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  • The View From Below

    The View From Below

    “Donal was pretty certain he wanted to live. All that blood on the sheets might tell a different story.”

  • Reluctance and Other Poems

    Reluctance and Other Poems

    Let the broken screws and bones of these nautical messengers carry their wisdom home: that there’s nothing more disabling than seeing tomorrow clear as day.

  • Ghayath Almadhoun: Writing is my real homeland

    Ghayath Almadhoun: Writing is my real homeland

    Palestinian poet Ghayath Almadhoun discusses exile, the power of Arabic poetry, and his personal experiences of displacement.

  • Mrs. Big Bird

    Mrs. Big Bird

    My mother and I were hiding behind our 1974 station wagon when I almost set her on fire. The smell of singed bird feathers hit my nostrils just as I…

  • Love, colors, and shapes

    Love, colors, and shapes

    Abstract paintings and evocative poetry merge in Love Transformed, exploring the resilience of love amidst war through fragmented forms, vivid colors, and transformative emotions.

  • “Songs for the Land-Bound” by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza: Wonder and Grief

    “Songs for the Land-Bound” by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza: Wonder and Grief

    Violeta Garcia-Mendoza reminds me of Emily Dickinson, a poet who lived at a time in American history when industry was taking over nature.