On Monday, February 17, Ma-Yi Theater Company & Playwrights Horizons will present MGA KASABIHAN / WORDS OF WISDOM, a benefit to raise funds for people affected by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. The performance will consist of several short plays, including one written by Kaya author Sam Chanse of forthcoming Lydia’s Funeral Video. As the New York Times reported earlier this […]

The following is an excerpt from the beginning of Amarnath Ravva’s American Canyon, which will be published by Kaya this spring. 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 […]

They’re both part of The Believer‘s 2013 Art Issue! Along with cover art by J. Otto Seibold of children’s book Lost Sloth, the November/December issue includes a review of Kaya book Hyperart: Thomasson. Read an excerpt of the review, written by Daniel Levin Becker, here.

Recently, the Poets & Writers blog featured a post by Kaya author Koon Woon, in which he writes about how poetry kept him afloat as he dealt with mental illness. You can read an excerpt from the post below: It might sound like a stretch, but poetry saved my life—along with the care of psychotherapists, […]

This year Kaya turns 20, but we’re looking fresher than ever thanks to our brand new website. Designed to bring all the right things to your attention, the new layout features a more interactive book page, social media links for our authors, and of course our smoking tiger, glaring and animated in the top right […]