There Are Women and There Are Djinn
My great-grandfather was a scholar who taught the Quran to djinn, never accepting payment, so as not to bind himself to them. I want to believe this. That my great-grandfather was a person so powerful, he believed what he saw. A person so certain of his faith and his strength, he did something scary because he had to.
An Appointment with the Goddess: A Review of Lisbeth White’s American Sycamore
Though each of White’s poems stands alone in form, White’s work is bridged. . . . by the elemental divinity that is a byproduct of self-reckoning.
“I move like a poet in my entire life”: An Interview with Safia Elhillo
A conversation with poet Safia Elhillio about her subversive collection, her poetic origin story, and her neverending search for the perfect poem.