Alan Chong Lau

Alan Chong Lau (born July 11, 1948) is an American poet, and artist.

Life

Lau was born in Oroville, California and grew up in Paradise, California. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Art. He serves as Arts Editor for the International Examiner. His art is represented at the Francine Seders Gallery. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-930588-82-3. Alan Chong Lau.

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.