Asian American Writers' Workshop

10/27/2025

We’re still thinking about last week’s radiant Diwali celebration, generously hosted at , and ’s delectable meal! 💫🪔 Thank you so much to the old and new friends who joined us in celebrating and in supporting the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. Our work uplifting Asian diasporic community and storytelling is only possible with your support—help us keep our doors open for decades to come ❤️‍🔥➡️ aaww.org/donate

10/24/2025

End the week with ’s new poem in our column, “Funeral for My Twenties.” 🌅🦇 Swipe to read the start of the piece, and read the full poem in TheMargins at aaww.org/the-margins/.💞

10/22/2025

✨ The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is not simply a literary nonprofit. It is a home, a catalyst, and a sanctuary that has shaped the landscape of Asian American literature for more than thirty years. Amidst immense financial loss across the landscape of arts nonprofits, AAWW’s mission is more crucial than ever. We’re calling on our community to help sustain the essential work we do.

When you support the Workshop, you’re not just funding our programs—you are ensuring that our narratives and our communities continue to shape culture and reach the audiences who need them most. You are committing to a future where our stories are witnessed and celebrated, central and not sidelined. Your support keeps the door open for those who refuse to be erased. Help us keep the Workshop a powerful home for writers and readers—now, and for generations to come. ❤️‍🔥

Each generation of Asian American and diasporic writers has found a home here, and the future of that legacy depends on the ongoing commitment of our community. Help us keep our doors open for decades to come! 🚪🩷🏡 aaww.org/donate/

10/21/2025

“But translation can also be an act of futurity.” ❤️‍🔥 Today we’re sharing a piece from our Transpacific Literary Project column by Pakistani writer Talib Jabbar on family, futurity, and language, originally published in August 2023. Read the full piece in at aaww.org/translation-column-gamoo/.

10/21/2025

"I could say I saw a rainbow in the water but what really happened was this"

Read this week's piece, "Funeral for My Twenties" by Saba Keramati, in . 🍑🪵

The firewood was dry, and burned clean and smokeless. A soft orange.

10/21/2025

Join us for our next writing workshop, CREATIVE WRITING WITH OTHER SCRIPTURES, led by historical linguist and lecturer at Princeton University, H. M. Zafer ()! 📜 In this two-day generative workshop, develop your writing by engaging with a sacred text and harness the emancipatory powet of scripture.✨ Register at aaww.org/events/!

10/20/2025

Read a new poem from Luisa A. Igloria (), “Safety Pin,” in ’ column, at aaww.org/safety-pin/. 🧷🐌

10/15/2025

"Safety is a body with/ a place to hide in."

Read "Safety Pin" by Luisa A. Igloria, new in our column in . 🧷
https://aaww.org/safety-pin/

10/15/2025

We’re so pleased to announce our 2026 nominees! Thank you so much for trusting us with your work and sharing your wonderful pieces of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with us. 💞 Good luck to those nominated! Read all these pieces and more at aaww.org/the-margins/.

10/14/2025

Read last week’s poem, “Tall Tale: An Abecedarian from Father to Son” by Ira Sukrungruang, published in . 🪷🍈🪺 Read more poetry at aaww.org/the-margins/.

10/09/2025

Join us for our next installment of ALPHA BETA BLAH on Thursday, October 30, our ongoing open mic and mixer series hosted by our 2025 Margins Fellows. 🧡🎃 The theme of this month’s reading is “to the death”—share your work with us at [email protected] by October 16 to be considered for the lineup! 👻🪦 Register at aaww.org/events/.

10/08/2025

"Imagine this man, invincible, in a land clear of light, where/ jasmine bloom like white stars in a sea of green"

Read the latest poem published in our column, "Tall Tale: An Abecedarian from Father to Son" by Ira Sukrungruang, in . 🌌🌿

Witness your father in this white world, withered, without will.