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About Place Journal
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A literary journal published by the Black Earth Institute blackearthinst.bsky.social | Dedicated to re-forging the links between art and spirit, earth and society.
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Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
Submissions – About Place Journal
Call for submissions of poetry, prose, visual art, multimedia and hybrid work that explore place as a site of struggle and survival.
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The Painter of Sad Faces

"Before long, I became an ardent admirer of Nuri İyem, especially of his sad women faces and migration paintings. They touch and move me in ways that no other painting has ever done.'

Aysel K. Basci is a nonfiction writer & translator
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Aysel K. Basci – On Freedom – About Place Journal
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January 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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Our Fiction Contest is open until the end of the month! We're so excited to have Jamil Jan Kochai as this year's judge. Send us your best fiction under 4,000 words. Winners receive publication, contributor payment, and a full scholarship to our Writers Workshop.

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January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I am a branch grown wild far from ancient groves—
Olive roots watered by distant sun,
Shadowed now by London rain.
Even here, the keffiyeh’s threads
run under my skin—
heredity memory stitched into mornings dense with tea

From 'Roots in exile' - Adam Suleiman
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January 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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The call for the next issue of About Place Journal, "The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance," is now open. We would love to have your work!

🗓️ Submission period: January 1 to March 10, 2026
🖋️ Editorial team: Amanda Ngoho Reavey, Seth Copeland, Nora Boxer & Beatrice Szymkowiak. #LitMag
Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
Submissions – About Place Journal
Call for submissions of poetry, prose, visual art, multimedia and hybrid work that explore place as a site of struggle and survival.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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How do you write a place? How does a place resist?

I couldn't be more excited about this incredible opportunity. Thank you to Amanda for inviting me to guest edit this issue. Send us your place pieces!
The Call for Submissions for the next edition of our literary journal opens January 1, 2026.

The @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social editorial team for 'The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance' issue invites work that explores place as a site of struggle and survival.

Explore the call ⬇️
Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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It's open! Our own Seth is a guest-editor alongside some very cool people. Can't wait to see what you've got!
The Call for Submissions for the next edition of our literary journal opens January 1, 2026.

The @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social editorial team for 'The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance' issue invites work that explores place as a site of struggle and survival.

Explore the call ⬇️
Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
These days, our only sanctuary might be with one another.

Wherever the women are calling us, fear can galvanize action, impelling us to take risks, to voice our dread when even everyday life becomes paralyzing.
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From 'Anthem for the Silenced' by Gail Tyson
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December 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The Call for Submissions for the next edition of our literary journal opens January 1, 2026.

The @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social editorial team for 'The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance' issue invites work that explores place as a site of struggle and survival.

Explore the call ⬇️
Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
Submissions – About Place Journal
Call for submissions of poetry, prose, visual art, multimedia and hybrid work that explore place as a site of struggle and survival.
aboutplacejournal.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Did you miss the livestream with our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees? Here's the link to watch and listen to the virtual readings from the 'On Freedom' and 'Careful/Care-full Collaboration' issues of About Place Journal. @pushcartprize.bsky.social #LitMag #Poetry www.youtube.com/watch?v=N37u...
Pushcart Prize Nominee Reading About Place Journal 2025 On Freedom & Careful/Carefull Collaboration
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December 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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I could not be more pleased that my poetry appeared in Shenandoah Literary Magazine, Ploughshares, and Poetry Northwest this year. It's really such an honor and I'm so grateful.
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Very stoked to have a new poem up at @somewordslit.bsky.social today. It’s such a cool project. I hope y’all give it a look. Big thanks to editor @juscarts.com for giving this one a home! somewords.boards.net/thread/32/ja...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The Flight 2 poetry selection comes from @jackbedell.bsky.social who weaves highway hypnosis in his poem “sillage”

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December 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
Submissions – About Place Journal
Call for submissions of poetry, prose, visual art, multimedia and hybrid work that explore place as a site of struggle and survival.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Our Pushcart Prize Virtual reading is happening soon, tonight at 7:30 PM ET, join us live on YouTube. ⬇️

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December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
'There’s a door' artwork by Crash Solo.

Solo is a collage artist/poet/playwright in Bellingham, Washington. He has made thousands of small collages...most of which have been added to little booklets mailed all over the world to other artists.

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December 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Join us December 18th at 7:30pm ET for a virtual event with our amazing Pushcart Prize 2025 nominees. The evening will feature readings from the 'Careful/Care-full Collaboration' and 'On Freedom' issues of our literary journal @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social. blackearthinstitute.org/pushcart-pri...
Pushcart Prize Nominees Reading
Join us December 18th at 7:30pm ET on YouTube Live From the Careful/Care-full Collaboration issue Chai is Resilience by Zorian A. Chakraborty (prose) AI by Jeremy Jacob Peretz and Joan Cambridge-...
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December 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
does she await pegasus to rescue her

or pray for wonder woman to arrive at her doorstep

once i believed in

i do not believe in much anymore

but i believe in girls

girls in Gaza.

may you dance.

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From 'girls in Gaza' by Anita Marie Júlca

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Anita Marie Júlca – On Freedom – About Place Journal
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December 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A Sorrow was concealing itself—leeching off her grieving while feeding her memories of her brother. Keeping his spirit alive enough for her to cling onto hope. Just how long had the Sorrow been harvesting off her depression?

From 'Sorrows' by Jack Holcombe

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Jack Holcombe – On Freedom – About Place Journal
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December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Joy is like pain, always here, sleeping
beneath the bedsheets, curled on the floor. I mean
when they arrest me, the zipties gnaw
my wrists, numb my fingers, and I have never been
more myself.

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From: Climate Activists Blockade Energy Dept. Headquarters

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Davin Faris – On Freedom – About Place Journal
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December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Miranda Anthem (erasure)
by Davin Faris

[You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you...

#Poetry

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November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Freight Hoppers by Giorgiana Vignali
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Vignali is entering her last year of high school as she continues to expand her artistic career. She spends her time creating visual art, picking up new instruments, and exploring the outside world.

#Art #LitMag
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November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Wasima Khan is an emerging writer and jurist from the Netherlands. She worked as a law lecturer, a legislative lawyer for the Dutch government, and an investigative journalist. She is currently working on her literary debut. Read her full poem in the latest issue of @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social.
A woman behind glass
asked me if I loved freedom.
I said yes,
but not the kind
that comes with a barcode.

Freedom here
is a performance:
a hymn sung off-key
by men in suits
who have never been hungry.

From 'The Document' by Wasima Khan

#Poetry #LitMag

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November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Honored and excited to be a guest editor for the spring 2026 edition of @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social. Thanks to Michael and Amanda for this opportunity.

Can't wait to read your work!!

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Submissions – About Place Journal
Call for submissions of poetry, prose, visual art, multimedia and hybrid work that explore place as a site of struggle and survival.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A woman behind glass
asked me if I loved freedom.
I said yes,
but not the kind
that comes with a barcode.

Freedom here
is a performance:
a hymn sung off-key
by men in suits
who have never been hungry.

From 'The Document' by Wasima Khan

#Poetry #LitMag

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November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social
nominees! Explore the nominated works from the 'On Freedom' and 'Careful/Care-full Collaboration' issues of our literary journal @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social.

#Poetry #Prose #PushcartPrize

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Pushcart Prize Nominees
From the Careful/Care-full Collaboration issue Chai is Resilience by Zorian A. Chakraborty (prose) as the fence now runs / I stand in the place by Erica M. Breen (poetry) AI by Jeremy Jacob Perez an...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM