Oh, what a night! We want to thank everyone who showed up and stepped out for both Club Kaya and Portrait of a Publisher as a Political Project — works in celebration of Kaya’s 30th anniversary. Alan Nakagawa, Kaya’s artist-in-residence, ended his year-long project exploring Kaya’s archives with an event that included performances from Kaya […]
We are so incredibly honored and thankful to win the Constellation Award from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), which is “given to honor an independent literary press that is led by and/or champions the writing of people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) individuals, for […]
Kaya Press, in collaboration with USC’s Vision and Voices and One Archive, is bringing you a one-of-a-kind interactive experience this February: Club Kaya. RSVP now. Club Kaya is tribute to and celebration of Kaya Press’ 30 years of unapologetically political publishing. Developed by artist-in-residence Alan Nakagawa and hosted by ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, […]
Kaya to the Future—30 Years of Independent Publishing from the Asian Diaspora! Kaya Press broke new ground 30 years ago as the first Asian diasporic publishing company, and we’re still going strong today, a major feat for any independent press. For Kaya Press, we are entering our 30s feeling more passionate and determined than ever […]
The Asian American Lit Fest is upon us! Curated and produced by a collective of artists, librarians, educators, scholars, and publishers, this is the only festival of its kind. The AALF will convene writers and readers through immersive in-person and hybrid events–including interactive installations, readings, salons, and workshops. For the first time in its history, […]
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 […]
