Asian American Writers' Workshop

07/10/2025

New in ’ “A Taste of Climate” column, writes about water and winemaking amidst looming climate apocalypse. Read the full piece at aaww.org/the-margins/.💧🍇

07/09/2025

"why not add some masti, why not be disco devotional?" 🪩

Read more from Misha Choudhry’s rhythmic poem, “towards a disco devotional,” and our closing piece to MEHFIL, our latest folio from edited by Rajat Dayal Singh, which celebrates play and performance across the q***r South Asian experience. 🌈

i don’t quite believe in God but i believe in music

07/08/2025

"I should have softer grief by now but I don’t" 💧

Read today's piece, "Growing Up" by Jenevieve Ting, in .

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I should have softer grief by now but I don’t

07/07/2025

"Take my pearl/ for now, a moon for my Moon." 🌙

Read two poems, “Serenade” and “बहार / Spring,” by Rajiv Mohabir in ' newest folio, MEHFIL, a celebration of playfulness and performance across q***r South Asian diaspora.

“Serenade” and “बहार / Spring”

07/03/2025

"'My chosen family, my friends, me—we are q***r. We know there are so many ways to be good.'" ✨

Read more from Farzin Baarish’s gorgeous and haunting story, “Likeness,” in ' MEHFIL folio, which attempts a conversation with a deceased ancestor gone too soon and culminates in a glittering evening spent dancing with drag queens in Brooklyn. 🌈

“How did you call me? Where am I? And what year is it?”

07/02/2025

We’re so excited to be at ’s annual poetry festival, POETOPIA, on July 13 on Governor’s Island! 🌸🌟 Catch our lineup of readers, , , and , at the Brinkley Stage at 1:30pm on Sunday! 🫶

07/02/2025

"I told him/ — don’t block the mountains with windows/ or walls, even" 🌄

Read the late Ramchandra Srinivas Siras’ poem, “Rooms to Sleep in,” translated from Marathi by by Anish Gawande, in ' latest folio, MEHFIL. The piece echoes with palpable weariness while looking toward the quiet pleasure that rest, even a kind of final rest, makes possible for the body.

don’t block the mountains with windows or walls, even

07/01/2025

Today we’re sharing the late Ramchandra Srinivas Siras’ poem “Rooms to Sleep in,” translated from Marathi by , published in ’ latest folio, MEHFIL, edited by , with art by . ❤️‍🩹😴 The poem echoes with palpable weariness while looking toward the quiet pleasure that rest, even a kind of final rest, makes possible for the body. Read it online at aaww.org/mehfil/.

Art: “Flora & Fauna I,” 2023. Colored pencil on paper.

07/01/2025

"then he tells me Not to worry, there is no right place to live, just that you live in the right now" ☁️

Read today's piece, "IN MY DREAMS, WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER" by Tiffany Tai, in .

dark matter shows us the shadow selves of trees and perhaps my own as well

06/30/2025

Thank you, friends, for joining us for our June events! It was such an honor celebrating ’s latest collection, SAGE, as well as ’s & ’s recent releases—BECOMING GHOST & MOTHERSALT, respectively— with and Sahar Muradi. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵 We hope you all had vibrant and nourishing Pride months!!

06/27/2025

"Petrie urged the hater to do their country a favor and kill himself." 💻

Read this week's piece, "Online Discourse" by Arvee Fantilagan, in .

Petrie urged the hater to do their country a favor and kill himself.

06/25/2025

"I can’t breathe in/ the scent of our backyard/ and not shut my eyes." 🪏

Read this week's piece, "The 1st Examplar of Filial Piety" by Andy Chen, in .

August rubbing togetherits wings as I fell asleep