Lub hom phiaj ntawm Kas fes lub tsev yog los luam tawm cov exciting, tseem ceeb heev, thiab qhov xaus ntawm peb lub sijhawm; ua zoo siab thiab txhawb cov nyeem; los txhawb rau lub neej kev coj noj coj ua ntawm peb lub zej zog; thiab los txhawb peb zaj keeb kwm qub. Kev pabcuam ntawm McKnight Foundation, Coffee House Press yog tsim los ntawm cov qauv kev zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev tshajtawm thiab cov phau ntawv, ua cov phau ntawv uas ua kev zoo siab, kev hloov tshiab hauv kev sau ntawv, thiab ntau lub suab ntawm cov neeg Amelikas.
McKnight lub hom phiaj ntawm kev txhawb kev ua haujlwm ua haujlwm kom tsim thiab ua rau cov zej zog vibrant sib xyaw nrog Coffee House cov ntawv luam tawm thiab zej zog tej yaam num. Ib tug ntawm lawv cov projects yog CHP nyob rau hauv cov Stacks. Tshwm sim los ntawm Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv Ua Lag Luam Ua Lag Luam, qhov kev pabcuam hauv qhov chaw qiv ntawv no sau cov neeg sau ntawv hauv chaw nyob, tsev kawm ntawv, thiab cov tsev qiv ntawv tshwj xeeb los tsim lub koomhaum ua haujlwm uas yuav txhawb tau cov pejxeem mus koomtes nrog lawv cov tsev qiv ntawv hauv cov chaw tshiab thiab muaj txiaj ntsim, thiab txhawb cov neeg ua yeeb yam thiab cov pej xeem xav txog cov tsev qiv ntawv li tej qhov chaw muaj tswv yim.
"Nws reawakened kuv rau kuv keeb kwm - keeb kwm ntawm LGBT kab lis kev cai thiab kev nom kev tswv. Suddenly cov ntawv tshiab yog pem hauv ntej thiab chaw hauv tsis yog kuv lub siab, tab sis nyob rau ntawv. " -GREG HEWETT
Feem ntau, cov kws kho mob no yuav ua rau lub neej zoo siab ntawm cov neeg sau ntawv hauv txoj kev tshiab thiab tsis zoo. Thaum Coffee House kws sau paj huam Greg Hewett (darkacre, 2010) ua ke nrog Quatrefoil Library (nws lub hom phiaj yog los khaws, tuav, sau ntawv, thiab kos cov ntaub ntawv GLBTQ hauv lub chaw muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab yooj yim), nws tau sau nws mus txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm tsis tau sau tshiab. "Nws reawakened kuv rau kuv keeb kwm - keeb kwm ntawm LGBT kab lis kev cai thiab kev nom kev tswv. Suddenly cov ntawv tshiab yog pem hauv ntej thiab chaw hauv tsis yog kuv lub siab, tab sis nyob rau ntawv. "
Nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2015 Coffee House sau Kao Kalia Yang (Lub Latehomecomer: Tsev Neeg Ntawv Memoir Mem Tes, 2008) tau txais qhov chaw nyob ntawm St. Paul Public Library qhov kev hloov dua tshiab ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Sun Ray mus tsim haujlwm tshiab thiab tsim ib txoj haujlwm rau pej xeem mus rau (re) koom nrog lub tsev qiv ntawv tshiab. Yang yog tus neeg tuaj txawv teb chaws thiab pab kom qhia zaj dab neeg nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm nplooj ntawv. Nyob rau hauv chav kawm ntawm nws qhov chaw nyob, nws yuav siv cov phau ntawv, chaw, thiab zej zog ntawm Sun Ray mus ntxiv nws cov khoom siv tes ua ib tug kws sau ntawv thiab piav dab neeg.
