Join Sarah Wang for a free one-day writing workshop on “Reimagining the Asian American Immigrant Narrative.” This in-person event will take place on Saturday, October 24th from 2:00–4:00 PM ET at the Chatham Square branch of the New York Public Library (33 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002). RSVP required; join the waitlist here.

Join Kundiman for a reading at the 2026 Dodge Poetry Festival titled Embodied Connection featuring Fatimah Asghar, Sanam Sheriff, and R. A. Villanueva.

What does it mean to commit to our craft in a time of compounding crisis? How can poets invest in craft while divesting from the institutional violence often required to sustain it as a practice? In this four week workshop with Hazem Fahmy, we will read a wide range of poetry and a sprinkling of critical writing to try and address these questions together.

Join Kundiman South for a free, virtual group reading to celebrate Gauri Awasthi’s debut poetry collection, Mother Wound . This event will feature readings by Gauri Awasthi, Esther Lin, Ibrahim Badra, and Prashant Pundir, and will include a brief Q&A. It will also help raise funds for a children’s organization in Gaza. The event will take place via Zoom on Sunday, October 11th, 2026, from 10:00–11:00 AM ET.

Join Kundiman Mountain West for the virtual launch of "How to Cast a Beautiful Animal" by Diana Keren Lee, happening on Wednesday, October 7th from 4:00 PM–5:00 PM MT via Zoom.

Kundiman will be at the Brooklyn Book Festival, sharing a booth with Kaya Press!

Kundiman and NYU present a New Books Reading with Stine An, Noah Arhm Choi, Benedict Nguyễn, and Bobuq Sayed

Join Kundiman Pacific Northwest for a "New Books Showcase," featuring readings by  nawa angel a.h., Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Kalehua Kim, Jennifer Perrine, and M. K. Thekkumkattil. This free, virtual event will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026, from 7:00–8:30 PM PST. To receive the Zoom link, please sign up here in advance.

Join Kundiman Pacific Northwest for a Virtual Book Club to discuss Mele by Kalehua Kim. This free event will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, September 9th, 2026, at 7:00 PM PST.

Kundiman and MacDowell present a Katherine Min Fellowship Reading with Nawaaz Ahmed, Mira Jacob, Kayla Min Andrews, Niv Sekar, and Monika Sok.

Join Kundiman Southern California and the Poetic Research Bureau for "A Night with Kundiman," featuring readings by Jessica Abughattas, Alli Cruz, and Kien Lam. This event will take place on Thursday, September 3rd at the Poetic Research Bureau (2220 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA  90057) at 7:30 PM.

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.

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.

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.