Alan Chong Lau

Alan Chong Lau (born July 11, 1948 in Oroville, California) is an American poet, and artist.^[1]

Life

He grew up in Paradise, California, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Art. He serves as Arts Editor for the International Examiner.^[2] His art is represented at the Francine Seders Gallery.^[3] He lives in Seattle, Washington.^[4]

Awards

• 1981 American Book Award
• Creative Artist Fellowship for Japan from the Japan-US Friendship Commission
• National Endowment for the Arts and the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Japanese Government
• Artists Grant from Seattle Arts Commission
• Publications Grant from King County Arts Commission
• Special Projects Grant from the California Arts Council

Works

• no hurry (Cash Machine, 2007)
• Blues and Greens: A Produce Worker's Journal. University of Hawai'i Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8248-2323-8. 
• Songs For Jadina. Greenfield Review Press. 1980. ISBN 978-0-912678-43-6. 
• Garrett Kaoru Hongo, Alan Chong Lau, Lawson Fusao Inada (1978). The Buddha Bandits Down Highway 99. Buddhahead Press. 

Anthologies

• Ishmael Reed, ed. (2003). From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across The Americas 1900-2002. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 978-1-56025-458-4. 
• Gary Gach, ed. (1998). What Book!? Buddha Poems From Beat to Hiphop. Parallax Press. ISBN 978-0-938077-92-3. 
• Stan Yogi, ed. (1996). "2 Stops on the Way Home". Highway 99: a literary journey through California's Great Central Valley. Heyday Books. ISBN 978-0-930588-82-3. 

References

External links

• "Conversations: Alan Chong Lau, Seattle poet, visual artist, and greengrocer", WaterBridge
• "Oral history interview with Johsel Namkung, 1989 Oct. 5 - 1991 Feb. 25", Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
• Guiyou Huang, ed. (2006). The Columbia guide to Asian American literature since 1945. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12620-5.