I'm not gonna respond point by point but this one drives me insane: ⁨⁨this links to a statement opposing the cancellation of a talk by "Sam Fried, an American-born IDF soldier, in an event titled “An Evening of Conversation: The Story of One American IDF Soldier.”⁩ Not a writer, scholar, or artist.

THE BOYCOTT STANDS! Despite the ouster of Suzanne Nossel after concerted pressure from thousands of writers, @penamerica.bsky.social has made no effort toward repair or meeting any of our demands. More info here:

www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/boycott-pen-...

AWP, SMD: a guide to genocidal panels at AWP this year -

An excellent-as-always piece in @nplusonemag.com by Saree Makdisi, excoriating American institutions like PEN America for constructing and reinforcing the foundations upon which genocide is built: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Tomorrow in Brooklyn!

love this new holiday tradition

Please join us on Wednesday at 8 PM ET for a gathering/poem-sharing/fundraiser/call to action with some human beings I deeply adore and admire:

bit.ly/poetsforpalestine

from JOURNAL OF AN ORDINARY GRIEF by Mahmoud Darwish, translated from the Arabic by Ibrahim Muhawi