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July 17: Writing Race & Belonging, A Protest Poem for Trayvon Martin

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To stand in solidarity with Trayvon Martin and his family and to speak on the national debate on civil rights and racial profiling, Kundiman will be writing a protest poem both virtually and as part of our Writing Race & Belonging presentation at the  Gramsci Monument sponsored by Dia Art Foundation.  Poets of color from around the country will participate in this poetic vigil for Trayvon Martin.  You'll be able to view the virtual poem as it unfolds in real time on this webpage below.  Hit the refresh button on your browser to view the updated content.

Wednesday, July 17
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Gramsci Monument is located on the grounds of Forest Houses, off Tinton Avenue between 163rd and 165th Streets.

Directions:

  • Subway: 2, 5 at Prospect Avenue
  • Head north on Prospect Avenue
  • Turn left onto 163rd Street
  • Pass Union Avenue
  • Turn right onto Tinton Avenue
  • Take first left onto pedestrian pathway leading into Forest Houses

 

Bushra Rehman is featured in Poets & Writers magazine's annual debut fiction round-up for her book Corona

Congrats, Bushra!

From Poets & Writers: 

For our thirteenth annual roundup of the summer’s best debut fiction, we asked five established authors to introduce this year’s group of debut writers. Read the July/August 2013 issue of the magazine for interviews between Paul Harding and NoViolet Bulawayo, Karen Russell and Bushra Rehman, Nathan Englander and Bill Cheng, Curtis Sittenfeld and Anton DiSclafani, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chinelo Okparanta. But first, check out these exclusive excerpts from the debut novels and story collections.

Read an excerpt here: 

http://www.pw.org/content/2013_first_fiction_sampler?article_page=2

July 6: Beast Crawl Reading: Kundiman & Manifest

Join the next generation of Kundiman Asian American Poets and Manifest Reading Series Poets who will mix it up for an evening of I Ching, Memory, Cats, Comics, Sex, and Magic poems! Laughs, Tears, Wonder, and Vocal-Visual Fireworks will abound! 

Manifest Reading and Workshop Series seeks to foster a collaborative and experimental community of artists and writers.

Kundiman creates an affirming and rigorous space where Asian American poets can explore, through art, the unique challenges that face the new and ever changing diaspora. 

July 6
5 pm
2300 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA