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

"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 (@loekwa), 'Speculative Song,' in @theoffingmag

"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." —@troyosaki, 'Our Archipelago,' in @theoffingmag x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio

"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 @theoffingmag x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio

"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 @theoffingmag

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.

"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 @theoffingmag x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio

RT @srirachachang: Excited to share my streamer girl story in @JoylandMagazine! Big thanks to @kundimanforever, @laurachowfun for the fanta…

"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 (@srirachachang) story in @JoylandMagazine

"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 @theoffingmag x Kundiman 20th Anniversary Poetry Portfolio

RT @WhitingFdn: The Whiting Foundation is hiring! We're looking for a Program Assistant with an avid interest in contemporary literature an…

We’ve officially wrapped up our Postcard Poem Exchange. Check out these final postcards by @ZTL_storymode! Thank you to all who participated and wrote poems towards this year’s theme “Imagining AAPI Futures.” ❤️ See more postcards in our archive.

"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 (@DoctorYasmin) story in @JoylandMagazine

Thanks to our friends at @Bookshop_Org, these select titles are 15% off this month with code AAPI24. Every book you purchase on supports local, independent bookstores.

This month, we have special 20th anniversary offerings for donors. Give a recurring donation $10 a month and receive a newly designed Kundiman Radical Love baseball cap. Help us build the future of AAPI literature.