As part of Kaya’s commitment to the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), the staff and board would like to amplify conversations around literature, colonization, and the possibilities of solidarity. In this post, we link to resources that have helped orient our thinking and actions, and we plan to share more on how […]
We are thrilled to announce that as part of our 30th anniversary celebrations, Alan Nakagawa will be the first-ever Kaya Press Artist-in-Residence. In our 30th year, we are thinking about new, future-oriented, multidisciplinary perspectives on the role of literature, publishing, and its archiving. During his residency, Nakagawa will conduct oral history sessions with Kaya Press […]
Kaya Press has been in existence for 29 years–a major feat for an independent, Asian diasporic publishing company! In thinking back on our own lives, turning 29 felt like a turning point: one of us graduated from an MFA program and moved in with a partner, while another quit a job at a gallery and […]
We are so excited to invite you along on the Fall 2023 book tour for The Girl Before Her, a debut English-language work of autofiction by French-Vietnamese author Line Papin! Check back here for new events and details. Friday September 29th | 6-8pm EST | New York, NY The Girl Before Her with Line Papin […]
Last semester, Descent Magazine held its inaugural writing contest coinciding with Fall 2022’s issue 4: things left behind. Please join us in congratulating Eujean Doo, winner of the prose category, and Yusuf Rahman, winner of the poetry category! Read their contest entries down below, and see issue 4 of Descent Magazine here. You can purchase […]
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Milkteeth Books, the intern-run chapbook imprint of Kaya Press! For the past 28 years, Kaya has been a space where Asian and Pacific Islander literature can thrive in its most left-field, provocative ways. We, the interns of Kaya Press, wanted to create an imprint reflecting those sensibilities with […]
