“Indonesian literature is gaining traction. More slowly than we might want, but it’s an upward trajectory.”
“Indonesian literature is gaining traction. More slowly than we might want, but it’s an upward trajectory.”
“I would see thousands of people streaming from their officetels to Gangnam station, all very young, very self-possessed, very confident. I was imagining how everyone living in these officetels is very far from home.”
The author of Days of Distraction on microaggressions in fiction and writing confrontation through fragments
The author of Ghost Of on the importance of constraint, the page as a field, and facilitating findings among her students
The author of Conjugating Hindi on leaving New York, Afro-Asian solidarities, and learning Hindi
A continued Poetry Coalition collaboration inspired by the lines from Audre Lorde’s poem “New Year’s Day”
The lines from Audre Lorde’s poem “New Year’s Day” serve as an inspiration for a Poetry Coalition collaboration
One of the challenges in this novel was to figure out a way in which time can be manipulated the way it’s so interestingly manipulated in film.
‘I was pushing myself to write from places that terrified me.’
Pauline Park, Myles Markham, and Xoài Pham on the queer historical figures across Asia that have inspired in them a sense of belonging
The author of the essay collection Brown Album on living in New York and searching for identity in exile during the worldwide pandemic.
“As I was writing these poems, I felt that friendship was a constant thing I was returning to.”
“This book is labeled historical, but it is a reimagining. It is surreal.”
The author of The Tenth Muse talks about writing about women intellectuals, Korean myths, and writing against Western narrative conventions.
Filipino Catholics struggle with their new reality: Shuttered churches and livestreamed Masses.
The young author from West Timor who writes dark, deeply irreverent prose that reflects on Suharto-era violence speaks with Lara Norgaard about the figure of storyteller, the role of humor in discussing state violence, and Javanese hegemony in Indonesian historical narratives.
The author of The Magical Language of Others, a heart-wrenching story of parent-child separation, speaks to the linguistic, historical, emotional surprises in writing her memoir.
The author of trans(re)lating house one talks translation, mapping Tehran, and writing through the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 election.
“The process of writing a novel can sound cohesive and tidy. At the time it feels much more like walking around in a very dark and very cluttered room, moving slowly, hoping you’ll run into something like an intention instead of a sharp object, or more often, a wall.”
A new episode of AAWW Radio with guests Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal, and Sameetah Agha
“Indonesian literature is gaining traction. More slowly than we might want, but it’s an upward trajectory.”
The author of the essay collection Brown Album on living in New York and searching for identity in exile during the worldwide pandemic.
“I would see thousands of people streaming from their officetels to Gangnam station, all very young, very self-possessed, very confident. I was imagining how everyone living in these officetels is very far from home.”
“As I was writing these poems, I felt that friendship was a constant thing I was returning to.”
The author of Days of Distraction on microaggressions in fiction and writing confrontation through fragments
“This book is labeled historical, but it is a reimagining. It is surreal.”
The author of Ghost Of on the importance of constraint, the page as a field, and facilitating findings among her students
The author of The Tenth Muse talks about writing about women intellectuals, Korean myths, and writing against Western narrative conventions.
The author of Conjugating Hindi on leaving New York, Afro-Asian solidarities, and learning Hindi
Filipino Catholics struggle with their new reality: Shuttered churches and livestreamed Masses.
A continued Poetry Coalition collaboration inspired by the lines from Audre Lorde’s poem “New Year’s Day”
The young author from West Timor who writes dark, deeply irreverent prose that reflects on Suharto-era violence speaks with Lara Norgaard about the figure of storyteller, the role of humor in discussing state violence, and Javanese hegemony in Indonesian historical narratives.
The lines from Audre Lorde’s poem “New Year’s Day” serve as an inspiration for a Poetry Coalition collaboration
The author of The Magical Language of Others, a heart-wrenching story of parent-child separation, speaks to the linguistic, historical, emotional surprises in writing her memoir.
One of the challenges in this novel was to figure out a way in which time can be manipulated the way it’s so interestingly manipulated in film.
The author of trans(re)lating house one talks translation, mapping Tehran, and writing through the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 election.
‘I was pushing myself to write from places that terrified me.’
“The process of writing a novel can sound cohesive and tidy. At the time it feels much more like walking around in a very dark and very cluttered room, moving slowly, hoping you’ll run into something like an intention instead of a sharp object, or more often, a wall.”
Pauline Park, Myles Markham, and Xoài Pham on the queer historical figures across Asia that have inspired in them a sense of belonging
A new episode of AAWW Radio with guests Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal, and Sameetah Agha