featuring work by Safia Elhillo, Nkosi Nkululeko, and Elliott batTzedek translating Shez

​I taught a class where we worked in homeless shelters and
community gardens and food distribution centers. The students
wanted to change the world, but sometimes Question Authority
​was a barrier between us. Sometimes we shoveled horseshit side-
​by-side. ​  
​Erin Stalcup
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​I’ve dreamed happiness and found it venom, like waking up on the bus with my skirt on fire. ​  
​Caroline Tracey

​In a new plague of pop-up ads, what is lost is what is seen.
What is not seen, never was.
​Tom Haviv
It is interesting,
reading comparative translations.
My mind wanders, lingering on
the things I have done with my body,
do with my body,
comparing these with
​the things other people do with their bodies.
​Bennett Allen
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​and belonging, that threshold for history-weaving. Read more...