Growing Together

Thank you for your interest in partnering with the Asian American Literary Archive. Below are some ways you might get involved:

• Developers: I’d like technical partners to build the right tool for this archive network.
• Designers: Do you want to help build out our brand or social media assets? This work is underway and I'd be glad for your expertise!
• Marketers: I'd love help on figuring out and actually executing a social media strategy, a larger marketing plan, or even marketing visioning.
• Archivists: I need partners in archives to advise and assist on actual archiving, which I have zero experience in. I’d also love to offer a class on community archiving.
• Scholars: I need teachers who want to teach Asian American studies—history, literature, and everything in between. I need thinkers who want to contribute to Box 68, the upcoming AALA journal-archive, or who’d be interested in giving public talks on their work for the community.
• Writers: I need writer-teachers who want to run their own micro-archive workshops. I need writers who want to explore what the craft of Asian American literature can mean in craft seminars or lectures.
• Buy-in! I run the Asian American Literary Archive out of my proverbial basement. I pay for everything you see. If you’d like to support the project, you can support through a membership on the site. This is not a certified non-profit, but whatever money that comes from memberships will go back into the archive, whether it’s for course scholarships, hosting fees, contributor fees, or contractor fees for those who help out with the project.

If anything here seems up your alley, feel free to get in touch through Contact with a summary of how you'd like to get involved, concrete details about your experience (e.g. your CV, portfolio, or website), and what you'd like to offer. I want to be upfront that the budget for this work is limited right now.

You can also support the Archive through an ongoing membership or tips (these are not tax-deductible).