Last Tuesday, November 18th, Gene Oishi launched his novel Fox Drum Bebop with a modest celebration in Baltimore. Fifty people attended the event at the Mt. Washington Conference Center, hosted by Madeleine Mysko–a writer and friend of Oishi. The Ivy Bookshop provided a table for signings and sold out their copies of Fox Drum Bebop! After […]
On the afternoon of November 19th, Kaya Students for Independent Publishing and American Institute of Graphic Arts USC set up shop on the southwest side of campus. The venue–Parkside Performance Cafe–provided a cozy space for student-run organizations and indie creators to present their works. The turnout exceeded our expectations and led to plenty of sales, great […]
This past Tuesday, November 18th, we teamed up with Haven Lin-Kirk and Advanced Design students at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design for a manifesto writing workshop. Attendees chose from multiple forms to begin their work, including typewriters, dip pens, and permanent marker. Imaginative quotes were plastered to the walls of the Helen Lindhurst […]
Get a sneak peek of Amarnath Ravva’s American Canyon, as featured in The Revealer, reviewer of religion and media! JULY 23, 2003. 6:32 AM > 00:00:00:00 Ravi yells, don’t go too far into the water—it’s deep and the stones are slippery! At the top of the steps, he is looking through the viewfinder of the video camera. He works in […]
It was roughly two hours after sundown on a Saturday when authors Ed Lin, Steph Cha, and Naomi Hirahara gathered in a studio apartment on a quiet street in the Los Angeles Arts District. The event—Night Market Noir—was hosted by OCA-GLA & TAP-LA, and presented by Kaya Press & Writ Large Press. All three authors […]
Two weeks ago, Koon Woon read at The Emerald Tablet in San Francisco, as part of their performance series “Under the Influence”. Thanks to the video below, you can hear him read Donald Justice’s “Incident in a Rose Garden (2),” in addition to Woon’s own award-winning poetry in Water Chasing Water.
