Sometimes mere existence is resistance, especially when you’re a woman in the midst of a war the entire world is watching. In Episode 9, our Senior Community Systems Coordinator here at Girls Write Now Lisbett Rodriguez interviews Ukranian-American poet and Girls Write Now Mentor Vera Sirota.
Faced with systemic oppression, two lovers choose a ritual called The Devouring and a world made from love.
A poem about washing my face, and watching someone else wash their face, and being a hopeless romantic.
WNYC Transmitter Park is a staple afternoon park for many, located at the bank of the East River. When observing the park and Greenpoint overall, I realize just how much it’s changed.
This is a piece, derived from my own experience, about the difficulty of letting people go. It was written in hopes of reaching an audience that, too, have experienced this and helping them move on.
This is a video about the natural world and how much of an impact it has on us in our day-to-day lives.
Cross Pollination is a podcast featuring Mentor Tingting Wei and Mentee Nayeon Park, as they explore their respective identities as Chinese and Korean Americans and how those identities have shaped their childhoods in America.
In this episode, you’ll hear a lovely conversation between mentee Allison Sengkhounmany, a high schooler from New York, and mentor Davia Schendel, a musician and performer.
A speaker reflects on their treatment of their mother.
Dear You By Julia Mercado Dear You, You are the one who never washed your hair, wore the same sweater…
Excerpts from a travel blog about studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Being 18 and wanting to run away from all that you know.
Even after we’ve destroyed ourselves over a refusal to view ourselves as one with each other and the Earth, it will never truly die. There’s something greater than ourselves, below us at all times.
A time jump into the future—my 46-year-old self revisits her old countryside home in Romania, where she used to spend her childhood summers. She finds an old journal of hers, uncovering deep memories.
This piece is at heart a study of me, a view from inside my room and inside my mind.
