For real.

Cavafy

re: camille dungy’s choice not to withdrawal from the jean stein: the reason why marginalized people can’t access books is bc federal funding goes to weapons and war. book bans happen in times of crisis to limit the transmission of info that criticizes the state

Exactly

Great essay in which Haider traces alliance for Palestinian resistance among Urdu writers and their works.

Most surreal photos you'll ever see - thread 🧵 1. Eruption on Mount Etna gives the illusion of a Phoenix in the sky

THE PEN LITERARY AWARDS CEREMONY HAS BEEN CANCELLED

We are witnessing Palestine set us all free.

Arundathi Roy at her prescient best talking about Malala in 201 4:

Perhaps we cannot decolonize the university but we sure as hell can reappropriate the space and make it ours to transform it into something radically different.

Every reporter for every American news site should be covering this developing news story about the mass grave in Nasser. More bodies will be uncovered and there will be more revelations on what exactly happened. aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/24…

“Even then there were weapons at the throat of the moon as we promised one another that we will provide each unlit corner of each house with the sun so why did we leave when the blood of the wounded dove was not yet dry on the rocks?”-this gorgeous translation by @HaiderShahbaz5

If I understand correctly, protesting and boycotting is a call to evolve, one at which PEN abandoned its writers/readers

can’t believe I’ll be in Lahore in a week’s time. It’s been two years.🥲

decided to take a day out for some slow self care and reflection, slipped and fell on my face in the shower instead. am humbled.

Aria Aber and Natalie Diaz write some of the most complex, lyrically astounding poems of our time. They look history in the mouth and pull. They show up in community, change minds, ask people to look up and outward. And yes, they also write love poems.

I walked and walked today

i don't think all academics are driven by trauma. but academia attracts ppl who experienced school as a central space of validation, maybe the only place they were ever praised/"seen." also, academic accomplishments are wielded to counter parental neglect & societal debasement.

Your average world literature syllabi

I’m frightened and thrilled that my debut poetry collection RUPTURE ANTHEM will be published by one the finest, the Pitt Poetry Series (University of Pittsburgh Press) in Fall 2026. My eternal gratitude to those who have believed in my work through the years.