This National Poetry Month, we continue to honour and stand alongside the Palestinian people, who resist the ongoing colonization of their lands, apartheid, and genocide perpetuated by Israel. Literature and art are cultural testimonies, and Palestinian writing...
As the year opens, we’re thinking of the words of writer and artist Saretta Morgan: “I want to wake every morning into love, where love is the question of how I’m going to help you get free, where that means whatever it needs to mean.” This is an exercise of feminist...
In this second installment of Palestinian voices to listen to, we’re reflecting on the rich tradition of literature in laying the facts bare and speaking truth to power — especially feminist literature. Notably, core feminist writers Angela Davis and, bell hooks signed the Statement in Solidarity with the Palestinian People of Gaza in 2014, “call[ing] upon all people of conscience to stand with Palestine.”
As readers, writers, and artists, the impulse to act may feel insignificant at this moment. Our team at Room certainly understands this. Amidst mass catastrophe, we turn to Toni Morrison, who said of living through crisis: “This is precisely the time when artists go...