Dr. Pamela Pan

Ph.D., Professor of English and Reading. Writer of creative non-fiction, historical fiction, and personal essays.

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@Greever_Dawn @YouTube Great! Thank you!

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My first attempt of Audacity to record my poetry reading!
You are the swan on the lake,
the queen and king
of your life.
The time has come.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers The Time Has Come: A Poem Written and Read by Pamela Pan https://t.co/dZ6xHV9CgM via @YouTube

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NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Tasting Moments by Pamela Pan
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Tasting Moments celebrates the strength of ordinary people as they gain wisdom and embrace new possibilities. Rooted in personal history but resonant with universal truths, these twenty-one poems delve into themes of love, family, nature, healing, and the passage of time. This chapbook offers a space to pause, reflect, and savor fleeting yet significant experiences. With a voice that is intimate and evocative, the collection invites readers to taste the power of remembrance and the richness of living, one moment at a time. #poetry #love #family #memory #life #friendship

Pamela Pan is an English professor at San Joaquin Delta College and a writer of poetry, essay, and fiction. She has a PhD from the University of California, Davis, a Master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Bachelor’s from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. 

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PRAISE FOR Tasting Moments by Pamela Pan

Pamela Pan’s poetry collection jumps out of the starting gate from her very first poem, challenging us to “Release the ‘I can’t’ shackles.” Family ties are delicately described: the culinary wisdom of her mother and grandmother, a trip home to Tianjin where healing her mother helps her heal herself, description of an uncle who was her bulwark at a time when she was most fragile, a wedding anniversary where the celebration of time rejoices each moment spent together. She shares when a mother learns her son only has one hundred days left to live, compares passengers on a train to the sorghum of the earth, describes time as having slipped through one’s fingers “like kernels of golden unhusked rice.” Her lyrical poem of a close friend who takes her own life, in Snow Lotus, is heartrending as we get to know the girl, her innocence, her beauty, and her inability to protect herself from the undeserved shame cast by others. Pamela’s deft use of metaphor rouses us, insists that we feel what the narrator in each of her poems feels; this is a collection to be savored and read over and over again, find the nuggets you’ve missed the first go around, for there are many.
–Linda Drattell, award-winning poet and author, Remember This Day and The Lighter Side of Horse Manure

Pamela Pan’s Tasting Moments is more than a poetry collection. Her life stories, filled with family, friends, and cherished memories, are a priceless treasure of wisdom passed through generations. Pamela’s poems are deeply moving portrayals of our world and society, often bringing readers, such as myself, to tears. So, please have a tissue ready, especially for poems like 100 Days. Pamela’s observance of human behavior and her gift to articulate such heavy and diverse emotions from those she’s met is impressive, and I applaud her. Her poems speak to the universal emotions we all experience, making us feel understood and less alone.
–Monique Rardin Richardson, author of When Then Became Now and Pieces of Me.

I will read Tasting the Moments by Pamela Pan over and over. These are poems of resilience, grounded in deep affection for her family and people around her.

She sings the praises of strong individuals—her grandma who taught the life-affirming power of food, the uncle who fought “the merciless corrosive agent of time,” workers and peasants who are “the sorghum of this planet”—while reminding each one of us “you are the swan on the lake, the queen and king of your own life.” I highly recommend this collection of poems for Pan’s honesty, imagery and passion for writing.
–Constance Hanstedt, Author of Treading Water and Don’t Leave Yet, How My Mother’s Alzheimer’s Opened My Heart.

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(Writing a poem) is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind. They make appointments with each other, and keep them, and something begins to happen.—Mary Oliver

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@AnnLiangY Congratulations! That’s wonderful!

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Gisèle Pelicot walking to take the stand today, her strength echoing in every step:

“It’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them,” she told the court.

"I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too. I don't want them to be ashamed any longer,"

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The Chicago Online Writing Conference was fantastic! The workshops are wonderful. I learned a lot. I also enjoyed pitching directly to agents. Because it was online, it had a large number of agents, which was great! #WWOChicago #writingcommunity #writers #amwritingfiction

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@AndrewCull6 If you can find a few writers to form a group, it can be beneficial.

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I am the member in spotlight for the CWC San Joaquin Branch! Writing is a solitary activity, but it also needs a village to thrive. Thank you everyone to be my village. #writing #writingcommunity #writers Member Spotlight | San Joaquin Valley https://t.co/xNI1jJpXJC

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The way to deal with rejection is to be bold and keep going. If an agent rejects you, you haven’t sent it to the right person—Nina Amir #WritingCommmunity #writingtips #writinglife

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@lindsayskeeling I like top right. It looks warm, friendly, and professional.

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My short story “Waiting” has been accepted for publication in California Writers Club anthology, Vision and Verse. I wrote a historical piece about a young man in the Cultural Revolution in 1970s on the photo below. 😊😊😊#writer #writers #ekphrasticwriting #writingcommunity

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@FredFahey2 How exciting! Congratulations!

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International women’s day! I am inspired by all the wise and courageous women in my life. Hope one day we don’t need to talk about equal pay, equal respect, and equal rights because they are achieved. Before that day arrives, we march on! 🥁🥁🥁 #International_Womens_Day #Gender

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A perfect rainbow after the storm. I’m glad we got enough rain this winter. #California #sanjoaquin #Weather

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@DaisyPettles @TallPoppyWriter Congratulations! That’s awesome.🌹🌹🌹

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Four days of San Francisco Writers Conference. It’s accelerating to meet so many fellow authors, industry professionals, and attend such a diverse array of sessions. If you like to write, I highly recommend it!#sfwc2024 #writing #writers #AuthorsOfTwitter #WriterCommunity

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My article is featured by Historical Novel Society North America! Take a read and let me know what you think! #HF #writingcommunity #history #writers Turning Family History into a Historical Novel: Writing Tips – Historical Novel Society – North America https://t.co/2MSQLGoKcr

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PEACH BLOSOSOM SPRING + PACHINKO
WWII China. Fighting to save her family, 21 yo Mei barely escapes Japanese massacre.
But then enemy drops bacteria bombs. Her daughter falls ill. Mei must choose between abandoning her child or risking the entire village. #jwmeetyourmatch #hf #wf

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Happy Lunar New Year! The year of the dragon! It symbolizes good luck, strength, health, and courage. Wish you and your family a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year!