Scholar and writer Q.M. Zhang walks us through the craft of articulating memory with artefacts. This teaching pack starts with excerpts from her book, Accomplice to Memory, followed by fun in-class activities and inspiring creative writing prompts.

Q.M. Zhang

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Q.M. Zhang (Kimberly Chang) grew up in upstate New York, lived in China and Hong Kong, and currently makes her home in Western Massachusetts.  She is a writer and teacher of hybrid stories and forms, with a focus on those whose lives span national borders and cultural worlds. She is an alumna of the Juniper Summer Writing Institute and the Vermont Studio Center.  Her book, Accomplice to Memory, a Kirkus Best Indies Book of 2018, combines memoir, fiction, and documentary photographs to explore the possibilities of truth telling across generations and geographies. She is a Faculty Emerita of Cultural Psychology and Creative Nonfiction at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA and is the Prose Editor at The Massachusetts Review.

A Hybrid Text by

Q.M. Zhang

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Accomplice to Memory (Kaya Press).

Accomplice to Memory (Kaya Press).

Prologue: Borne out of China (An Excerpt from Accomplice to Memory)


Discussion Questions and Class Activities


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