Founded in 1994, Kaya Press is a not-for-profit independent publisher of Asian, Pacific Islander, and API diasporic fiction, poetry, critical essays, art, and culture. Kaya is dedicated to the publication of new and innovative literature and the recovery of important and overlooked work from Asia, the Pacific, and the API diaspora. We are committed to publishing works of excellent literary merit that feature unique voices; new and alternative perspectives; accomplished experimental writing; and beautiful, thoughtful book design. In so doing, we aim to expand the vision of what Asian American literature is and how it is received; we also aim to make available fine work from Asia, the Pacific, and the API diaspora outside of the United States, including writing in translation. In 1995, Kaya was awarded a Gregory Kolovakos Seed Grant, sponsored by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. Kaya Press is supported by the Asian American Arts Alliance, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York State Council for the Humanities, and many generous supporters. Staff Sunyoung Lee, Editor Board of Directors Yoonmee Chang Adria Imada Juliana Koo Sunyoung Lee   Board of Advisors Lawrence Chua Sesshu Foster Robert Kuwada Hisami Kuroiwa Margaret Laurens David Mura Eileen Tabios     Jen Abrams • Carissa Aoki • Tanya Auger and Andrew Kuan • Nerio Brilliantes • Nickole Brown/Sarabande Books • Phebe Brown • Merry L. Burlingham • Nick Carbo • Steve Cannon/A Gathering of the Tribes• Choon Sik and Young Chang • Yoon-Mi Chang • Rex Chen • Christina Chiu • Wolhee Choe and Bob Hawks • Edward M.W. Choi • Greg Choi • Young Whan Choi • Jerome Chou • Jacqueline Soonyul Chu • Jim Chu • Song Suk Chung • Leo Clark • Peter Colavito • Adam Dawes • Mari Dawley • Steven Doi • Alexis B. Dudden • Michael Dykes • Bert Florentino • Charles Flowers • Luis Francia • Laura Frautschi • Andy Froberg • Sharon Gallagher/DAP • Tomio Geron • Thea Gray • Marli Higa • Kathy High • John Hong • Yunah Hong • Qing Lan Huang • Tina Hwang • Adria Imada • Jerry Kang • Glen and Ok-Koo Kang Grosjean • Gordon Kato • Annette Kim • Elaine Kim • Helen Kim • Hyungbae Kim • Jee Yong Kim • Robert King • Michelle Koh • Ja Woo Koo • Wook Hun and Sun Hee Koo • Soo Mee Kwon and Ron Davidson • Chong Hi and Joung Lee • Eun-Joung Lee • Hong Yung and Whakyung Lee • Jean Lee • Min Jin Lee • Patty Lee • Robert Lee • Ed Lin • Yi-Chun Tricia Lin • Catherine Liu • Andrea Louie • Lynn Lu • Bing Mark • Kathleen McCarthy • Masao Miyoshi • Bruna Mori • Risa Morimoto • Kana Norimoto • Sue O'Reilly • Michael Offen • Minya Oh • Ruth Ozeki Loundsbury • Julie Sunyoung Park • Paul Pfeiffer • Cuong Pham • Eugenio Pulmano • Thaddeus Rutkowski • Yutaka Sato • Andrew Shih • Tae Il Shynn • James & Bess Siegal • Ira Silverberg • Paul H. Smith • Roch & Elaine Smith • Min Song • James Spicer • Nancy Starbuck • Miyoko Sugano • Kevin Sun • Eun Hi Synn • Eileen Tabios and Thomas Pollack • Filamore & Beatriz Tabios • Ronald & Carol Takaki • Jinhua Emma Teng • Markand Thakar and Victoria Chiang • Yuko Uchikawa • Koon Woon • Anita Wu • Amelia Wu and Sachin Adarkar • Jeff Yamaguchi • Annie Yamamoto • Tom and Nancy Yamamoto • Karen Tei Yamashita • Hanya Yanagihara • Ronald and Susan Yanagihara • Ussuri Yu and Min-O Chang