NBCC member Shara Lessley spoke with Sarah Ghazal Ali about her debut collection, 'Theophanies,' for The Rumpus: buff.ly/3yi8Cfn

i believe in beauty! in hope! & transformation! i believe in the fundamental goodness of people! i believe if i choose love, that love will inevitably lead to more love in the world!! i believe resistance is love enacted! i believe anger for another’s sake is love!

scenes from the DePaul encampment today--a sticker a kid made with me last week; the book I was reading there ('Theophanies' by Sarah Ghazal Ali); watermelon; and our ever-present duck friends 🍉❤️‍🔥🔻

i love RAWI and i’m grateful for the space to share a bit about theophanies—and to gush about beloveds who are wildly talented should be household names 🤍

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Those who use the student protests for debate about moral values of plurality have by and large been silent about the genocide. Amazing how a 'domestic' event got them crawling out of the woodwork. Amazing how so much American 'left' is the new 'silent majority.'

I've declined the Emerging Voices Fellowship from @PENAmerica. I didn't want to opt for personal gain when my fellow reporters and writers have been attacked and killed in Gaza, without the sort of urgency that this unprecedented level of violence should elicit.

Our latest Literary MagNet explores the literary magazines Saba Keramati (Saba Keramati) gravitates toward—ones with “editors of color and an aesthetic and a mission that resonate with her.” Dana Isokawa in our new issue: at.pw.org/KeramatiMagNet

two years ago i was too scared to say publicly which prize this was, and even diminished it, and now here we are….we all know…

everywhere you turn, there is this implicit *demand* that things return to normal. its horrifying. our normal caused this. our normal funded this. i would give anything for there to never be a 'normal' like this that begets such a magnitude of suffering all over the globe.

Two of my favorite entities in one tweet. Love to Sarah Ghazal Ali !

I am a mom + I don’t need to imagine “what would you do if this Palestinian child was yours?” I don’t need to replace their faces with the faces of my kids. They are my kids by way of being alive. THE CHILDREN ARE OURS. Weep because these children were meant to create the future.

oh 🥹 Theophanies is the New York Public Library’s book of the day 🥹 thank you deeply NY Public Library!

We want to emphasize this to everyone donating: Palestinians are raising money for evacuations that they may never be allowed to make. Those funds can also cover the horrific inflation, rebuilding costs and hopefully medical care when they can access it again.

🧵 (1/4) Open Letter to the Literary Community:

Today, with sincere disappointment & sadness, I am announcing the termination of my publishing contract with Milkweed Editions for my second poetry collection, ARKS, signed on 9/29/23, in solidarity with 🇵🇸

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Breaking | Israeli detainees' families block main roads in Israel, with one family declaring: 'Hamas agreed to the deal, and now it is time to bring them home, otherwise we will burn the country.'

So happy to have spent some time with hajjar🧚🏼‍♀️ for the beginning of Estuary! After a poem that pulls you to slow down and listen, we talked about The Arabic form, language, the book project, and more. I promise, Hajjar is writer we’ll be talking about, if you aren’t already🌿

Words are not murder. And if you feel unsafe because students are protesting colonialism and genocide, then stay home.

Spotted Sarah Ghazal Ali’s brilliant book in the wild at Tombolo Books 😍

thanks Kundiman and Bookshop.org US for highlighting THEOPHANIES among legends for AAPI heritage month! so special to see my book among its teachers and friends and influences 💫

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The 2024 Best Spiritual Literature Awards are open for submissions! Judged by Sarah Ghazal Ali (poetry), Susanne Paola Antonetta (nonfiction), & Amit Majmudar (fiction). Each winner receives $500 & publication in Best Spiritual Literature. bit.ly/3y33yJu