for having the best spoken Chinese in class and the worst written Chinese.

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