A Conversation with Safia Elhillo
Artist Spotlight Vamika Sinha Artist Spotlight Vamika Sinha

A Conversation with Safia Elhillo

Postscript’s EIC Vamika Sinha sat down with Sudanese-American poet Safia Elhillo, prior to her performance at this year’s Hekayah Festival, an event held as part of the UAE’s National Day Celebrations to showcase a diversity of artists, performers and creators exploring concepts of their home and heritage

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ode to kali
Issue 24 Vamika Sinha Issue 24 Vamika Sinha

ode to kali

“in my language, काली means darkgirl or / the divine feminine” – a lyrical acknowledgment to female power and guidance, by Vamika SInha.

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Amma, Acha & Malayalam ft. english
Issue 21 Aathma Nirmala Dious Issue 21 Aathma Nirmala Dious

Amma, Acha & Malayalam ft. english

“This new city gentrifies her tongue; / he wonders if he can build “ – Aathma Nirmala Dious’ new poem weaves her parents’ lives and history with their migration to the Gulf from Kerala, India.

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Noxchi Eats Galnish
Issue 20 - Food Anita Shishani Issue 20 - Food Anita Shishani

Noxchi Eats Galnish

“Garlic, heavy salty bone broth, steaming pasta-like galnish and tender lamb: the way to any Chechen’s heart” – Anita Shishani discusses galnish, a food integral to her memory and heritage.

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"Origins"
Issue 16 Jamie Uy Issue 16 Jamie Uy

"Origins"

“this poem began in the belly of a fish in the south china sea” – Jamie Uy traces her roots and histories in this tumbling prose poem.

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out of (the) blue
Issue 16 Samantha Neugebauer Issue 16 Samantha Neugebauer

out of (the) blue

“what is new in the world is not / bombs in yemen or / the plateauing of tragedy inside / a single body” – a poem for the times, by Samantha Neugebauer.

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Edit
Issue 11 Vamika Sinha Issue 11 Vamika Sinha

Edit

Vamika Sinha explores the creative process of editing, itself an art, in this new poem.

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On Writing in English
Issue 10 Dayin Wijaya Issue 10 Dayin Wijaya

On Writing in English

“My relationship with English began with the need to forsake my origin, to renounce my identity” — Dayin Wijaya unspools the tangle between his Indonesian heritage with the prevalence of English language education in his life.

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Wire Matters
Issue 06 Arthur De Oliveira Issue 06 Arthur De Oliveira

Wire Matters

In this surreal poem, Arthur de Oliveira considers his own “wiring”, his self, and the Portuguese and English that mixes in him to produce the output of his identity.

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