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Lubna Safi on Speaking Your Mind and Not Having Language for Every Facet of an Experience

Lubna Safi on Speaking Your Mind and Not Having Language for Every Facet of an Experience

An interview with Lubna Safi from The Write Stuff series: Lubna Safi is a poet, writer, and graduate student residing in California. Her poems and essays have…

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Better Ancestors 7: TJ Sykes, SevanKelee Boult, Hilary Cruz Mejia & Meilani Clay

Better Ancestors 7: TJ Sykes, SevanKelee Boult, Hilary Cruz Mejia & Meilani Clay

Quiet Lightning presents the seventh Better Ancestors, a quarterly series showcasing writers of color, in Oakland’s Mosswood Park on Monday, July 4, 2022. Hosted by Kelechi Ubozoh and…

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Alec Scott on Reaching Through Time, Grabbing You by the Lapels, and Saying, This is How it Was, This is How it Is

Alec Scott on Reaching Through Time, Grabbing You by the Lapels, and Saying, This is How it Was, This is How it Is

An interview with Alec Scott from The Write Stuff series: Alec Scott is a Canadian writer living in Oakland. A former litigator, he has worked as an…

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