"An Inventory of Infinite Traces" Gramsci
Poetry
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I was in second grade when I decided that I wanted to be a poet. My first poem was accompanied with a painting of flowers and I decided that I’d also like to write about flowers. I ended up writing a poem about a poodle, which was my first published poem (thanks to my fifth […]
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Sometimes, it takes writing a resume to find some wonderful nuggets of your own writing out in the universe. I rediscovered this Portuguese translation of my poem, originally for El Globo magazine that supplemented an article by Toni Marques, journalist and now director of an international literary festival out in Rio de Janiero. This was […]
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“The Afghan woman poet predates the American or European female poet,” says Zohra Saed, an Afghan-American poet living in New York City. “Consider the poet queen Rabia Balkhi.” Legend has it this 11th century Afghan used her last drop of blood to write poems. “Afghan women’s poetry is unique because it must respond to create […]
More2011: A Year of Collaborations & Community Building
Writers are for the most part lone wolfs, notorious for hibernating in order to release the “jinns” inside them via writing. However, this year, I found myself more than ever involved in collaborations that expanded my community of Asian American and Central Asian American authors, performers and intellectuals. Since I was bedazzled by the Hipstamatic […]
MoreFrom Zine to Indie Press: How Many Books Can a Ripe Guava SPAWN?
I’m packing up these beauties to take over to the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collections Archive. Earlier this week Alycia Sellie from the library contacted Robert Booras and I about submitting our zines. Although, at first I thought I had lost my old zines in my move — I was ecstatic after finding this humble […]
MoreA Kavad for Remembering 9/11: Together We Are New York
A Kavad for Remembering 9/11: Together We Are New York “The sense of urgency to write often comes from a place of necessity – to discover truth, to challenge the simplification of stories.” (Hossannah Asuncion) The 10th anniversary of 9/11 will bring an outpouring of emotions and remembrances: this project ensures, through community interviews by […]
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