Paper Sons: A Memoir - Paperback

by Dickson Lam (Author)

Winner of the Autumn House Nonfiction Prize, Dickson Lam's debut explores his transformation from a teenage graffiti writer to a high school teacher working with troubled youth while navigating the secret violence in his immigrant family's past.

Set in a public housing project in San Francisco, Lam's memoir offers an honest look at the challenges and joys of his upbringing.

Author Biography

Dickson Lam is the author of Paper Sons: A Memoir, winner of the 2017 Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize. He is a VONA alum and has been a resident fellow at the Millay Colony for the Arts and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. He holds MFA degrees in creative writing from the University of Houston and Rutgers-Newark.
Lam is an Assistant Professor of English at Contra Costa College and lives in Oakland with his wife and daughter.