R301. Asian American Caucus

Salon F, Washington Convention Center, Level One
Thursday, February 9, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm

 

What literary resources are available for Asian American writers? What does it mean to be an Asian writer in the 21st century? This 2nd Asian American caucus is not a panel or a reading, but an open town-hall-style hang out and community space. Come meet other Asian American writers and discuss fellowships, publication opportunities, and resources available for Asian American writers. Organized by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Kaya, Asian American Literary Review, and Kundiman.


Participants

Moderator:

Ken Chen is the Executive Director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and a recipient of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award for his poetry collection, Juvenilia, which was selected by Louise Glück. He is one of the founders of CultureStrike, an arts organization dedicated to migrant justice.

Dr. Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis is founding director of the arts nonprofit The Asian American Literary Review and coeditor-in-chief of its critically acclaimed literary journal. He is also a curator with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and adjunct faculty for the University of Maryland.

Sunyoung Lee is the publisher of award-winning literary nonprofit Kaya Press, where she has worked for the past twenty-two years.

Rita Banerjee received her doctorate from Harvard and is creative director of the Cambridge Writers’ Workshop. Her work has appeared in LARB, Electric Literature, VIDA, Queen Mob’s Tea House, and on KBOO Radio’s APA Compass. Her novella, A Night with Kali, is forthcoming.

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