Here's where you'll find Kundiman in Kansas City during AWP 2024, inside and outside the Convention Center!

Kundiman at AWP Seattle, 2023. Photo by Shirley Cai.

February 7th–10th: awp Book Fair


Booth #1330

Wednesday, February 7th – Saturday, February 10th, 2024

Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO

Kundiman will be at the AWP Book Fair throughout the conference. Feel free to stop by Booth #1330 to chat with Kundiman staff and Fellows, as well as pick up merch, and get books signed! See our signing schedule below:

Thursday, February 8th, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: River Ying Dandelion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Tariq Luthun 
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Cathy Linh Che 

Friday, February 9th, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: River Ying Dandelion

Saturday, February 10th, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Angela Penaredondo

February 9th: Kundiman’s 20th Birthday party at awp

Friday, February 9th, 2024
8:30 pm – 11:00 PM CT

21c museum hotel, 219 w 9th st.
Kansas City, mo 64105

Kundiman is throwing a red-and-white-themed 20th birthday party at AWP! Join us for this offsite celebration as we gather in community to celebrate the last twenty years and toast to the future of Kundiman and our community. Register via our EventBrite. All friends of Kundiman are welcome.Wear red, white, or both!

Read more about the event on our calendar!

February 10th: Kundiman’s 20th anniversary Reading and conversation

Saturday, february 10, 2024
1:45 pm – 3:00 PM CT

Grand Ballroom B, Level 2
Kansas City Convention Center

Join Kundiman as we celebrate our 20th anniversary year with a special cross-genre reading and conversation featuring Kundiman writers Franny Choi, Megha Majumdar, Srikanth Reddy, and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello. This panel will discuss the history of Kundiman’s legacy, from its inaugural Workshop Retreat for poets at the University of Virginia in 2004, to its role today as a national nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing generations of Asian American readers and writers. This intergenerational panel will discuss Kundiman’s role in shaping the landscape of Asian American literature, as well as how the literary arts can be used to explore and address the unique challenges that face the new and ever-changing diaspora. Read more about the event on our calendar, or on AWP’s website.

Asian American Caucus at AWP Seattle, 2023. Photo by Hannah Kang.

February 10th: Asian American Caucus

Saturday, February 10th, 2024
5:00 pm – 6:15 PM CT

Room 2215C, Street Level
Kansas City Convention Center

What does it mean to steward Asian American and Pacific Islander literature, organizationally, collectively, and individually? The annual Asian American Caucus is a town hall-style hangout and community space. Come meet other Asian American writers and discuss opportunities and resources available to support you. Organized by Kundiman, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, Kaya Press, and Kearny Street Workshop. Read more about the event on our calendar, or on AWP's website!

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Join Kundiman community at the following events during AWP!

Wednesday, February 7th:

Friday, February 9th:

Saturday, February 10th: