As we move toward the Year of the Fire Horse, we’re reflecting on renewal not as abstraction, but as practice—how communities rebuild, nourish, and protect one another. In that spirit, we invite our community in Los Angeles to come together in Echo Park on February 21st from 1-3 PM (exact address to be sent by […]
Magpie Series in Modern and Contemporary Korean Literature opens new horizons in Korean literature in English translation by introducing exciting new literary voices from Korea, past and present. The series includes literary fiction and compelling works from the world of South Korean science fiction, fantasy, and horror. A reflexive picture of Korea and the breakneck […]
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 […]
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Kaya Press author Sia Figiel (1967-2026). Figiel was the author of Where We Once Belonged, originally published in 1996, and won the the 1997 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in the Southeast Asia/South Pacific region, and was considered the first major novel by a […]
Magpie Series in Modern and Contemporary Korean Literature opens new horizons in Korean literature in English translation by introducing exciting new literary voices from Korea, past and present. The series includes literary fiction and compelling works from the world of South Korean science fiction, fantasy, and horror. A reflexive picture of Korea and the breakneck […]
October 21 | 7PM PT | USC Brain and Creativity Institute, Cammilleri Hall | RSVP here! Marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, and celebrating the republication of Blue Dragon, White Tiger by Trần Văn Dĩnh—the first novel by a Vietnamese writer to be published in English—novelist Catherine Dang, poet and filmmaker […]
