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Fay Chiang (January 27, 1952 – October 20, 2017) was an American poet, writer, visual artist and activist based in
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who was an advocate for introducing Chinese culture to American society.


Personal life

Chiang was born in
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in 1952. She grew up in
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and later lived in
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in the East Village. She died due to complications of cancer on October 20, 2017.


Career

Chiang was the director of the Chinatown-based Asian American arts organization, Basement Workshop, in
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from 1975 to 1986. Later, Chiang was active at the
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on the
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, Project Reach, a program working with youth in New York City's Chinatown, and Poets and Writers. She was also involved in student-led protests advocating for better Asian American Studies courses at New York colleges. Chiang's books of poetry include ''In The City of Contradictions,'' ''Miwa's Song,'' and ''7 Continents, 9 Lives,'' published by Bowery Press. Her poetry focused on her identity as a Chinese-American, and explored the discrimination she faced through a lens of
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.


References


External links


Fay Chiang Papers
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University Special Collections 1952 births 2017 deaths American women poets 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets American writers of Chinese descent American women writers of Chinese descent Poets from New York City Hunter College alumni 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers {{US-activist-stub