Events upcoming

November 29, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[IN-PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF WHEN WE BECOME OURS: A YA ADOPTEE ANTHOLOGY
Join Also-Known-As and the Asian American Writers' Workshop in person to celebrate When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology, edited by Nicole Chung and Shannon Gibney.

December 1, 2023 , 6:30 PM
[IN-PERSON] A SOLIDARITY READING & ART AUCTION FOR PALESTINE
Presented by Global Feminists for Palestine & Asian American Writers' Workshop, we invite you to a very special gathering space in support of Palestine Legal.

December 7, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF STRAW DOGS OF THE UNIVERSE
This December, join AAWW online for a celebration of the Ye Chun's highly anticipated novel, Straw Dogs of the Universe. She'll be in conversation with author of A Burning, Megha Majumdar.
Must Watch events videos
Our Existence is a Rebellion
Organized and curated by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
In Celebration of Disorientation
With Elaine Hsieh Chou & Sabrina Imbler
Martial Law at 50: To Remember is to Resist
Curated by 2022 Open City Fellow Vina Orden
Open the Horizons of Our Ascent
With Threa Almontaser, Hala Alyan, Mariam Bazeed, Ghinwa Jawhari, and Sahar Romani.
Events upcoming

November 29, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[IN-PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF WHEN WE BECOME OURS: A YA ADOPTEE ANTHOLOGY
Join Also-Known-As and the Asian American Writers' Workshop in person to celebrate When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology, edited by Nicole Chung and Shannon Gibney.

December 1, 2023 , 6:30 PM
[IN-PERSON] A SOLIDARITY READING & ART AUCTION FOR PALESTINE
Presented by Global Feminists for Palestine & Asian American Writers' Workshop, we invite you to a very special gathering space in support of Palestine Legal.

December 7, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF STRAW DOGS OF THE UNIVERSE
This December, join AAWW online for a celebration of the Ye Chun's highly anticipated novel, Straw Dogs of the Universe. She'll be in conversation with author of A Burning, Megha Majumdar.
Must Read


Come to the dinner table without the day’s baggage. Eat with a smile on your face.



How learning a third language became a place of reconciliation for my mother tongues.

How translating the writings of a former Malayan Communist Party member changed me


Gardaya’s letters offer glimpses into his fruitless search for love and acceptance in America


It’s no wonder / that so very few / survive / the experience of being / cast out / into the blinding light.

Writers share the books they have turned to when imagining a world without without cages


In resistance, we are at the neck of injustice, holding our breath, proving our matter.