rather fucking grim

fyi palestine fundraiser reading, organized by Susan Nguyen 🪞 & others 👇👇

We reached 500 sign-ups, over $30,000 raised over the weekend, but there is so much more need. Join our beautiful teachers to continue the spirit and work of People's University for Gaza. Sign up for a workshop or two here: workshops4gaza.com/workshops

Horrified to hear that the cover of ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly was deemed "offensive" and worthy of censorship by Barnard College. Arabit Quarterly is a respected literary journal and an important resource for learning about Arabic literature from many countries. arablit.org

If you can help show support to our contributors, please do. Basman Eldirawi & his brother: gofundme.com/f/support-gaza… Doha Al Kahlout gofundme.com/f/help-me-to-s… Co-editors Mahmoud (gofundme.com/f/aid-for-mahm…) & Mohamed (gofundme.com/f/from-war-to-…) Heba Al Agha gofundme.com/f/support-writ…

Calling all literary translators with a sample to pitch - I'll provide a detailed line edit, suggestions for improving the pitch & for who to pitch to. $60, directly to Gaza. Non-translators, check out the many other Workshops4Gaza Palestine zindabad! workshops4gaza.com/calendar/liter…

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some swans from my 35mm

what an absolute honor and highlight of my writing life for SELF-MYTHOLOGY to be included on Eduardo’s syllabus 🥹🙏🏽❤️ my heart feels extra full right now

Pausing to vaccinate children against polio so they can survive long enough to be bombed into pieces the next day. That’s not humanitarianism, that’s sadism.

We've raised $50K! Ty to everyone who has taught a workshop, signed up for one, helped us design graphics, ship books, printed flyers, donated or shared info about us. And ty the most to our friends in GZ for sharing a part of your life with us and giving us a way to help 🤍

What hell a lucky life can be. I couldn’t catch fish in a mirage.

planning my book tour! if you're hoping i come your way in 2025 & want to bring me to your university, reading series, art gallery, bookstore, lit org, dance studio, bonfire, etc, email me. paid invites appreciated <3 generous words re We Contain Landscapes (Tin House, 2025):

Asmaa been displaced more than 6 times since October. Her husband has been missing for months and her two daughters are in desperate need of food and medicine. Please consider donating whatever you can to help Asmaa and her girls survive and rebuild. ❤️🇵🇸 chuffed.org/project/112878…

Join W4G for our first poetry reading featuring a small fraction of the many U.S.-based poets in solidarity with the people of GZ: Fady Joudah Solmaz Sharif, Wendy Trevino wendy trevino Juliana Spahr and Joshua Clover 🔥🔥 workshops4gaza.com/calendar/a-poe…

if you want to support us both, purchase books from Workshops4Gaza bookstore (they have a RAD collection) and donate to Refaat Mobile Library - Atlanta. Purchase from the store and input the following mailing address 🩷💜: Refaat Mobile Library P.O. Box 17919 Atlanta’s GA 30316

I won't live to see the manufacturers of eternity/ become the dust they deserve The Stench two new poems of mine Protean Magazine dom with artwork by Jumana Emil Abboud proteanmag.com/2024/09/11/two…