Asian American Writers' Workshop

Because of you, our community, we were able to confront every challenge we encountered this year with the words and art that always sustain us. Will you help us empower our storytellers by making a year-end gift today? http://aaww.org/ye-2020

Presented by AAWW, this new series, Radical Thinkers, places radical academics directly in conversation with trailblazing writers, poets, and artists, creating and nurturing two-way dialogues that will interrogate some of the most pressing issues facing Asian and Asian diasporic communities today. Featuring an interdisciplinary lineup of scholars and creatives, these unexpected pairings will center revolutionary discourse and scholarship in an effort to demystify intellectual...Continue reading

"A girl labelled comfort wartime ammunition recalled her father who built her home on a graveyard"... Read "Burial Ground" a new poem by Hera Hong in The Margins. https://aaww.org/burial-ground-hera-hong/

Today we're looking back on moments that stuck with us and sustained us throughout 2020! We celebrated vital new works by K-Ming Chang and Jill Damatac, partnered with Black Women Radicals and Asian American Feminist Collective for the ongoing Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities Project, spoke with Huiying B, Diane Wong, and Mei Lum (Wing On Wo & Co.) on the podcast about Global Chinatowns, and so much more! Follow us here: http://ow.ly/vSmA50CSlMr

New in A World Without Cages a two-part series on South Asians for Abolition Mahn Mishra on areas of critical solidarity with Black and Dalit liberation struggles: https://aaww.org/south-asians-for-abolition-beyond-gilded-/ Mahn Mishra and Sharmin Hossain discuss South Asian abolitionists, policing and caste: https://aaww.org/south-asians-for-abolition-diasporic-stra/