Established Conversatio in order to connect writers interested in collaborating on life writing and creative non-fiction and receiving feedback; during the year, 2 or more writers collaborate on essays or stories using shared documents; provide guidance to the co-authors.Lead workshops on creative writing, teaching and sharing skills narrative techniques to 8 to 12 writers from China, Japan, Korea, and the US; the most recent workshop was “Writing the Family,” re-interpreting East Asian concepts of familial love through short stories and poetry.

Reinterpreted Lady Macbeth as a doctor, mother, and modern woman and presented staged photogaphs exploring themes of gender, violence, and female despair. Exhibition hosted in the Shenzhen College of International Education, http://aallworldsastage.com/.Interviewed English teachers and Tian Xiaowei (director of China’s first Shakespeare biographical play) for a documentary interrogating the canonical status of Shakespeare, the concept of the universality of literature, and Shakespeare’s relevance to Chinese students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T9cN9HZ7-k&t=12s.