The poet and winner of the Reckless Books’ New Immigrant Writing Prize on supporting DRUM and the work of Guyanese poet Martin Carter
The East Elmhurst-based poet and editor on Ada Limón’s “Instructions on Not Giving Up” and supporting Laal NYC
Featuring activists and political organizers Diane C. Fujino, Fred Ho, Baba Herman Ferguson, Esperanza Martell, and Laura Whitehorn.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha in conversation with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
The author of Starling Days on the hunger relief organization Feeding America and “100 Things About Writing a Novel”
The author of Ghost Of on the importance of constraint, the page as a field, and facilitating findings among her students
Perhaps for you a minefield’s / just a field, for you a mother tongue / is not some rune that breaks your mouth / and heart.
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.
The author of The Tenth Muse talks about writing about women intellectuals, Korean myths, and writing against Western narrative conventions.
2020 Whiting Award-winning poet Aria Aber on kindness and the poem “Beauty” by Solmaz Sharif
On the screen, an old man is dying in his bed. / The adults are talking / loudly, two feet away from each other. / From their voices, I can tell their hatred / for that old man, a thin blanket to his chin.
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.
Older now, the sparrow God / gave my grandmother in place /of succulence.
Philippine Dance Group Kinding Sindaw Is NYC’s Cultural Warfront Against Indigenous Erasure
Can you say Mommy’s name, sweetie? Can you do that for Mommy?
Featuring Patty Yumi Cottrell, Anelise Chen, Eugene Lim, & Lisa Chen
the heft and cleave required / of living / with a nation on your skin / under the broken yellow toenail / of the forgotten
The author of Conjugating Hindi on leaving New York, Afro-Asian solidarities, and learning Hindi
If I have a son / with his mother’s eyes / then will there still be room / for me under his tongue?
The East Elmhurst-based poet and editor on Ada Limón’s “Instructions on Not Giving Up” and supporting Laal NYC
On the screen, an old man is dying in his bed. / The adults are talking / loudly, two feet away from each other. / From their voices, I can tell their hatred / for that old man, a thin blanket to his chin.
Featuring activists and political organizers Diane C. Fujino, Fred Ho, Baba Herman Ferguson, Esperanza Martell, and Laura Whitehorn.
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha in conversation with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
Older now, the sparrow God / gave my grandmother in place /of succulence.
The author of Starling Days on the hunger relief organization Feeding America and “100 Things About Writing a Novel”
Philippine Dance Group Kinding Sindaw Is NYC’s Cultural Warfront Against Indigenous Erasure
The author of Ghost Of on the importance of constraint, the page as a field, and facilitating findings among her students
Perhaps for you a minefield’s / just a field, for you a mother tongue / is not some rune that breaks your mouth / and heart.
Can you say Mommy’s name, sweetie? Can you do that for Mommy?
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.
Featuring Patty Yumi Cottrell, Anelise Chen, Eugene Lim, & Lisa Chen
The author of The Tenth Muse talks about writing about women intellectuals, Korean myths, and writing against Western narrative conventions.
the heft and cleave required / of living / with a nation on your skin / under the broken yellow toenail / of the forgotten
2020 Whiting Award-winning poet Aria Aber on kindness and the poem “Beauty” by Solmaz Sharif
The author of Conjugating Hindi on leaving New York, Afro-Asian solidarities, and learning Hindi
If I have a son / with his mother’s eyes / then will there still be room / for me under his tongue?