forWord Movement: Projekt NewSpeak Interview

We, forWord, would like to thank YOU, the reader, for your support! It has been a crazy ride since we first formed our spoken word poetry collective in the Fall of 2010. We would not be where we are now without you all.

Check out our most recent interview at Projekt NewSpeak. Learn a little more about us like why we decided to form forWord, how our group writing process is, behind-the-scenes insight of some poems from our chapbook “Feel What We’re Saying,” what we feel about Asian Latin fusion food, and MORE.

Also thank you, David A. Romero, for the interview!!!

http://projektnewspeak.com/forword/

“Hi, my name is Tula. In Filipino, my name means ‘poem’. I am six years old and in the 1st grade. This is one story of what I experience as a half-Filipino and half-Japanese American growing up in Michigan.”

Absolutely adorable. This was submitted for the HBO Asian Pacific American Heritage Month documentary series. The end is the best! Thank you for sharing, Tula!

Also shout out to Emily P. Lawsin, a dear friend and seasoned poet we met at the 2011 APIA Summit, Twin Cities!

The Huffington Post: Celebrating the New Year With Asian American Poetry

forWord got a shout out in Chi-town poet, Patrick Pressl’s, The Huffington Post poetry blog. Thanks for thinking of us and it is an honor to be mentioned in a list full of awesome poets made by an awesome poet! Big ups to Eddy M. Gana Jr. and Stephanie Sajor for holding it down for forWord! 2012… LET’S GET IT!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-pressl/asian-american-poetry_b_1222632.html

forWord was mentioned on Angry Asian Man! Check out the article.