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Harlan Van Cao

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Albert Flynn DeSilver

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John Saunders

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Courtney Maum

Mark Graban

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Mother Lan Cao and daughter Harlan Van Cao share the new book they wrote together, Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter, a memoir exploring the American immigrant experience and how it impacts a family.In this episode, we discuss their writing process, and:Writing a book together as mother and daughterSetting time aside to write, even if you aren’t inspiredAnd moreIf you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this WriterVisit Harlan’s Website and Instagram, and Lan’s Website and FacebookBuy their book, Family in Six TonesFollow the PodcastVisit the podcast’s WebsiteFollow the HostSlide into Sara Gallagher’s DM’s on InstagramFollow our PartnersLearn more about our partner, We Need Diverse Books, whose mission is to put more diverse books into the hands of all childrenBecome an AdvertiserUse my Contact Page or hit me up on InstaThis Week’s Writing PromptEach week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.Harlan’s writing prompt is: What are things about your childhood that you resented at the time that now create parts of your personality that you really love?Lan’s writing prompt is: Think of a period in your life where you struggled with your own self identity vs. how somebody thought of you. Explore Womxn AuthorsIn this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:Greta Gerwig, screenwriter of Little Women and LadybirdGail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineBharati Mukherjee, author of JasmineIsabel Allende, author of House of the SpiritsEnsure the Podcast ContinuesLove what you’re hearing? Show your appreciation and become a Supporter with a monthly contribution.Check Out More Womxn AuthorsEpisode 47: Zara Stone - Author of The Future of Science is Female: The Brilliant Minds Shaping the 21st CenturySupport the show

Mother Lan Cao and daughter Harlan Van Cao share the new book they wrote together, Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter, a memoir exploring the American immigrant experience and how it impacts a family.In this episode, we discuss their writing process, and:<ul><li>Writing a book together as mother and daughter</li><li>Setting time aside to write, even if you aren’t inspired</li><li>And more</li></ul>If you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my<a href="https://www.fiercewomxnwriting.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Contact Page</a> and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this Writer<ul><li>Visit Harlan’s <a href="https://harlanvancao.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harlan_vc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and Lan’s <a href="https://lancaoauthor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LanCaoAuthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li>Buy their book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/9357/9781984878168" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Family in Six Tones</a></li></ul>Follow the Podcast<ul><li>Visit the podcast’s<a href="https://www.fiercewomxnwriting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Website</a></li></ul>Follow the Host<ul><li>Slide into Sara Gallagher’s DM’s on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fiercewomxnwriting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a></li></ul>Follow our Partners<ul><li>Learn more about our partner,<a href="https://diversebooks.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> We Need Diverse Books</a>, whose mission is to put more diverse books into the hands of all children</li></ul>Become an Advertiser<ul><li>Use my<a href="https://www.fiercewomxnwriting.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Contact Page</a> or hit me up on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fiercewomxnwriting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Insta</a></li></ul>This Week’s Writing PromptEach week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.Harlan’s writing prompt is: What are things about your childhood that you resented at the time that now create parts of your personality that you really love?Lan’s writing prompt is: Think of a period in your life where you struggled with your own self identity vs. how somebody thought of you. Explore Womxn AuthorsIn this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950086/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greta Gerwig</a>, screenwriter of Little Women and Ladybird</li><li>Gail Honeyman, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/9357/9780735220690" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine</a></li><li>Bharati Mukherjee, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/9357/9780802136305" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jasmine</a></li><li>Isabel Allende, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/9357/9781501117015" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">House of the Spirits</a></li></ul>Ensure the Podcast ContinuesLove what you’re hearing? Show your appreciation and become a<a href="https://www.fiercewomxnwriting.com/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Supporter</a> with a monthly contribution.Check Out More Womxn Authors<ul><li>Episode 47: <a href="https://www.fiercewomxnwriting.com/podcast/zara-stone-award-winning-journalist-and-author-of-the-future-of-science-is-female-the-brilliant-minds-shaping-the-21st-century-a-book-for-young-people-about-badass-scientists-and-entrepreneurs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zara Stone</a> - Author of The Future of Science is Female: The Brilliant Minds Shaping the 21st Century</li></ul><a href="https://fiercewomxnwriting.com/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Lan Cao & Harlan Van Cao - Authors of Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter

In this episode, I had a chance to sit down with Lan Cao and Harlan Van Cao. We discussed a number of topics, including:  Lan's experience and life as a refugee of the Vietnam War and how that experience reverberates in Harlan's life, immigration and assimilation, discrimination, identity and the importance of finding equilibrium and balance in life, memory, letting go vs. remembering, the bystander effect as it relates to relationships and conversations, social media and it's drawbacks, modern day high school culture and experience, and the concept of the American Dream. I really enjoyed this one, hope you do too.    Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao are the authors of Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter (Viking; September 2020).    Lan Cao is the author of Monkey Bridge and The Lotus and the Storm, and most recently of the scholarly work Culture in Law and Development: Nurturing Positive Change. She is a professor of law at the Chapman University School of Law, and an internationally recognized expert specializing in international business and trade, international law, and development. She has taught at Brooklyn Law School, Duke University School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, and William &amp; Mary Law School.   Harlan Margaret Van Cao graduated from high school in June 2020. She was born in Williamsburg, Virginia and moved to Southern California when she was ten. She loves painting and music, especially playing the piano and singing. She will be attending UCLA in the fall of 2020 and plans to study economics and philosophy, while also continuing to write.     Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory Reflecting History on Twitter: @reflectinghist If you like the podcast and have 30 seconds to spare, consider leaving a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts...It helps! Try my audio course: Why do 'good' people support evil leaders? What allure does Fascism hold that enables it to garner popular support? And what lessons can history teach us about today?   My audio course 'A Beginners Guide to Understanding &amp; Resisting Fascism: Nazi Germany and the Battle for the Human Heart' explores these massive questions through the lens of Nazi Germany and the ordinary people who lived, loved, collaborated and even resisted during those times.   Through exploring the past, I hope to unlock lessons that all learners on the course can apply to the present day - from why fascism attracts people to how it can be resisted. I'm donating 20% of the proceeds to Givewell's Maximum Impact Fund, and the course also comes with a 100% money back guarantee. Check it out at https://avid.fm/reflectinghistory

