Can you witness without taking? This five-week, in-person workshop w/ imogen xtian smith and alma valdez-garcia will focus on survival writing as a form of community building and on revolutionary articulations against the systems of empire in which we live. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/muc…

Welcome our new instructors by signing up for Ashunda Norris' Poetry & Cinema online or join alma valdez-garcia as they partner with imogen xtian smith (imogen xtian smith) in Brooklyn for to collaboratively teach Muckmaking: Survival Writing & Communion! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all

Today, July 8th, is the 52nd anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani’s assassination. Kanafani was a Palestinian writer, artist, and educator; he was also a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

It's your last chance to write with us this summer & we're having a flash sale so if you needed a push to commit—now is the time! Registration deadlines are coming up soon so act fast to secure your spot. Featuring imogen xtian smith monostich grace (ge) gilbert & more! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all

We in the movement for Palestinian liberation demand full justice for Sonya Massey, who was murdered by a country built on the extraction of Black labor and disposability of Black life

Sinéad O’Connor left us a year ago today. I wrote about her, mothers and daughters, and what it means to risk losing everything you’re told you should want. granta.com/universal-moth…

Mike Brown radicalized us all. This moment of resistance is due, in part, to his life.

Donate to this mutual aid effort through tomorrow evening. All funds will be distributed to those forcibly displaced throughout Lebanon.

Today, we release our Palestine issue, "From the River to the Sea." All proceeds go to The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme GCMHP. “We release this special issue as one collective voice within the call for abolition, transformation, and exit.” parapraxismagazine.com/articles/for-l…

Oh my God. The silence after the screams. This is one of the most horrifying scenes I’ve seen come out of Gaza. Israel “bombed [these people] and killed a number of them, then people came to rescue them, and mothers cried over their injured sons, then Israel…bombed them again.

We are aware of a fake press release circulating online misrepresenting our organization. This is NOT from us, and we are taking steps to address it. For accurate information, please visit pen.org.

ATTN!!!

today @ 4 ~ Ridgewood, Queens

sad to report that workshop signups have been way down since the start of the new year. please don't forget about the small, regular amounts of aid to mutual aid groups which need thousands a day to provide for their people! upcoming workshops here: workshops4gaza.com/workshops

If you’re planning fundraising events please consider giving money to the Sameer project. They’re providing direct support—food, water, medical—to hundreds per day, and they are reporting that they won’t be able to continue if donations don’t pick up. This is really worrying.

come thru on the 10th for alma’s yawp!!!

THIS SUNDAY april 27 ‘25 • Beloveds! Come thru for what’s likely my last reading in NYC for a bit—it’d mean a lot to see you (& WHAT A FREAKIN’ LINEUP) i couldn’t imagine a better send off than this! MOOD RING SUNDAY 7pm i’m reading first

In this five-week, online workshop w/ imogen xtian smith (imogen xtian smith), we'll work to bring our personal and civic commitments to our poetry, developing a deeper understanding of the personal, theoretical and political stakes of writing. Register @ brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/vox…