Come join us for an evening of readings with Kevin Chang Barnum, Shou Jie Eng, Angela Siew, and Nafeesa Syeed!
6-7 pm: Reading
7 pm onwards: Open mic & mingling
Open mic sign-ups (3 min each) via EventBrite and in person.
Light refreshments will be provided and books will be available for sale.
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Kundiman & Possible Futures.
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Kevin Chang Barnum is a mixed race fiction writer, poet and radio producer who grew up in Connecticut. He has written for Podcast Review, a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books, and he has a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of California, Irvine.
Shou Jie Eng is a writer and architectural designer. Originally from Singapore, he runs Left Field Projects, a multi-disciplinary design practice located in Hartford, Connecticut. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bennington Review, Harvard Review, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere, and he teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design. Learn more at shoujie.net.
Angela Siew is a multilingual poet with an MFA from Emerson College. She has received support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, and the City of Boston. Her chapbook, Coming Home, was awarded a 2025 Connecticut Artist Fellowship Grant and is available from Cut Bank. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Salamander, Meridian, and LEON Literary Review, among others. Learn more at angelasiew.com.
Nafeesa Syeed is a writer and editor who has worked across the U.S., South Asia, Middle East, and North and East Africa. Most recently, she was an opinion editor at the LA Times. Her work has also appeared in The Markaz Review, Public Books, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Al-Monitor, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, VICE, Tehelka, Guernica, Quartz, and The Believer. Learn more at nafeesasyeed.com.
