08.022019September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Jess Rizkallah

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Jess Rizkallah

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Has 2018 been different for you than other years? It has, but if it weren’t I think that would be concerning. For so long I...

31.082018September 10, 2019
I, Afterwards

I, Afterwards

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nala-e-bebaak / نالۂ_بیباک (noun, urdu): an audacious sorrow The first signs of verbal violence emerged from a constant comparison between his own literary outputs v/s mine. There...

07.062018September 10, 2019
VIDA Reviews! Monster Portraits by Sofia Samatar & Del Samatar — Inclusion as Key to Renewal

VIDA Reviews! Monster Portraits by Sofia Samatar & Del Samatar — Inclusion as Key to Renewal

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For as long as there has been storytelling, there have been monsters. In Egypt it was Anubis and Bastet. In India Dawon, Pishacha, and Kaliya....

04.062018November 12, 2019
Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

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In 2017, I took my first creative nonfiction workshop with a reputed author, editor, and teacher of creative writing in the heart of Los Angeles,...

09.032017September 10, 2019
Compassionate Curating: Editing Halal If You Hear Me

Compassionate Curating: Editing Halal If You Hear Me

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Fatimah Asghar: There are as many ways of being Muslim as there are Muslims. That was the first thing that Safia and I talked about when...

05.032017September 10, 2019
Where We Go From Here: Writers Who Remember Freedom

Where We Go From Here: Writers Who Remember Freedom

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You say you are my ally, stand up! Brush yourself off. There is no time for tears, for self-pitying platitudes. There is a rich, racist,...

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Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Hayan Charara

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Hayan Charara

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How do you practice self-care when writing about difficult subject matter? When I’m writing about a rough experience, I try to get into it deeper...

24.042015September 10, 2019
Report from the Field– Speak Test: The Silencing of the Racialized Body

Report from the Field– Speak Test: The Silencing of the Racialized Body

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In my third year as an MFA student, I received an email from my English department requesting that I schedule and pass a Spoken English...