Wawa (Lo Mei Wa)

b. 1987, Hong Kong

EDUCATION

Harvard Divinity School, Master of Divinity candidate

Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands, Master of Arts in Philosophy, Feb. 2011
Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (Platinum) 

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Dec. 2009
Minor in French Studies; Dr. and Mrs. Hsu Kang-Liang Memorial Scholarship 2008/09

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Neinance (poetry)

Morphogenesis (poetry)

嘏物圖 (poetry)

She She (poetry) 

Minor Place (short stories)

Plainsongs (poetry)

Chronicles of Pei Pei  (children’s stories)

BOOKS FAIRS & POETRY FESTIVALS

New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans (2017)

Honolulu Print Book Fair (2017)

Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival (2017)

Nexus Book Fair, Honolulu (2016)

WRITERS’ RESIDENCY

Vermont Studio Centre, Jun. 2018
2018 Henry Luce Chinese Poetry and Translation Fellowship 

Vermont Studio Centre, Mar. 2017
Vermont Studio Centre Fellowship

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Panelist, Spring Comes Around Again: Social Movements in Postcolonial East Asia, University of California, Santa Barbara (2018)

Speaker, NYU Shanghai Writing Program (2017)

Speaker, Hawai‘i Pacific University, Hawai‘i (2016)

Speaker, Island Pacific Academy, Hawai‘i (2016)

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Voice student under Soprano Ms. Margaret Yim (2001 – 2007)

Grade 8 Singing, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music