“Something has to be done about the way in which this world is set up.” June Jordan

"You need the ocean for this: to stop believing in reality. To ask yourself impossible questions. To not know. To cease knowing. To become intoxicated by the smell. To close your eyes. To stop believing in reality." - Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest

The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."

Art is the only defense we have against the industrial nature of the State on our bodies. - Wayne Kramer of the MC5 #photography #music

when i started writing echolalia echolalia several years ago, i had no idea there would be a beautiful orange snake on the cover just in time for the year of the yin wood snake, surrounded by lush green in the form of Jia Sung's "snake eater" (2021). i'm very grateful for the gift of poetry.

We are happy to launch Workshops4sudan to raise funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan. Our debut series features the writer and abolitionist @williamcson.bsky.social and the organizer, artist and social justice educator @raniawrites.bsky.social. To sign up go to: sudansolidarity.com/workshops4su...

“If you are moved by someone, by someone's work, by their friendship, anything - tell them. You don't know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.” - Victoria Wright

“All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Writers are like that: remembering where we were, that valley we ran through, what the banks were like, the light that was there and the route back to our original place” Toni Morrison

What if I don’t want the world to end

Ininiw Acakosuk: the Cree stars | Tracking 16 Ininiw constellations and their narratives across the night sky. Wilfred Buck: acakwuskwun.com?

Fairly rare photographs, for the time period, of daily life for Indigenous families, here shopping in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, around 1900. Also good details on the images. 📷 Mabel Daumais | maa. University of Cambridge

Saskatoon. The river’s breath at -25c

You know I’d leave any party for you 🎶🎈🍾