Wesley Yang worked on a nonfiction book about Asian Americans based on his 2011 New York Magazine piece, "Paper Tigers," which won the National Magazine Award in the essay category.
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Wesley Yang
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Region: Manchester Township, NJ
MacDowell Fellowships: 2013
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
Wesley Yang worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.
Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…