This event, organized in the wake of the cancellation of the 2023 Asian American Literary Festival, will be held virtually on Zoom. Saturday, November 11th, 2023 at 3 pm PT / 6 pm ET. 

As Trans Day of Remembrance approaches, as grief and violence persist, we gather collectively to defy all attempts to censor our livelihoods.

• Featuring Andrea Abi-Karam, Ashna Ali, H Felix Chau Bradley, Celeste Chan, 최 Lindsay, Chae(lee) Dalton, River 瑩瑩 Dandelion, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, Zeyn Joukhadar, Koomah, e.jin, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Trish Salah, Willy Wilkinson. Curated by Ching-In Chen, Noah Arhm Choi, Chrysanthemum, and Yanyi.  
• This event is in collaboration with Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University, Brew & Forge, The Circle for Asian American Literary Studies (CAALS), Kaya Press, Kundiman, Lambda Literary, Loyalty Bookstores, Palah Light Lab at The New School 
• This event will have live captioning and ASL interpretation, provided by Pro Bono ASL and Sign Nexus.

• Registration is required at: bit.ly/ReorientingReads