Intercalifornias: A Memoir of an Asian American Farming Family and the Land (Nonfiction Memoir), San Mateo, CA
Intercalifornias: A Memoir of an Asian American Farming Family and the Land explores collective power, and the love that rural Californians of color have for the land and each other.
“I hope this work overturns racial capitalism and agribusiness by exploring the histories of California farmers and farmworkers of color who created just and sustainable food systems.”
Amanda Mei Kim writes about collective power, racism, nature, and capitalism in the lives of rural Californians of color. She is a Steinbeck Fellow and a California Arts Council Fellow. Her essays on rural life have received an honorable mention in Best American Essays 2022 and a Pushcart Prize nomination. Her fiction won the Phelan Award and was short-listed for the Heekin Award. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Brick, LitHub, [PANK], Discover Nikkei, Eastwind Magazine, and an anthology of BIPOC women writers. She has completed 3 residencies at Mesa Refuge, Yefe Nof, Hedgebrook, and the Fine Arts Work Center. She is a Japanese and Korean American who grew up on a tenant farm in Saticoy, CA.
Visit Amanda’s website, at www.amandameikim.com
Amanda is represented by Danielle Bukowski at Sterling Lord Literistic.