Speaking
represented by the tuesday agency
I am a public speaker who focuses on mental health advocacy, mental health stigma, and living with limitations.
I believe in eliminating the stigma around mental health so that we can create better policies and be kinder to others (and ourselves).
I believe in redefining ambition to better include people living with limitations like chronic illness and disability.
I have spoken at
Princeton University
Square
USC Gould Law School
Starbucks Coffee Talks
PBS Newshour
U of Wisconsin, Madison
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
Portland Book Festival
San Jose State University
...and more.
Watch my speaker's reel
SELECT EVENTS
2020
- February 7 – 10: Esmé Weijun Wang at the Tin House Winter Workshop, facilitating the nonfiction workshop alongside T Kira Madden and Wendy C. Ortiz (Newport, OR)
- August 10: Molly Wizenberg presents “The Fixed Stars,” with Esmé Weijun Wang with Green Apple Books
- August 14: Akwaeke Emezi presents “The Death of Vivek Oji,” with Esmé Weijun Wang with The Elliott Bay Book Company
- September 29: Marilynne Robinson presents “Jack,” with Esmé Weijun Wang with Community Bookstore (online event)
- October 20: The Powerhouse Arena presents Virtual Paperback Launch: Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison with Lynn Steger Strong, Andre Perry, Gregory Pardlo, and Esmé Weijun Wang (online event)
2021
- Jan 19: Debutiful & Write or Die Tribe Present a Reading of New, Unpublished, and Unpolished Work Benefiting the Okra Project (7:30 PM EST), with Esmé Weijun Wang, R.O. Kwon, and Karan Mahajan (admission: $5 donation)
- September 23: Chanel Miller in Conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (6:30 PM PST)
- November 4: Keynote in partnership with Princeton University Public Lectures at the Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University (6 PM EST) (information)
2022
- An Evening with Esmé Weijun Wang (April 13, 2023 at 5:00pm) (online)
- An Evening with Esmé Weijun Wang (April 17, 2023 at 7:00pm) at the Wisconsin Union Theater in Madison, WI
- Panel discussion at the Radcliffe Institute (April 28, 2023) in Cambridge, MA
- 2023 Women's Mental Health Conference (April 29, 2023) in New Haven, CT
- Duolingo Truth & Triumph Speaker Series: A Conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang (May 9, 2023) (online)
- R.F. Kuang for Yellowface, in conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang (May 13, 2023) at Haymarket Theater, Palo Alto, CA
- Jillian and Mariko Tamaki for Roaming, in conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang (October 20, 2023) at California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- World Schizophrenia Day with Mt. Sinai and NAMI, keynote address by Esmé Weijun Wang (October 26, 2023) in New York City, NY
2023
- Esmé Weijun Wang (Friday, March 18, 2022 at 7:00pm) hosted at San José State University Student Union Theatre. Free admission
- Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival: Writers Craft Session. Friday, March 25, 10 – 11:15am & Memories are Made of This. Sunday, March 27, 10 – 11:15am (Literary Discussion)
- Ingrid Rojas Contreras with Esmé Weijun Wang (Monday, July 18, 2022 at 6pm) at City Lights Bookstore
- Portland Book Festival, Mean Baby: Selma Blair with Esmé Weijun Wang. Saturday, November 5 at 10:00 am PDT
2024
2025
- An Evening with Esmé Weijun Wang (March 8, 2024) at the Collegiate School in New York City, New York
- Living Raw Legacy: An Evening with Esmé Weijun Wang (February 5, 2025 @ 6PM) at the University of Texas, Austin in Austin, Texas
Representation
LITERARY AGENT & SPEAKING REPRESENTATION
JIN AUH, THE WYLIE AGENCY
JAUH@WYLIEAGENCY.COM
PUBLICITY
publicity@esmewang.com
ASSISTANT
HEATHER@esmewang.com
