PAPER AND STICK @TramEditions. MFA student at Warren Wilson. RAWI Board Member. she/هي
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Priscilla Wathington retweeted
The Trump administration has made their intent clear—student protesters defending Palestinian human rights will be targeted, detained and deported.
Thanks to @catebrown12 @mariasacchetti @John_Hudson for including @theCCR's voice here...
washingtonpost.com/immigrati…
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Since I became a UNSR, hardly a day passed without Israel's killing at least one Palestinian child. A decades-long tradition that escalated into genocidal acts after Oct'23 (since then, Israel has killed nearly 40 Palestinian children a day).
The silence of the corporate media and political leaders is everyday more deafening. And racist.
Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian children in the back today in the occupied West Bank. Soldiers fired on both children from inside armored military vehicles.
Ayman Al-Hemouni, 12, in Hebron and Rimas Ammouri, 13, in Jenin.
Read more: dci-palestine.org/israeli_fo…
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Arab Women in the Arts - San Francisco edition begins tomorrow, May 9 with screenings of NEZOUH, DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO as well as a local version of the BANAT EL HARA art show and a special poetry reading. I hope you will join us: arabfilm.us/women
The annual Arab Women in the Arts showcase starts tomorrow! Get your tickets now: arabfilm.us/women
All proceeds from the 2024 edition of Arab Women in the Arts will be donated to @pal_legal 🍉🤍
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Join @TramEditions Saturday 1pm at @nolapoetry fest! Our "Margins that Matter:A Celebration of Tram Editions Poets" features the work of @ALoveTigh, @prwath @LBrazealGarza @maraebrarian, & @cynthis66_hogue!
Our cofounding eds. @GlennShaheen &Elizabyth Hiscox will be there too!
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
I wrote some writing prompts for folks trying to write during open genocide.
If you're doing #NaPoWriMo, i invite you to write toward resistance & refusal, toward honesty & action.
This week's prompt on "curating ourselves into the living archive" continues below.
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This #NationalPoetryMonth, we've invited @rashaabdulhadi to contribute weekly writing prompts toward "resistance & refusal, toward honesty & action". See the full prompt for Week 1, along with the rest of the month here: arabamericanwriters.org/blog…
ALT NATIONAL POETRY MONTH prompting us toward resistance & refusal, toward honesty & action with Rasha Abdulhadi See full prompts here: tinyurl.com/rawinpm24
![WEEK 1: WRITING OURSELVES INTO THE LIVING ARCHIVE “So many prompts are about content or form. I invite you to write about purpose, context, and curation this week. Be as specific as you dare. You have permission to be intimate, ambitious. See [full post] for texts you might write with or against.” - Rasha Abdulhadi tinyurl.com/rawinpm24](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GKMUM6taoAAtFYn.jpg?name=orig)
ALT WEEK 1: WRITING OURSELVES INTO THE LIVING ARCHIVE “So many prompts are about content or form. I invite you to write about purpose, context, and curation this week. Be as specific as you dare. You have permission to be intimate, ambitious. See [full post] for texts you might write with or against.” - Rasha Abdulhadi tinyurl.com/rawinpm24
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Footage showing the massive destruction that Israeli forces inflicted on the so-called 'safe zone' of Al-Shaboura camp in Rafah.
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
If you are feeling sad and hopeless that is completely understandable, but it's also a luxury we can't afford right now. Here's a list of some great organisations helping on the ground, just as a handy guide:
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Today at 3:20! Catch our @TramEditions co-founding editor @GlennShaheen and Tram author @ALoveTigh at this #AWP2024 panel along with phenomenal writers @profstalina and @RJamesTyrone!
Today! 3:20! #AWP2024, Join us for "Building Writing Collectives that Empower & Support Outside the Institution," feat. @profstalina, @GlennShaheen, @RJamesTyrone & myself!