In this episode, I had a chance to sit down with Lan Cao and Harlan Van Cao. We discussed a number of topics, including:  Lan's experience and life as a refugee of the Vietnam War and how that experience reverberates in Harlan's life, immigration and assimilation, discrimination, identity and the importance of finding equilibrium and balance in life, memory, letting go vs. remembering, the bystander effect as it relates to relationships and conversations, social media and it's drawbacks, modern day high school culture and experience, and the concept of the American Dream. I really enjoyed this one, hope you do too.    Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao are the authors of Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter (Viking; September 2020).    Lan Cao is the author of Monkey Bridge and The Lotus and the Storm, and most recently of the scholarly work Culture in Law and Development: Nurturing Positive Change. She is a professor of law at the Chapman University School of Law, and an internationally recognized expert specializing in international business and trade, international law, and development. She has taught at Brooklyn Law School, Duke University School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, and William &amp; Mary Law School.   Harlan Margaret Van Cao graduated from high school in June 2020. She was born in Williamsburg, Virginia and moved to Southern California when she was ten. She loves painting and music, especially playing the piano and singing. She will be attending UCLA in the fall of 2020 and plans to study economics and philosophy, while also continuing to write.    <a href="https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Support the podcast:</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/reflectinghist" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Reflecting History on Twitter: @reflectinghist</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reflecting-history/id1142434071?mt=2&amp;ls=1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">If you like the podcast and have 30 seconds to spare, consider leaving a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts...It helps!</a> <a href="https://avid.fm/reflectinghistory" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Try my audio course:</a> Why do 'good' people support evil leaders? What allure does Fascism hold that enables it to garner popular support? And what lessons can history teach us about today?   My audio course 'A Beginners Guide to Understanding &amp; Resisting Fascism: Nazi Germany and the Battle for the Human Heart' explores these massive questions through the lens of Nazi Germany and the ordinary people who lived, loved, collaborated and even resisted during those times.   Through exploring the past, I hope to unlock lessons that all learners on the course can apply to the present day - from why fascism attracts people to how it can be resisted. I'm donating 20% of the proceeds to Givewell's Maximum Impact Fund, and the course also comes with a 100% money back guarantee. Check it out at <a href="https://avid.fm/reflectinghistory" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://avid.fm/reflectinghistory</a>

Episode 80: The Refugee Experience and Finding Equilibrium with Lan Cao and Harlan Van Cao

Episode 97 Notes:Sponsor: YAY! BrandJoin us in our Yoke and Abundance Facebook Group -&gt;If you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.Join the Book club discussion with special guests Lan Cao and Harlan Van CaoFiction allows you to go deeperMemoir “Family In Six Tones” order it here Not Lan’s First BookLan’s writing has been heart based. A story of resilience Did not write from a perspective of trying to respond to each otherNeither of their ideas to write the memoir. The publishing House asked them to do the memoir after the story core interview https://storycorps.org/stories/a-mother-on-surviving-the-tet-offensive-and-escaping-from-vietnam/Mother’s experience has affected the daughter and they were able to talk about it through the memoir. Subtle parts of feminism Never had to worry because she did it for meWriting a memoir with your motherWhen you feel like an insider or outsider within your own group Questioning assimilation Caught in a maelstrom of identity Hard to pick up the 6 tones of Vietnamese The most traumatic thing was losing my dadThe personal is political: Fat is a feminist issueThe relationship that refugees have to this country.

Episode 97 Notes:Sponsor: <a href="https://yaybrand.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YAY! Brand</a>Join us in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Yokeandabundance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yoke and Abundance Facebook Group -&gt;</a>If you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast <a href="https://www.patreon.com/yokeandabundance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Consider Supporting us through Patreon</a>. <a href="https://www.yokeandabundance.com/one-time-mentorship-session/book-club-75h8j-ew2ry-xrwk4-t8527-79kw6-w4sa5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the Book club discussion with special guests Lan Cao and Harlan Van Cao</a>Fiction allows you to go deeper <a href="https://www.scuppernongbooks.com/book/9781984878168" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memoir “Family In Six Tones” order it here </a> Not Lan’s First Book Lan’s writing has been heart based. A story of resilience Did not write from a perspective of trying to respond to each other Neither of their ideas to write the memoir. The publishing House asked them to do the memoir after the story core interview <a href="https://storycorps.org/stories/a-mother-on-surviving-the-tet-offensive-and-escaping-from-vietnam/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://storycorps.org/stories/a-mother-on-surviving-the-tet-offensive-and-escaping-from-vietnam/</a> Mother’s experience has affected the daughter and they were able to talk about it through the memoir. Subtle parts of feminism Never had to worry because she did it for me Writing a memoir with your mother When you feel like an insider or outsider within your own group Questioning assimilation Caught in a maelstrom of identity Hard to pick up the 6 tones of Vietnamese The most traumatic thing was losing my dad The personal is political: Fat is a feminist issue The relationship that refugees have to this country.

Episode 97: Family In Six Tones with Lan Cao and Harlan Van Cao