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Each year mentees in the Girls Write Now publishing journeys put together a zine to showcase their work.
Take Me With You
Issue 1
In the first edition of Take Me With You, mentees and mentors wrote based on the theme of “underground” and shared stories, poems, art, and ideas that serve to form and inspire community.
Take Me With You
Issue 2
For the second issue of Take Me With You, mentors and mentees focused on food and culture. They created pieces that celebrate the interconnection between our lived experiences, the food we make and eat, and the people around us who share recipes, meals, and their lives with us.
Fistfull of Verse
Poetry Zine
A Fistful of Verse is a podcast and poetry zine made in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program and Girls Write Now.
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Take Me With You
An Editor's Guide The excavators of Take Me With You: Underground are not afraid of the dark. In this zine, they illuminate the dim rooms of memory, laying out past selves in neat rows on a rumpled bedspread. They voice secret desires and suppressed stories unspoken. They let what was once bubbled up inside, rise to the surface and burst through the confines placed on them. Accompany us in this transformative journey forging ahead towards something new and vibrant. The world is dark, but we shine. I neatly pack everything back up To care for them another year. Versions of myself I look back on, But still feel the need to protect. I unwillingly surrender myself to time And the memories all around me. Today I imagined time was frozen. How to tell the tale? It’s 2004. It’s 2020. It’s 2009. This is uncharted territory I close my eyes and see I am not a lost girl.
Take Me With You Issue #2
A Fistful of Verse
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Masala Spaghetti
A piece about learning to love your culture your own way, and love yourself for who you are.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Cook time: 1 hour Makes: 1 Charles Chip tin full
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Breathe In Breathe Out
Grab yourself a nice glass of water, settle into your comfiest seat, then breath in and breath out. In our final episode of A Fistful of Verse, Tara Lago grounds the listener into worlds where freedom, hope, & love prevail. Allow this episode to remind you about the miracle of breath.
If Only I Could Speak
When you go from Thailand to North Carolina, more than the spoken language changes—the box you’re put in does as well.
Limericks on a New York Night
Poetry360 mentee Mia Lindenburg tells her story of leaving poetry and returning to it upon realizing slam poetry can also capture all the joy and wonder of the world.
Intentional
Friendship fallouts are the absolute worst. These breakups can consume you like an ocean as the tides of feelings and memories come in and out. Poetry360 mentee Megumi Jindo shares her experience with one of life’s greatest heartbreaks.
The Drunken Wolf
Howling inside all of us is a wolf. Some of us have tamed it, others must let it make its ferocious sound. Poetry360 mentee Kayla Misa embraces their inner wolf in their poem “The Drunken Wolf” about their Filipina heritage, anger, and betrayal.
Yemen Called Me عسل (Honey)
If you've got a sweet tooth, this one's for you! In this episode, Poetry 360 mentee Asma Al-Masyabi journeys through her honeyed memories of Eid, baking treats, and getting lost in nostalgia that seems to be from another lifetime.
