I finally did a thing that I’ve wanted to do for a quite a while. Years ago, one of my biggest joys was making collages. My first favorite was when I managed to create a Tower of Babel. Not long after came the Compass of Maps. I stopped for many reasons. The poor Compass ofContinue reading “Kedema Collage Art”
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Because the Poets are Healers
Funny how years later this is still relevant. Perhaps it always will be… This is just a piece of what’s going on in the world. 276 Nigerian girls kidnapped, three Israeli boys kidnapped and murdered, a Palestinian boy … Because the Poets are Healers
The Point of a Compass
I left home before graduation and moved in with him when I was seventeen. My mother called the police and said he was “harboring a minor.” The police car picked me up at his apartment to take me home. I went back the next day. She also took my passport. I reported it as stolen, and he bought me a new one. We went to the courthouse on my 18th birthday and signed the marriage certificate. A month later, we were on a plane to Israel.
The first compasses did not always point north. Early compasses pointed east.
Carry Me Home: A Testimony of Orly Portal’s Swiria
It’s where all of my parts could finally meet.
Gifting Myself
All I know is, I promise to heed my inner compass, trust myself, bring my fire.
We are a threat to the national identity
In addition to my beloved Poets of Babel, I’ve started a new page called “We are a threat to the national identity.” It was an impromptu reaction to this article about the ban of a book (Borderlife by Dorit Rabinyan) in which there is a Jewish-Palestinian love affair. But honestly, this is really the resultContinue reading “We are a threat to the national identity”
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
“…we need poets to change the world.” -Justin Trudeau, PM in a letter to Carolyn Marie Souaid following the Irving Layton Centenary reading, 2012 Irving Layton Centenary reading Source: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Reading List: Nonfiction Craft Books
Originally posted on Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies:
Here’s a list of books to use when teaching CNF. It’s not exhaustive, but it’s a good start. This list originally grew out of a discussion by members of the Creative Nonfiction Collective (CNFC). Thanks to Julija Šukys for this terrific list! __________ Atkins, Douglas. Tracing the Essay…
We are the Music Makers
For almost 7 years, my friend D.J. Markey Funk and I had been holding on to this idea–until now. Though I did perform it at Cafe Tav (a mobile cabaret cafe), with music, this is a whole new world. Together as Euterpe, “We are the Music Makers” is my first spoken word song. Let meContinue reading “We are the Music Makers”
Shoshana Sarah 