alchemy journal of translation: revolutions, ed. Reem Hazboun Taşyakan, featuring work by Dr. Amanda Batarseh, Bahar Abdi, vyxzvasquez, Farshad Sonboldel / فرشاد سنبل‌دل, and more (quote.ucsd.edu/alchemy/)

I just published my third issue of Alchemy as eic! Please check out the many wonderful contributions, including intriguing pieces by Bahar Abdi, long live the intifada🔻ن, vyxzvasquez, Elizabeth Morgan, Farshad Sonboldel / فرشاد سنبل‌دل, Rufaidah Gamal, Ibrahim Fawzy | إبراهيم فوزي & UCSD Lit’s Dr. Amanda Batarseh.

📚✨Thrilled to announce the publication of my latest translations, the beautiful poems of Esraa El Nemr , in Alchemy alongside other brilliant works🎉 Huge thanks to the incredible mag. team, esp.Reem Hazboun Taşyakan❤️🙌🏻 alchemy.ucsd.edu/two-poems-rufa…

Join us for a poetry reading with George Abraham (they/he) 🍉 جورج إبراهيم this Monday at UCSD!

Small Press Nite w/ Kevin M. Kearney coming your way SD

Hannah Dreier The New York Times Sarah Stillman The New Yorker Sarah Conway City Bureau Invisible Institute Reuters The Washington Post Katie Engelhart NYT Magazine Vladimir Kara-Murza Justin Chang Los Angeles Times David E. Hoffman The Associated Press Yohance Lacour ProPublica Josh Kaplan Justin Elliott Brett Murphy Alex Mierjeski Kirsten Berg Eboni Booth Roundabout Basic Books UT Austin Jonathan Eig Farrar,Straus&Giroux Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Cristina Rivera Garza Hogarth Books Random House Group University of Houston Congratulations to Brandon Som, Georgia Review, UGA Press and UC San Diego. #Pulitzer

submit your translations! alchemy.ucsd.edu/submissions/

Send us your textual, visual, and experimental translations—speculative in their content, intent, method, or form. Deadline: 30 June 2024 For more info: alchemy.ucsd.edu/submissions/

I’m honored that my first peer-reviewed article is in Arab Studies Quarterly, the journal founded by Edward Said & Ibrahim Abu-Lughod. My work’s proximity to their legacy makes me feel very rooted in & supported by the Palestinian American scholarly tradition. scienceopen.com/hosted-documen…

"Historically, the 9/11 attacks acted as a torch thrown on a centuries-old pile of combustible ideologies including Orientalist sentiment, colonialist gaslighting, and hawkish right-wing fear-manufacturing." My Ph.D student Reem Hazboun Taşyakan's excellent article in Arab Studies Quarterly

Mark your calendars—Friday, June 7! Skylight Books is hosting night of poetry featuring our own poets, Phuong T. Vuong and Douglas Manuel. Joined by Vandana Khanna, the night will be full of fun. Don’t miss out!!

I’m delighted my story “Najiyah” is part of the spring/summer issue of Kweli Journal ✨🗝️✨ kwelijournal.org/fiction/2024/5…

Reem Hazboun Taşyakan We're equally delighted. Thank you for trusting Kweli with your gorgeous art!!!! 💐💐

🎈 NEW SUMMER ISSUE: It's our honor to publish new work by emerging writers of color writing toward the liberation the world so deeply needs. Read: kwelijournal.org/currentissue ART: "Reader Jumping" by Alefes Silva

enjoying reading & being part of this issue ✨ kwelijournal.org/fiction/2024/5…

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all geared up for tin house ‘24 🌲

Thank you for your genuine support, Laura! Kweli Journal