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 […]
Please join us at a celebratory Happy Hour for Kulhar Books, launching this year from Kaya Press — hoping to publish, innovative, overlooked, and WEIRD books coming out of the South Asian Diaspora. This is also a Happy Hour meet-up event for South Asians at AWP, and a special invite out to LA South Asian […]
A Conversation with James Yeh: 3/10 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET Join Kaya Press for a conversation with James Yeh—writer and editor at Columbia University—as we discuss the work of an editor and take a close look at the editorial process behind Francisco González’s “Serranos”! Register at bit.ly/firstpass3. James Yeh is a writer, editor, […]
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 […]
