Upcoming and Past Events
Join Kundiman Mountain West for "Rage Against the Model Minority Myth," a free virtual writing workshop with Dr. Marijo Villano happening on Saturday, August 1st from 10:00 AM–11:30 AM PT via Zoom.
The Kundiman Midwest Regional Group is presenting a reading to celebrate the life and poetry of Kundiman Mentorship Lab Fellow and Retreat Fellow Theo LeGro, whose debut poetry collection Don't Let It Kill You was released earlier this month from Persea Books.
The memorial reading will be held at Pilsen Community Books in Chicago on Wednesday, June 24th from 7:00 PM CT and will feature Chicago-based writers Helene Achanzar, Temperance Aghamohammadi, Christian Aldana, Julian Randall, Kenyatta Rogers, Nina Sudhakar, and Kira Tucker.
Join Kundiman for an evening of readings from our graduating Fellows. This event is open to the public, and registration is required.
Join Kundiman for an evening of readings from our 2026 Retreat faculty. Poets Megan Fernandes, Leora (Lee) Kava, and Fargo Nissim Tbakhi and fiction writers Lisa Ko, Mariah Rigg, and Madeleine Thien will read from their work.
The Kundiman Retreat will take place June 2026.
What happens if hard work doesn’t pay off and dreams don’t come true? Do bad times last forever? Pardeep Toor’s short story collection Hands, explores these question through six connected stories. Join Kundiman Mountain West for a virtual event featuring Toor in conversation with JM Huck.
In honor of the immense and far reaching influence of Toni Morrison, Kundiman Midwest presents a virtual discussion with Asian American writers and scholars whose work is informed by Morrison's art, life, and legacy. Presentation topics will include elders and ancestors, writing as a working mother, and madness as survival tactic in The Bluest Eye. This event was organized as part of "Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison," a yearlong celebration hosted by Literary Cleveland and Ohio Humanities.
Join Kimberly Alidio’s poetry class on Critical Wonder.
In collaboration with Kundiman Midwest, the Foundation of Asian American Independent Media is celebrating the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with an evening of cinema and poetry! Join us for "Modern Portraits: An Evening of Short Films and Poetry," the official kickoff event for the 29th Annual Asian American Showcase.
Are you interested in applying for artists' residencies and fellowships but don't know how to start? Are you intimidated about the application process or wondering if you're ready to include artists' residencies and fellowships in your career path? Author Monica Macansantos can answer your questions and more. A recent Shearing Fellow with the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV, Macansantos is currently a writer-in-residence at the Carson McCullers Center in Columbus, Georgia. She has also held residencies at Hedgebrook, Storyknife Writers Retreat, Monson Arts, the I-Park Foundation, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts.
What is visual poetry? Is there a right way to engage with it? In this four-week workshop we will immerse ourselves in the sensory experience of visual poems and will play with our own visual poetry / text & image experiments and share them in an informal workshop setting.
Join Kundiman Midwest for this event featuring R.A. Villanueva reading from his new poetry collection, A Holy Dread, followed by a conversation with Kaveh Akbar and Hanif Abdurraqib.
Join Ryan Lee Wong’s multi-genre class on Documentary Fiction.
Join Mixing Innovative Arts (MIA), the Kundiman Hawaiʻi Regional Group, and the Hub Coworking Space for "Build Me a Bangka: Departures from the Philippines - New Diasporic Writing,” hosted by Kristiana Kahakauwila and Sujatha Raman.
Join Kundiman South and Kundiman Northeast for Growing From Our Roots: An Asian Debut Author Showcase. Hosted by Joshua Nguyen and Susan Nguyen, and sponsored by Kundiman South and Kundiman Northeast, this reading will feature Mina Khan, Lisa Low, Aparna Paul, Andy Sia, Samyak Shertok, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Mandy Tu, and Kathy Wu.
We're partnering with fellow organizations to host an offsite dance party called Hard Times Require Furious Dancing. This free event invites writers and readers to step out of conference mode and onto the dance floor.
The annual AAPI Caucus is a town hall-style hangout and community space. Come meet other AAPI writers and discuss opportunities and resources available to support you.
Join Kundiman and writers Sarah Aziza and Fargo Nissim Tbakhi at AWP 2026for a reading and conversation about how literature can disrupt narratives of empire and colonialism, moderated by leena aboutaleb.
Kundiman will be at AWP in Baltimore
Apply by March 1st, 2026, for a Kundiman scholarship to a summer workshop at the Fine Arts Work Center.
Kundiman and NYU present New Books Readings with Kimberly Alidio, Joseph Lee, and Megha Majumdar.
Join Shruti Swamy’s one-day workshop on pleasure in practice.
The deadline for Kundiman’s 2026 Retreat applications is January 15th, 2026.
Join Kavita Das’s four-week workshop on writing about social issues with conscience.
Support Kundiman by donating to our end of year fundraising campaign. Your help will sustain our Readings and Panels, Online Classes, Regional Groups, and Retreat.
Join Kundiman for a Holiday Salon featuring Asha Thanki at Liz’s Book Bar in Brooklyn, NY.
Join Kundiman Southwest for a conversation on Zoom with author and journalist Omar El Akkad, on Monday, December 15th.
Kundiman and Penguin Random House are hosting a free virtual publishing panel for all Asian American writers.
Kundiman South presents a free virtual workshop with Jennifer Chang on December 7th.
Join Bushra Rehman’s multi-genre class on Two Truths and a Lie: Writing Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction, presented in partnership with the Fine Arts Work Center Online.
Join Ariel Chu’s class on writing the speculative, surreal, and strange.
