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How I Wrote This: An Interview With Mariya Kika

Interview

“This poem was the culmination of many different conversations, each discussing systemic inequalities and the way they’ve been upheld over time. These discussions framed the way I thought of colonialism, or what once was, and coloniality, or what persists, and how this [cycle] continually serves power dynamics that have persisted for generations.” On the blog, Leela Raj-Sankar speaks to Mariya Kika on her poem “Vengeance.”

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A Conversation With Bea Bolongaita

Interview

“How would a Midwestern girl experience jealousy? And how would that Midwestern girl experience that jealousy if she also happened to be Filipina American? What if she was an eldest daughter, or an academic achiever, or a chronic people pleaser?” On the blog, Saturne Browne interviews Bea Bolongaita on her new chapbook, The Tomato Woman (Sunset Press, 2023).

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