Join us May 6 for readings from the PSA Chapbook prizewinners!

Join us to celebrate!

Please join us Sunday, May 6 for the next installment of the Kundiman & Verlaine reading series as we celebrate our Kundiman fellows who have won the PSA Chapbook Prize! Hear their amazing poems and purchase their beautiful chapbooks! Feel free to spread the word and bring your friends & loved ones. We look forward to seeing your lovely faces!

Kundiman & Verlaine present
a night of poetry & libation with
 
Hossannah Asuncion,
Alison Roh Park,
& Angela Veronica Wong
 
Sunday, May 6
Reading begins at 5 pm
Open Bar from 4 - 5 pm
$5 suggested donation

Verlaine
110 Rivington Street
b/w Ludlow & Essex Sts.
[ directions: F to Delancey or V to 2nd Ave. ]
http://verlainenyc.com/
Readers' Bios
Hossannah Asuncion grew up near the 710 freeway in Los Angeles and currently lives near an F/G stop in Brooklyn. Her work has been published by The Poetry Society of America, Tuesday; An Art Project, The Collagist, and other fine places.
 
Alison Roh Park is a Kundiman fellow, Pushcart-nominated writer, and winner of the 2011 Poetry Society of America New York Chapbook Fellowship. Her work has appeared in several publications, including Mythium Literary Magazine and The NuyorAsian Anthology. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing, and resides in her native Queens, New York with Kush.
 
Angela Veronica Wong is the author of the full-length poetry collection how to survive a hotel fire available on Coconut Books. She lives in Manhattan and on the internet at www.angelaveronicawong.com


MISSION STATEMENT
Kundiman is dedicated to the creation, cultivation and promotion of Asian American poetry.


This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. This program is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council as well as the Manhattan Borough President's Office and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join us March 24 in DC for Split This Rock: Advancing Justice

Advancing Justice with the Poetry of Witness and Community Engagement: Kundiman’s Together We Are New York in Re-Envisioning 9/11

Featuring: April Naoko Heck, Eugenia Leigh, Zohra Saed, and Purvi Shah

Saturday, March 24

11:30 am - 1 pm

True Reformer, Board Room

1200 U Street NW, Washington, DC

publicwelfare.org

For communities facing the aftermath of 9/11, poetry of witness is vital. In this roundtable, Kundiman poets examine how poetry rooted in Asian American community oral history can further social justice as well as community healing and transformation. The poets will share their work interviewing community members and producing poetry as part of Kundiman’s innovative 9/11 public arts project,Together We Are New York. This roundtable not only provides voices from poets within marginalized communities–Asian American, South Asian, and Muslim–but also demonstrates how poetry can be relevant to community members who may not even read poetry. This session provides a valuable lens for making poetry relevant through investigating how writing can engage history, community needs, and social justice.

This is a Split This Rock Poetry Festival event. You must be registered to attend.

For more information, please check out the Split This Rock website here: http://www.splitthisrock.org/festival2012/festival2012.html

Join us March 24 in DC for Split This Rock: Intersecting Lineages

Intersecting Lineages: a Solidarity Showcase of African American and Asian American Poets
Featuring: Kazim Ali, Ching-In Chen, Rio Cortez, Rachelle Cruz, Monica A. Hand, Alan King, Natasha Marin, Soham Patel, Kevin Simmonds

Saturday, March 24th
9:30 - 11 am
True Reformer Building, Auditorium
1200 U Street NW, Washington, DC
publicwelfare.org

Inspired by the collaboration and mentorship between Cave Canem (an organization which promotes African American poetry) and Kundiman (an organization which promotes Asian American poetry), this reading features poets hailing from these communities which will showcase the history of solidarity amongst diverse communities. Kazim Ali, Ching-In Chen, Rio Cortez, Rachelle Cruz, Monica A. Hand, Alan King, Natasha Marin, Soham Patel, and Kevin Simmonds will begin by reading work by ancestor poets who are considered outside of their self-identified community/-ities. Following this, they will share their own work which highlights this kind of productive hybrid fertilization, including inspiration taken from various literary and other creative arts forms such as the zuihitsu, neo-benshi and the theatrical jazz aesthetic. This reading highlights the cultivation and growth which arises from the exchange between African American and Asian American poets.

This is a Split This Rock Poetry Festival event. You must be registered to attend.
For more information, please check out the Split This Rock website here: http://www.splitthisrock.org/festival2012/festival2012.html

March 13: Critical Consideration with TWANY Performance Excerpt!

Join Us and AALR to Respond to the Decade Since 9/11

Including Together We Are New York: A Polyphonic Performance of Poetry and Audio Clips

Featured poets: Marlon Esguerra, April Naoko Heck, Eugenia Leigh, Zohra Saed, and Purvi Shah

Tuesday, March 13, 6-8 p.m.

Roosevelt House

47-49 E. 65th St. (Between Park & Madison)

Manhattan, NY

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT SEATING IS LIMITED

PLEASE RSVP TO 212.396.7946

For more details and program information, go to Kavad.

March 2: Kundiman at AWP, Experiments in Individual Solace and Collective Safety-- Five Days of Crafting Poetry

10:30 - 11: 45 am

Experiments in Individual Solace and Collective Safety: Five Days of Crafting Poetry at the Kundiman Writers’ Retreat
(Sarah Gambito, Cathy Linh Che, Myung Mi Kim, Patrick Rosal, Prageeta Sharma)
Lake Ontario, Hilton Chicago, 8th Floor
Kundiman fosters Asian American poets to find their voices by probing culture and aesthetics during its retreat. Kundiman faculty and fellows will discuss innovative pedagogical approaches in workshops, mentorship sessions, readings, and poetry clinics to enable poetic development and community-building. We will explore topics like: How should one teach to a cohort with different aesthetic interests and levels of workshop experience? What compact lessons work for poets just meeting each other?