Join us as we celebrate the release of this new groundbreaking anthology published by Haymarket Books! Participants include Art 25, Nicola Andrews, Jason Bayani, Sagaree Jain, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Barbara Jane Reyes, Megan Roberto, Sirawaya Rochanahusdin, Janice Lobo Sapigao, Terisa Siagatonu, and Shelley Wong who will be reading from the book! And on view at Arc Gallery & Studios is Future Ancestors, a powerful photo exhibition and sound installation from the art collective, Art 25.

Copies of “We the Gathered Heat” will be available to purchase at the event courtesy of Eastwind Books.

Masks required and will be available at the front desk.
Accessibility: Please email info@kearnystreet.org if you have accommodation needs. Wheelchair access is available and we will reserve seats upon request.

about WE THE GATHERED HEAT:

Edited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, Noʻu Revilla, and Terisa Siagatonu

A beautiful anthology featuring some of the brightest voices in contemporary American poetry who challenge, expand, and illuminate the meaning of the label “Asian American and Pacific Islander” in today’s world. In this thoughtfully curated, intergenerational collection, poets of multiple languages, lands, and waters write against and through the contested terrain of AAPI identity. Too often, Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans are squeezed into the same story. The poets gathered here, and the lineages they represent, exceed this sameness. May this anthology uplift complexities and incite transformation and joy.