11:30 am-noon

Opening Welcome: local DC Asian American writers

noon-1 pm

Spoken Word Poetry Workshop, facilitated by Regie Cabico

1-2 pm

Flickering Words: A Reading of Queer Asian Writers: Rajiv Mohabir, Wo Chan, Shamala Gallagher, and Peggy Lee, moderated by Regie Cabico

2-3 pm

Kundiman Reading: Franny Choi, Paul Tran, Gowri K, Janine Joseph, and Rajiv Mohabir, moderated by Sarah Gambito

3-4 pm

Fiction Reading: Don Lee + Akhil Sharma

4-5:30 pm

Vietnamese Diasporic Literature Today: Linh Dinh, Cathy Linh Che, Andrew Lam, Vu Tran, and Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, moderated by Mimi Khúc

5:30-7 pm

Poetry magazine issue launch: issue contributors Li-Young Lee, Garrett Hongo, Cathy Linh Che, and Sueyeun Juliette Lee in conversation with issue guest editors Tarfia Faizullah, Timothy Yu, and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis

noon-5 pm

Literary Lounge, featuring:

• PAL Pilipino American Library, curated by PJ Gubatina Policarpio
• Kaya Press #LitinColor Library
• Kaya Press #LitinColor Collective Zine Station
• Vigilant Love Haiku Project
• Studio Pause Youth Bookmaking Project
• AALR tarot card workshop
• AALR child-to-parent letter workshop
• AALR t-shirt making station
• AALR meme-making workshop
• AALR self-care card making station
• Poets + Writers resource table
• Asian Pacific American Librarians Association resource table
• Penguin books table
• Bamboo Ridge Press table
• Passenger Pigeon Press table
• Tammy Nguyen art books exhibit

10 pm-

Late Nite Salon

7:30-9 pm

Opening Reception, featuring:

• Welcome and opening remarks by Lisa Sasaki, Director of the Smithsonian Asian PacificAmerican Center; Rob Casper, Director of the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center; Stephen Young, Program Director of the Poetry Foundation; and Theodore Gonzalves, President-Elect of the Association for Asian American Studies
• Durational participatory reading of Carlos Bulosan’s America Is In the Heart, coordinated by PJ Gubatina Policarpio
• Podcast Interview Station
• Kaya Press Literary Trivia Station
• Kaya Press Reading Booth
• Literary Projection Annotation Station
• Tammy Nguyen art books exhibit
• Matt Huynh Animated Video Adaptation of the prologue to Viet Nguyen’s The Committed
• Festival organizers’ toast: Cathy Linh Che, Neelanjana Banerjee, Sarah Gambito, RegieCabico, and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis

11 am-noon

Migration, Incarceration, and Unity (Kaya Press Reading): Gene Oishi, Traci Kato Kiriyama, Tanzila Ahmed, and Hari Alluri, moderated Anelise Chen

Noon-1 pm

Bamboo Ridge Press Reading: Gail Harada, Juliet Kono, Brenda Kwon, and Christy Passion

1-2 pm

AAWW Margins Fellows Reading: Yanyi, Rami Karim, Kyle Lucia Wu, and Mariam Bazeed, moderated by Jyothi Natarajan

2-3 pm

Poetry magazine reading: Sarah Gambito, Larissa Lai, Shamala Gallagher, and Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, moderated by Poetry magazine associate editor Lindsay Garbutt

11 am-1:15 pm

One-on-One Mentoring: Thi Bui, Nicole Chung, Jennifer Chang (by sign-up)

2-3 pm

Asian American Children’s Literature Panel: Ellen Oh, Minh Le, Hena Khan, Sarah Park Dahlen, and Susan Tan

3-4 pm

DVAN Graphic Narrative + Art Book Panel Talk: Thi Bui, Matt Huynh, and Tammy Nguyen

noon-1 pm

Open Mic

1-2 pm

Asian American Literature in Hawai‘i Panel Talk: Bamboo Ridge Press

2-3 pm

Seminar Mentoring: Regie Cabico

3-4 pm

Open Mic

6-8 pm

Poetry Slam: Paul Tran, Regie Cabico, Louie Vital, Kita Marshall, Jerrica Escoto, Justin Woo, and Simone Jacobson, hosted by Gowri K

8-10 pm

LITERAOKE: Andrew Lam, Tanzila Ahmed, Franny Choi, Paisley Rekdal, Tarfia Faizullah, Ed Lin, Wo Chan, Sally Wen Mao, Mimi Khúc, Nayomi Munaweera, Traci Kato Kiriyama, Timothy Yu, and Beau Sia, hosted by Regie Cabico

11 am-12:30 pm

Intimate Lecture on Asian American literary history by Karen Tei Yamashita, followed by Kundiman reading featuring Karen Tei Yamashita, Vt Hung, Mark Keats, and Sejal Shah

12:30-2 pm

lunch break