NOTE: Most recent outline isn’t loading in the app but avail. if viewing @awpwriter sched. via webbrowser
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Five years ago today, I was fired from CNN after giving a speech at the United Nations in defense of Palestinian rights. So much about the situation in Israel and Palestine has changed since then. I can’t help but wonder how this “dangerous” speech would have been received now:
youtu.be/oK1ZKbvQ1io
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
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Palestinian poet and short story writer Mosab Abu-Toha and speaker at the 2023 Palestine Writes Literature Festival was arrested on November 18 by the IOF. Abu-Toha was fleeing from the North of Gaza along with his wife and three year old son when he was approached by the IOF and told to put his son down and put his arms in the air. He was simply taken by the IOF without being given a reason and has not been heard from since. Abu Toha’s debut poetry book, “Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear,” was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won an American Book Award. We demand the immediate release of Mosab and all political prisoners.
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
We want to share the cover of our latest chapbook MĀORI MAID DIFFICULT by @maraebrarian!
@alice_tps writes"...Ancestors, family, language& land are everywhere–invoked, described, present, pulsing, overlapping–in this stunning collection..."
Cover art: Te Arero by Hiria Anderson
ALT It's an exciting day at Tram Editions--we want to share this with you: the cover of our latest chapbook, Nicola Andrews' MĀORI MAID DIFFICULT! This collection ships at the start of 2024! Watch this space this week--we're posting the preorder link very, very soon. Alice Te Punga Somerville writes, "....Ancestors, family, language and land are everywhere – invoked, described, present, pulsing, overlapping – in this stunning collection that speaks from, about, to, and towards Aotearoa. In so many ways, Māori Maid Difficult is a first yet it brings to mind generations of Māori poets who have gone..." Andrews' chapbook cover features “Te Arero” by Hiria Anderson, courtesy of the artist and Tim Melville Gallery. Photo of the work by Kallan MacLeod.
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Here at @TramEditions, this is the time of year when we celebrate @cynthis66_hogue appreciation season. Author, translator, teacher—we’re so proud to feature her work at our press!!!
Order CONTAIN at our Tram Editions site or find INSTEAD IT IS DARK out now w/@RedHenPress!
"...Suddenly we’re audience to a morality play..."--from @cynthis66_hogue's poem, The Way is Narrow. We're admiring Cynthia's @salon_salvage reading on this #tbt!
Order her chapbook CONTAIN on our Tram Editions website or find her book INSTEAD IT IS DARK out now w/@RedHenPress!
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
The Israeli government is responsible for enforcing an apartheid state and rampantly abusing the rights of Palestinians.
Congress should not be giving a platform to the President of a country that shows no respect for human rights. I will not be attending his joint address.
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Exclusive 3D reconstruction from Visual Forensics
Undercover Israeli officers conducted raid in busy civilian area in Jenin, shooting two visibly unarmed targets, killing a child riding his bike.
Proud to work on this with @mmkelly22 and @leloveluck
wapo.st/42aGJ27
Washington Post independently verifies Israeli forces' killing of a Palestinian youth (14) in Jenin on March 16.
#nowaytotreatachild
washingtonpost.com/world/int…
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Poets! The deadline for the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize is April 15. The guest judge for the 2024 Prize is Trish Salah.
Details: uapress.com/eteladnanpoetrys…
@RAWInews @JessRiz @abugoddess @PeterTwal @mayaslmh @ArkansasEditor @Anasemia
Priscilla Wathington retweeted
Getting ready for #NationalPoetryMonth? Check out the prompts we collected from SWANA writers last year on our Resources tab ✨️ and stay tuned for 30 more this year 👀 arabamericanwriters.org/reso…
ALT Poetry Month Prompts 2022, Radius of Arab American Writers with a Moon and Rainbow in the background.
The audience energy at the @awpwriter chapbook panel was so incredible. If you want to come chat, I’m at the @RAWInews & @Mizna_ArabArt booth 939. I’ll be signing 11-12.
