Some 87 years after Shōson Nagahara’s gritty stories of survival were published in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo for a Japanese immigrant readership, Kaya Press brings you the first-ever English translation of these forgotten novellas: Lament in the Night, translated by Andrew Leong. Along with Nagahara’s writing, the book features dozens of archival photographs documenting Little […]
Now on the Kaya Press Smoking Hot Bookshelves is our newest title: Lament In The Night by Shoson Nagahara (Translated by Andrew Leong). A collection of two novellas originally published in 1920s Los Angeles, both stories are evocative of their age. Complete with the sex, gambling, and alcohol that have become synonymous with the time, […]
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Riverside, CA– Kaya Press author Sesshu Foster read with California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera at The University of California, Riverside Science Library. He read a mix of his vintage pieces and new work. One highlight of the reading was the genuine warm greeting between the readers– a meeting between old […]
Come visit Kaya at the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday September 30th, and create a memorable story. Also be sure to get your very own tiger tattoo. Rawr! See Kaya Press author Nicky Schildkraut, Magnetic Refrain (November 2012) read. 10:30 – 11:30am at the Poetry Lounge! 11th Annual West Hollywood Book Fair Sunday, September 30, […]
The Atlantic: Cities recently featured our book, HYPERART: THOMASSON on their blog. With an interesting look at artist Genpei Akasegawa. Click here to read. About the book: In the 1980s, through submissions from students and readers, Akasegawa collected and printed photos of Thomassons in a column in Super Photo Magazine. He wrote these columns with a warm, […]
www.tongueandgroovela.com (LOS ANGELES, Ca.)—(May 2, 2012)— In celebration of National Asian American/Pacific Islanders Heritage month, Conrad Romo’s Tongue and Groove Series would like to announce a series of events throughout Los Angeles featuring Asian American writers from both the East and West Coasts to include: Chiwan Choi, Ed Lin, Frannie Choi, Traci Kato Kiriyama, Suzanne […]
