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publications
a sampler of academic writing, poetry, essays & journalism

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dear alice, "for the murder of [your] bastard child" of the starry eyed tribe born to children

Archive-based epistolary essay about the case of Alice Clifton, an enslaved girl trialed for murder in Philadelphia in 1787.

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Appears in:  So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth (2023)

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Intimate portraits of the Sudanese diaspora in poems. 

Themes include  Biyout al Ashbah,  the government's unofficial torture sites and building home after loss.

 

Akashic Press

Afternoon Light
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Sea Turtle
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SPINNING 
zuihitsu on planetary and cosmic consciousness

Zuihitsu is a Japanese literary form dating back to 1002AD.

This Zuihitsu explores the potential for metamorphosis in human consciousness.

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Appears in: Mizna 23.2 Black SWANA Takeover Edition

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The case of Ayyub Abdul-Alim fits a decades-long pattern of government criminalization of African-American Muslims.

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Appears in: The Nation

City Reflection
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Umniya Najaer

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