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Naslund, Sena Jeter, “Ahab’s Wife or, The Star Gazer” (Harper Perennial 1999)

When my hands were little, and my mother was teaching me to sew, she placed her hands over mine. She…

Moby Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund, sewing, Travel, wanderlust, women writers, women's work, writing

You’re invited to attend and spread the word about ASUR’s Workshops on Writing + Resistance

Please spread the word and consider attending these upcoming workshops on creativity + resistance. Please note : must preorder $5-20…

ASUR, resistance, writing

Lowry, Malcolm, “Ultramarine” (Overlook Press 1962)

“Perhaps you will write about your experiences.” “Ja, perhaps,” I said. “That is certainly a point. but the desire to…

a sailor's life, life at sea, Malcolm Lowry, the sea, Ultramarine, Writer's Life, writing

Yau, John “Please Wait by the Coatroom”, “Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures” (The New Museum of Contemporary Art 1990)

For Lam to have achieved the status of unique individual, he would have had to successfully adapt to the conditions…

Art, Critical Theory, Culture, ethnicity, Identity, John Yau, Mixed Race, race, Wilfredo Lam

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