Excited to share the schedule for our Virtual Conference! On June 22, we will have Karen Tei Yamashita discussing her new novel, Questions 27 and 28 w/ Christine Kitano. The next day, @mai-linhhong.bsky.social & Sameer Pandya will discuss bridging academic and creative work! LINK: bit.ly/4on5KDJ

We're delighted to announce the 4th CAALS Virtual Conference which will be held on June 22-23rd, 2026! We have 2 CFP’s: “West Asia in the Asian/Asian American Imaginary" and Writing Right Now: Approaches to Asian American Literary Studies Dissertations and Book Projects." See photos for details!

Check out our 3 CFP's for @the-ala.bsky.social 2026 conference! We have panels on model minority discourse, materiality, and new directions in Asian American literary studies! Due 1/22/26: caals.org/archives/1622

Calling scholars of Asian American literature 📚 CFP for three #ALA2026 panels on model minority discourse, science & materialty, & new directions in the field. Abstracts due Jan 22, 2026. DM for more info! @the-ala.bsky.social

Registration for UC Irvine Global Asias 2026 is now OPEN! sites.uci.edu/globalasias/.... No fee for non-tenure track participants or UCI community members. For non-UCI tenure-track registrants, there is a sliding scale fee.

My new essay is now out from American Literature! “Beyond Railroads and Internment”? Japanese American Wartime Incarceration Literature and the Foundations of Asian American Literary Studies @dukepress.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/american-lit...

Exciting CAALS event! 🎉 Join us Fri, Nov 14, 2:30-3:45pm EST for a talk with Chris A. Eng & Roberta Wolfson on their new books, Extravagant Camp: The Queer Abjection of Asian America & Refiguring Race and Risk: Counternarratives of Care in the US Security State! Zoom link: bit.ly/4nFc73u

In her new collection ‘Becoming Ghost,’ poet Cathy Linh Che tries to make sense of her family’s history, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film ‘Apocalypse Now.’ Melody S. Gee reviews: www.commonwealmagazine.org/quiet-set

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In her new collection ‘Becoming Ghost,’ poet Cathy Linh Che tries to make sense of her family's history, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film ‘Apocalypse Now.’

commonwealmagazine.org

Grateful to Christopher Lee (U. British Columbia) for this comprehensive and judicious review of my book, ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION AFTER 1965, for American Literary History. @columbiaup.bsky.social academic.oup.com/alh/article/...

Christopher T. Fan, Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility

Christopher Lee; Christopher T. Fan, Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility, American Literary History, Volume 37,

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In London, connecting with old friends and new @esealitfest. @erichuangbooks @evawongnava @wendywoomakes

Both my books are available for pre-order now! 📚🎗️💚 uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/beyond... (All royalties will be donated to Sewol non-profits.) press.umich.edu/Books/K/K-Po... (All royalties will be donated to non-profits focused on animal rights, environmental issues, or human rights.)

New release: Verge: Studies in Global Asias 11.2 -Special issue The Asian Century: Idea, Method, Media -Guest editors @chrisfan.bsky.social, Paul Nadal, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan -With @chrissuh.bsky.social @darshanamini.bsky.social -OA article @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/artic...

I’m co-organizing this proposed panel, “The Latinx-Asian Commons,” for @c19americanists.bsky.social 2026 conference with @ayendy.bsky.social! Please consider submitting, and please share widely! Due 8/1

Delighted, astonished, & grateful that Continental Drift will be published by @triohousepress.org in July 2026! 💜📝

Trio House Press@triohousepress.org · last yr.

@triohousepress.org is thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Trio Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry: Mai-Linh Hong (@FleursduMai.bsky.social), Continental Drift!

Excited to be presenting my paper, “Satire and Complicity in Elaine Hsieh Chou’s Disorientation” tomorrow at the American Comparative Literature Association conference! Thank you to Shirl Yang & Jennifer Y Pan for organizing our seminar, “Complicit Figures, Complicit Forms.” 🙏🏼

I'm excited to announce that my dept. is hiring a Comp/ELL Lecturer with a start date of fall 2025! DM me with any questions. Review begins immediately, and you can apply here: bit.ly/41MsH8q

JOB POSTING: Lecturer in Asian American Studies at Harvard. Begins 7/1/25, 2:2 teaching load, and review of apps begins 2/7/25. You can apply here!: (academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14593)

We are pleased to announce our 3 CFPs for @the-ala.bsky.social 2025 conference! Asian American Literature after 1965, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer at 10 & Southeast Asian Diasporic Stories Today, & OPEN CALL for Asian American Literary Studies. Due 1/20 more info here: caals.org/archives/1487

Hello, Bluesky! Founded in 1995, the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies (CAALS) is the only national & intl. society dedicated to the study of Asian American literature, culture, & arts. Let us know if you're interested in becoming a member, & we are excited to connect with you here! ✨📚