Category: Creative Work

Litany for the Displaced

“What does it mean to be like a rhizome? It means to be without roots, a deserted plant drifting in the desert. In Arabic, to

by Ann de Forest April 10, 2019

Dreamers I

The streets of Oklahoma were pitch-dark, I thought the power was gone. How come these gringos don’t use light poles? I asked. Saturday at noon.

by Mariana Llanos April 3, 2019

This is what war does—

This is what war does— to women— makes them warriors— cuts their breasts stops the gushing of their wombs— changes their nails to bayonets— Their

by Bänoo Zan March 27, 2019

Which Love? Which Body?

Which Love? I knew the tongue but not the weight of the words. I learned that love—so heavy where I come from it

by Jennimaria Palomäki March 20, 2019

Necessary Ingredients 1-2-3

Artist Statement: Sinejan Kılıç Buchina has for the last several years been exhaustively working on a series focused on time, material growth and social diaspora.

by Sinejan Kılıç Buchina March 13, 2019

Soy Güera

Mi corazon, an ivory-veined granite rock tossed into the Rio Grande moons ago. I want to float up, pierce the muddied waters like a machete

by Ruthie Marlenée March 6, 2019

Riverbend

There are hidden pieces of bone in my mother’s breath: she spat out fragments of history for her children to augur. The mystery of my

by Lishai Peel February 27, 2019

Humo

Humo Somos el

by Vinit Kurup February 20, 2019

The Identity that Immigration Built

We are pleased to announce that the So to Speak Blog’s Immigration Limited Series is now open for submissions. Please read our submission guidelines and submit

by Jhanvi Ramaiya September 21, 2018

Category: Creative Work

Litany for the Displaced

Dreamers I

This is what war does—

Which Love? Which Body?

Necessary Ingredients 1-2-3

Soy Güera

Riverbend

Humo

The Identity that Immigration Built

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