June 16 | 6-8PM PT | Remote | Free, RSVP here! DVAN is thrilled to host their 47th episode of ÁCCENTED, “Echoes of Elsewhere: Finding Home in Memory and Imagination ” featuring writers André Dao and Kevin Nguyen in conversation with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Philip Nguyen, Vietnamese-American studies scholar. André […]
Wednesday, May 28 | 6:30-8:30 PM ET | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York | Free! A literary reading & conversation plumbing the responsibilities of writers in the constant wartime of empire. How can literature intervene in the collective imagination, disrupt imperial surfaces, and forge new commitments to shared liberation? Featuring readings […]
Tuesday, May 20 | 7-8:30 PM | 133 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles | Free, RSVP here! Join us for the U.S. launch of award-winning Australian Vietnamese author André Dao’s novel, Anam, as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of the War in Vietnam this year. Dao will be […]
First Pass, A Conversation with Nicole Chung: 5/14 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET Join Kaya Press for a conversation with Nicole Chung—author of the award-winning memoir A Living Remedy, named a Notable Book by the New York Times—for a conversation about her career as a literary editor and the editorial process behind A Living […]
March 25, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m | Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall (DML 240), with hybrid access available for those outside of LA. This conference seeks to broaden and integrate existing historical accounts of colonial Korea (1910–1945) with an understanding of Korean diasporic experiences in countries such as the United States, China, and […]
Join us to celebrate the publication of the groundbreaking new anthology I Will Not Go: Translations, Transformations, and Chutney Fractals (Kaya Press, October 2024). Edited by Rajiv Mohabir, I Will Not Go features 17 Indo-Caribbean poets who experiment with their own personal interpretations of two famous Chutney songs. RSVP Here. The book launch will feature […]
Every Spring, Kaya Press Managing Editor Neelanjana Banerjee teaches an exciting UCLA course in the UCLA Asian American Studies Department: Asian American Publishing with Kaya Press. Throughout the quarter, students learned the intricacies of the publishing industry and how an independent, Asian-diasporic press like Kaya navigates the industry. As their final, students produced and edited their […]
