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Our 2024-25 Wasafiri Essay Prize winner, @ashleybarr.bsky.social‬, speaks to us about the subject of their winning essay, British-Indian poet Bhanu Kapil, private space, books they're reading right now, and whether academic writing should be niche or for the masses.

Our 2024 Wasafiri Essay Prize winner, @ashleybarr.bsky.social, discusses what led them to writing and researching their winning piece — “Avert the Icy Feeling”: Bhanu Kapil & Performing Poetry in White Spaces’. Read their winning essay in Wasafiri 121: buff.ly/fqPnevg

Are we still screaming, crying and throwing up in 2025? I am! I am also unbelievably honored and looking forward to reading Simar Bhasin's essay.

late to the party and I spent 10 minutes believing the terms and conditions page was the whole app let's gooooo