“Two contradictory impulses.
Wanting to remember and then wanting to forget.”

My fragmented piece “Guernica” in Meanjin

meanjin.com.au/latest/guernic…

A conversation that I really appreciated delving into Politica.

I also loved my Final Draft interview for Australiana!

Link to the conversation below

audacy.com/podcast/final-…

Alexis Wright makes history, winning the Stella Prize for the 2nd time! 'Praiseworthy is not only a great Australian novel – perhaps the great Australian novel – it's also a great Waanyi novel'
Here's the audio of our conversation📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/alexis… Giramondo Publishing

You are always missed! Your presence is always near!

Gabrielle: An Incantation Against the Dark

Griffith Review

griffithreview.com/articles/gabri…

Huge honour to do an author chat
Sydney Writers' Festival with
@KassabYumna
whose body of work I am so inspired by, chronicling the worlds and people I know but have rarely seen reflected with so much nuance and skill x

Some thoughts on my piece Guernica

yumnakassab.com/2024/04/14/gue…

My Sydney Writers' Festival event will be in Parramatta! I’ll be in conversation with Sarah Malik

There are a number of cool events in Parramatta this year as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival

Where It's At Parramatta Ultimo Press

Tickets below 👇
atparramatta.com/whats-on/sydne…

I have tickets!

#parramattalaureateinliterature

Our third 5 Questions of 2024 is with inaugural Paramatta Laureate in Literature Yumna Kassab, who speaks with verve about her writing process & her latest novel POLITICA: liminalmag.com/5-questions/yu…

Award-winning journalist Sarah Malik delves into themes of feminism, race, & belonging in her debut memoir 'Desi Girl', while Parramatta's Laureate in Literature, Yumna Kassab, offers profound societal reflections in 'Politica'. 📚🖋️🎤🎉📖 #SydneyWritersFestival Sydney Writers' Festival

Take Me Away Q&A with Sydney Writers' Festival

A few books I’ve loved recently:
* Enter Ghost by Isabella Hamad
* Hospital by Sanya Rushdi (trans. Arunava Sinha ) on Stella shortlist

* Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders

UQPBooks Giramondo Publishing

swf.org.au/stories/2024/t…

Onya, China! salvage.zone/letter-to-the-…

Some thoughts on my piece Guernica

yumnakassab.com/2024/04/14/gue…

“Two contradictory impulses.
Wanting to remember and then wanting to forget.”

My fragmented piece “Guernica” in Meanjin

meanjin.com.au/latest/guernic…

'Didion, after reading García Márquez, had this to say.

What if there was no magic and it was all social reality?'
@KassabYumna in Meanjin Quarterly meanjin.com.au/latest/guernic…

As per the feminist killjoy truths:
If you expose a problem, you pose a problem.
If you pose a problem, you become the problem!

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is a writer & acadrmic.
Her books and writings have given voice to the experiences of so many!

We’re lucky to have her

Interview with Omar Sakr and Jinghua Qian about the cancellation of events at the State Library of Victoria

Jacobin

.Ruth McHugh-Dillon on Yumna Kassab's POLITICA:

'Kassab is interested in this kind of psychic trauma, experienced in an ongoing way by ordinary people. But Politica is also interested in war’s impact on those with power.'

meanjin.com.au/blog/private-d…

Pretty cool to see @KassabYumna in translation for the first time in my mail today. Namely the Greek edition of her second book, Australiana

'This trend towards censorship is not just occurring in Australia. Arts Council England recently updated their guidelines to state that artists who make 'overtly political or activist statements' place their funding at risk.' —Alex Dane

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