photo by: Usama Alshaibi

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Recent publications:​

• I have two poems published in the first issue of Nerve to Write.
• My manifesto i will not break my bodymind for my art is published in Wordgathering.
• My poem everything is all at once was published in Rituals of Belonging: Trans/Space is Expanding. view the digital anthology here.
• My first book, like a dog, is now available from punctum books!

Upcoming events and publications:

news:

• I was interviewed by jj rowan for Just Femme + Dandy’s newsletter. Read Some Big Green Breaths with lauren samblanet.
• I co-produced Trip Ziggurat, a new short film by Usama Alshaibi. Trip Ziggurat is about an unlikely monument in the Colorado mountains that connects an Iraqi filmmaker with his ancestral home. The film is part of HOMEGROWN, a regional short film initiative presented by Firelight Media for PBS Digital Studios. Its third season, “Horizons,” is a collection of short films from the Rocky Mountain region. Each film represents a specific cultural community within the vast expanse of the Mountain West, exploring issues of sovereignty, belonging, and community ownership. Trip Ziggurat is streaming on PBS and the PBS Documentaries Youtube Channel. Watch the film here.
• You can now watch the recording of the Punctum Books reading fundraiser: Crips for Esims for Gaza which includes readings from Ammiel Alcalay, Marta Cariello, Iain Chambers, Alexandra Juhasz, Lauren Samblanet, Léopold Lambert, & Jay Schaffner.

Upcoming workshops/teaching events: