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🔆 Sharing stories from the margins, truth from between the lines 🔆 I promote indie/underrepresented creators 🔆 The antidote to the official narrative 🔆 Mixed-race storyteller/editor 🔆 Yonsei 四世 Daburu ダブル Rejisuto レジスト Nidoto nai yoni 二度とないように
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I was dissatisfied with representation in available feeds so had to generate my own.

See the below and reply post for underrepresented writers/artists and their works.

Hope you like them and find them helpful!

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On ‘Fighting Ideological Fantasy with Fiction’

Several authors who contributed short stories to the collection spoke about their thoughts on the collapse of time, historical continuities and the notion of fighting ideological fantasy with fiction.
On ‘Fighting Ideological Fantasy with Fiction’
Several authors who contributed short stories to the collection spoke about their thoughts on the collapse of time, historical continuities and the notion of fighting ideological fantasy with fiction.
arablit.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2026’s 16-book Longlist

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction today announced 2026's judges and 16-book longlist.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2026’s 16-book Longlist
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction today announced 2026's judges and 16-book longlist.
arablit.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Apsaalooke Saints:Schizm

Confronting inherited narratives to reclaim authentic cultural spirit – a visual reflection of self-decolonization.

Not all who wander are lost.

#farawayfineart #nativebeauty #nativepride #apsaalooke #nativeamericans #art #nativeamericanculture #art #native
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I’m so happy to be bringing the play How We Go Missing, the play I wrote with Anishnaabe Theatre Exchange, to my hometown of San Pedro @angelsgateart.bsky.social! Featuring @jehneanwashington.bsky.social, Dominique K. Turner, and Honokee Dunn, with a creative writing workshop directly after.
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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THIS SATURDAY Dec 13 • Join us for a staged reading of Dr. Dunn's award-winning play How We Go Missing. Free public reading followed by a healing writing workshop for the Indigenous community. Limited space, RSVP now: HowWeGoMissing.eventbrite.com
#IndigenousArt #HowWeGoMissing #AGCC #MMIW
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Vocabulary of the Unthinkable. A powerful piece on how language, communication and thought can also become victims of humanity’s worst impulses.
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Hey, welcome to my holiday shopping guide. Here you’d find my picks for literature, art, and music by Palestinian creatives. slimanmansour.com/product/symb...
Symbol of Hope, 1985 - Palestine art by Sliman Mansour
Symbol of Hope, 1985 , Browse through our collection and choose one of the many colorful and symbolic Palestine art prints and posters of Sliman Mansour
slimanmansour.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Now Reading: The Bone Seekers by Tahar Djaout, who was an Algerian Journalist/Poet/Author assassinated for “wielding a fearsome pen”.

The book follows a teen boy who sets out on a journey to find his brother’s remains after the war. #DiverseBookSky 📚💙
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Shelley Patrick (Mvskoke) explores the meanings of two photos by Destiny J. Green (Chickasaw) in a new blog on our site: firstamerican.art/the-photography-of-destiny-j-green

📷: Destiny J. Green (Chickasaw), “Faithlyn,” 2024. Image courtesy the artist.
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Wow, honored to have The Buffalo Hunter Hunter on NYT’s 100 Notable Books of 2025:
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Please help us out. If you know of a Palestine book club / reading group, let us know.

There is: falasteenbookclub.com

And of course Llegir Palestina: arablite.org/2025/11/10/l...

Where else?
Falasteen Book Club – A growing local book club in the Austin, Texas area dedicated to Palestine. We discuss the history, the culture, the occupation, the geopolitics and various realities that are ra...
falasteenbookclub.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
For the record, these prohibited words/concepts are precisely the issues public universities should be encouraging discussion around.

Prohibiting discussion is not education, it’s indoctrination into group think, and reinforces historical bias and related privilege. By design.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for a discussion on the role of print in Native American communities. Myaamia artist Megan Sekulich and Mark Alan Mattes shared insights on how printmaking can preserve Indigenous history and culture.

#NativeAmericanArt #Printmaking #Myaamia #CommunityVoices
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Abstract Commission Painting 🎨 60x80cm #canvasart #kashartworks

DM for your own

IG: kash2dawizzle

#blackart #blueskyart #blackskycreativesinc
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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A tour de force

Naziyah Mahmood, artist, poet, Astrophysicist Aerospace Engineer and martial artist, by photographer Fiona Brims #WomensArt
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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"Assata Shakur"
Mixed Media
18x24
November 2025
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Palestinian Author Nasser Abu Srour Wins 2025 Prix de La Littérature Arabe

The awards ceremony for the 2025 Prix de la littérature arabe -- held at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on November 18 -- was an emotionally charged affair.
Palestinian Author Nasser Abu Srour Wins 2025 Prix de La Littérature Arabe
The awards ceremony for the 2025 Prix de la littérature arabe -- held at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on November 18 -- was an emotionally charged affair.
arablit.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Congratulations to our contributor, Robin Myers, for winning the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature! She is the translator of WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara. We're so thrilled for both of you!
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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This Native American Heritage Month, we encourage you to learn more about Freedman & Black Natives!

Visit IndigenousReadsRisin... for an insightful article on the history of Native Freedman and the legacy of Black Natives as well as related book lists for children, tweens, and teens.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below:

commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Palestine - 1 - Stories from the eve of the Nakba | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh, Ahmad Jaber, Anwar Hamed, Mahmoud Shukair and others
commapress.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM