Khalamuni

Efadul Huq
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This poem is an act of mourning, remembering, and grieving a loved one taken by the pandemic.

This is Not an Eggplant

Katayoun Amjadi
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Katayoun Amjadi’s multimedia installations and visual poems, This is Not an Eggplant and Diaries of a Village Potter, question the “collective” and meditates on the course of political and environmental shifts.

Basic Demographic Questions

Suzanne Chew
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Suzanne Chew’s poem grapples with the question of a “good interview” and the extractive nature of traditional academic research.

Healthy Living

Jordan Starck
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This set of companion poems agitates the dominant narratives that, for marginalized peoples, silent compliance will best secure their safety and wellbeing.