For many of these writers, their Latinx identity and commitment to their craft are inseparable. Jiménez says she has been writing poetry for as long as she can remember — and being Latinx, being Puerto Rican, is a crucial part of that. “I think that’s the way most of us see our artmarking,” she says. “That’s just a part of who we are, and how we move in the world.”
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Keith S. Wilson is a poet, Cave Canem fellow, and video game designer. Keith is originally from California, and spent his teen years and early twenties in Kentucky before settling in Chicago. His debut book Fieldnotes […]
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An interview with Pittsburgh organizer Alexandra Oliver about the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon.
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The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression recently released a documentary exploring freedom of creativity in Egypt by interviewing the artists that have been subjected to governmental censorship.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo on the arrest and ongoing detention of Cuban graffiti artist El Sexto.
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In times of oppression, almost everything becomes political, including a photographic exhibition celebrating nudity.
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Sehba Sarwar founded Voices Breaking Boundaries, a cultural organization that crosses borders, sustains dialogue, and incites social justice through art.
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