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The Whiting Foundation is hiring! We're looking for a Program Assistant with an avid interest in contemporary literature and a passion for organization, detail, and project management to support our grantmaking. More info here: idealist.org/en/nonprofit-j…

"Our extracellular fluid is seventy percent ocean, you said that night, licking salt water from my cheeks. We held hands and stared at the brackish circle on my pillow the next morning." Read Seema Yasmin's (Dr. Seema Yasmin is barely on here) story in Joyland joylandmagazine.com/fiction/all-th…

We’ve officially wrapped up our Postcard Poem Exchange. Check out these final postcards by Zoe Leonard! Thank you to all who participated and wrote poems towards this year’s theme “Imagining AAPI Futures.” ❤️ See more postcards in our archive. kundiman.org/2024-postcard-…

"Today, someone will ask me to write about war. And I can write about it because I am alive now." —Pichchenda Bao (@sreypichch), 'One Refugee Poet's Origin Story,' in The Offing x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio theoffingmag.com/poetry/kundima…

"My purple lace thong is showing and I don’t care. The synth runs through me like a typhoon and I turn my head to the flickering lasers, all glitter and rose gold, loving how I must look." Read Stephanie Isan's (Stephanie Isan 怡璇) story in Joyland joylandmagazine.com/fiction/hey-ca…

Excited to share my streamer girl story in Joyland! Big thanks to Kundiman, @laurachowfun for the fantastic edits, and wscuello jonah wu | 夷陵老祖 🌙 for being my first readers. ೭੧(❛▿❛✿)੭೨

"we are no more than bones afloat in an unquiet broth of blood and water but I love you I love you even though I know you’re going to die" —Theo LeGro, 'ALL THERE IS,' in The Offing x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio theoffingmag.com/poetry/kundima…

Two decades ago, Kundiman was founded as a home for Asian American literature where writers could address the particular challenges facing the community and celebrate creativity. As we celebrate APAHM, consider giving toward the Kundiman Forever campaign. kundiman.org/donate

"to have a body is to feel it. to have a brain is to splinter in a thousand thoughtful ways. I saw you before I saw you, whale-eyed and reeling, that first shock of air beating the world into you" —Indrani Sengupta, 'creation myth,' in The Offing theoffingmag.com/poetry/kundima…

"Friend. Every song takes me back. Friend. Find in me an anchored ship, a partial space, a forever exist. Friend." —Ayesha Raees (@SkunkBabePoet), 'I Call From Everywhere to Everywhere:,' in The Offing x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio theoffingmag.com/poetry/i-call-…

"We stand on a mountain in Mindanao. We live closest to the stars we ever have. At night, we bike to the moon, its cratered land." —Troy Osaki, 'Our Archipelago,' in The Offing x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio theoffingmag.com/poetry/our-arc…

"The dawn of us has not yet begun, has not yet ended. The time for language is [For it’s from out the riot of love, we exit], and grief must be loved. [Enter the page, bearing a vow.]" —Lo Kwa Mei-En (Lois Mei-en 🍓柯美恩 🇵🇸), 'Speculative Song,' in The Offing theoffingmag.com/poetry/kundima…

"don’t depend on destiny to decipher our dawn, drum our chorus. coffee-blooded children, we are." —Arumandhira Howard, 'reverse tongue abecedarian,' in The Offing x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio theoffingmag.com/poetry/reverse…

To our communities, stakeholders and friends: Please read this important message from Kundiman’s Board of Trustees drive.google.com/file/d/1TJRRXu…

We are sharing news about changes to Kundiman’s Board. As we move forward, we are committed to enacting meaningful and transparent change and repair. Read more about our new Board members here. kundiman.org/announcements/…

The Kundiman Retreat is on hiatus for 2025, but we fully expect it to return in the future. Learn more about how we’ll be using this time to focus on important work for our organization. kundiman.org/announcements/…

We are pleased to announce that Cathy Linh Che has been reinstated as Kundiman’s Executive Director. Learn more about Cathy’s return here. kundiman.org/announcements/…