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Tongues on Rock: Home-Making in Parallel Languages
June 14, 2022July 20, 2022

Tongues on Rock: Home-Making in Parallel Languages

Blog by Tim Tim Cheng0 comments

I am filled with the self-congratulatory wish that I could live in all the cities I love all at once, so that I could make them mine.

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Its Song is Returned – a poetic response to our 2021 Mixtape: Writers of Colour Anthology
May 26, 2022August 8, 2022

Its Song is Returned – a poetic response to our 2021 Mixtape: Writers of Colour Anthology

Blog by Marjorie Lotfi0 comments

Despite what we’re often made to feel, we also have a right to articulate our own place within this world around us.

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Beyond the Surface
December 7, 2021June 7, 2022

Beyond the Surface

Blog by Kolia Walker0 comments

Facing my fears is helping me find healing.

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Rendering Violence In Verse: The Realm Between Anthropology And Poetry
November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

Rendering Violence In Verse: The Realm Between Anthropology And Poetry

Blog by Sanjna Girish Yechareddy0 comments

Violence seems now as a spiked coil, piercing through the fabric of a given space and time at different points.

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Surinamese Voices in the Dutch Museum of Literature
November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

Surinamese Voices in the Dutch Museum of Literature

Blog by Thalia Ostendorf0 comments

The opportunity to dive into these archives was a reintroduction to these people and their writing – and sometimes, an introduction altogether.

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Radical Gratitude: A Review of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass
October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

Radical Gratitude: A Review of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass

Blog by Renuka Ramanujam0 comments

Navigating her role as a botanist and educator, Kimmerer champions pursuing ‘heart-driven science’ in the rigid confines of academia.

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Lost in the Archives: Ayahs in Scotland
October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Lost in the Archives: Ayahs in Scotland

Blog by Shasta Ali0 comments

The legacies of imperialism are always closer to home than we think.

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To the Body, to the Earth
September 21, 2021September 17, 2021

To the Body, to the Earth

Blog by Martha Adonai Williams0 comments

I can find the traces of these weeks in the way I have learned to hold myself, the way I am in my body.

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Celebrating Ourselves: The First East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month
September 7, 2021September 5, 2021

Celebrating Ourselves: The First East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month

Blog by Maisie Chan0 comments

For all of us, it’s a time for collective recognition of our lives in the U.K. We’re here. We belong. We exist.

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In Conversation with Briana Pegado
August 26, 2021August 27, 2021

In Conversation with Briana Pegado

Blog by Briana Pegado0 comments

‘I have seen too much in the arts and creative industries in Scotland to keep it to myself.’

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Roots to Grow Programme - Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

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Open Call for Blog Pitches - February-May 2023

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Intro to crime writing: Writing masterclass with Tariq Ashkanani - 23 February 2023

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2021 Networking Conference: Closing Reading - Andrés N. Ordorica – Watch on our YouTube channel

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Metaphors for a Black Future Zine

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