AALR@TheAALR

The Asian American Literary Review, published biannually, features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations, comic art, interviews, and book reviews.

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AALR@TheAALR
9 May 2023
I will be livetweeting this amazing event on Thursday. I can't wait to hear @xtian_as read from her debut, she's always thrilling to witness. It's free to register, join us!
silk sonic the hedgehog@xtian_as
8 May 2023
So excited for this! A reading and convo w/ the one and only @rawqeli <3 <3 <3 feat. readings by @HariAlluri @keanalabra 😍 i love my poet pinsans!! Thursday, May 11 7:30CST/5:30PST not sure what the overlord cens*rs these days so: l*nk in b*o
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Join us for an eco-poetry workshop I'll be teaching through Poets House! poetshouse.org/event/craig-s…

Craig Santos Perez: Eco-Poetry Workshop

Oct 14: Craig Santos Perez explores the most important poetic movement of our time—touching on ecology, environmental justice, and climate change.

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On September 30th I'm excited to launch WHALE ARIA and to celebrate THIS IS SALVAGED, 2pm at Petals and Pages! Also hear @Sarolee17 @RakshaVasudevan Diana Keren Lee, Komal Dhruv, and @vauhinivara (with ALL thanks to Mathangi Subramanian for organizing us!) Links to books below!
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Our free panel for AAPI writers on 9/9 will offer an inside look at book publicity. We'll speak with publicists across traditional & independent publishing houses: Glory Anne Plata (@glory_anne), @karenygu, Juliana Kiyan, and Jamie Knapp (@mcjays). kundiman.org/publishing-pane…
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Check out our recap of Ghosted World: An Uncanceled Asian American Literature Festival. It was a weekend filled with celebration, protest, grief, and resistance against the Smithsonian's abrupt cancellation of the AALF. kundiman.org/announcements/g…
Ghosted World attendees at Literaoke, held at Busboys & Poets. Photo credit: Denaise Seals

ALT Ghosted World attendees at Literaoke, held at Busboys & Poets. Photo credit: Denaise Seals
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DC FRIENDS! We hope to see you at Ghosted World: An Uncanceled Asian American Literary Festival 🤍 AUG 4 / 9pm / Ghosted Literaoke @ Busboys & Poets AUG 5 / 12-6pm / Quiet Healing Room & A Salon of Protest and Care @ The Eaton AUG 6 / 7pm / Ghosts and Spirits @ Loyalty Books
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Don't forget to join us this Thursday at Arc Gallery and Studios as Truong Tran hosts an evening of poetry and the written word with the students of Interdisciplinary Writers Lab 2023! No cover. Register at eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-…
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Submit to @FrontierPoetry Roots and Roads Prize! I'm honored to be judging this contest. Bring us your ghosts, your maps, your homes, your alienations, your dreams of the future—lead us somewhere unexpected! Learn more: frontierpoetry.com/poetry-aw…
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Katherine Bahena-Benítez who was a phenomenal open mic closer instagram.com/_imjstlivin @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
AALR@TheAALR
22 Jul 2023
Mami got sick The food even danced in the pan differently I became her quiet muse in the mornings Her recovery was slow & painful. It was if I gave birth to my own mother A parallel universe where I can see heaven and earth ___ Unfortunately I didnt catch their name.
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Do not ask me to go out if we're not eating food family style Your sweet eyes search mine to see if I'm okay. How about you muster up the courage & receive the love that you deserve? Roxanne Lim, the amazing producer of this #WaterWeSwimIn @xtian_as instagram.com/rxnnlm
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This is what joy looks like: palm to palm, radiant, mga Kalama. Sing like every tomorrow is infinite, each one of us a river, a rush, a dream @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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How many lives does a Filipino have to save before they are allowed to live? How many times have I said I'm so sorry for your loss in the past nine months, how many people have been sorry for my loss in the past nine months? @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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Militant women want to be touched too We nurture, we fight, we become untouchable History is not kind to militant women @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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I am tired of being thrown like a grenade My head blown against the headboard @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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I rattle Off the list from memory: Wear black, comfortable shoes in case we have to run, layers for weather, water bottle in case she gets thirsty pepper sprayed @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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They will come to the door in broad daylight because they can They will ask who is home even if you have proof, a stamp They will start a war in a country your kid will never learn about What to do when ICE comes to your door by @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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I don't underestimate the massive risks I'm about to take Push myself forward Hold myself up Here for a purpose Make my own love Summer Yuki instagram.com/songsbysummer @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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Fuck your Imelda Marcos musical, my people are dying My people sing when we march for freedom Dana Ysabel on IG @/daikondana @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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Who can afford to love? Believe in the canopies of our outstretched fingers Outside a tree ring remembers our name Dana Ysabel on IG @/daikondana @xtian_as #WaterWeSwimIn
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Mami got sick The food even danced in the pan differently I became her quiet muse in the mornings Her recovery was slow & painful. It was if I gave birth to my own mother A parallel universe where I can see heaven and earth ___ Unfortunately I didnt catch their name.
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