Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 32
with Hana Shafi, Niloufar-Lily Soltani, and Jennifer Bowering Delisle
Hi friends,
In Issue 32 of Send My Love to Anyone, you’ll find a poem and illustration from Hana Shafi’s new collection People You Know Places You’ve Been: poems and illustrations, an excerpt from Niloufar-Lily Soltani’s novel Zulaikha, and an essay from Jennifer Bowering Delisle’s book, Micrographia.
In Gatherings, I share three upcoming events, the blurb I wrote for Kirby’s new book of poetry, and I recommend Mosab Abu Toha, Fady Joudah, Canisia Lubrin, Lilian Nattel, a Hal Hartley film, and more!
Hana Shafi | Issue 32
gasolineit is a rite of passage to mix every slushie flavour into one sugary smorgasbord of ice cold slush to pretend that popeyes candy sticks are cigarettes and that rockets are ecstasy we put air in our tires at the bicycle pump we once liked the smell of gasoline we thought oil slicks on the tarmac were beautiful gas stations see more diversity …
Niloufar-Lily Soltani | Issue 32
Excerpt from Zulaikha
Her cellmates told her she should not expect to leave the prison on her own on the release day. “No car is allowed on the premises and no one can know what this place looks like from the outside. “They will take you to Luna Park and leave you there.”
Jennifer Bowering Delisle | Issue 32
Excerpt from Micrographia
The Dance
When I was very young, I told my mother I wanted to be the next Shakespeare. I don’t think I knew that he was a poet. I don’t think I even knew his stories were plays. But …
Gatherings | Issue 32
Upcoming Events I’ll be reading at the Wild Prose Readings in Victoria on January 25, 2024 at 6:30pm with JD Derbyshire and Emi Sasagawa! Hope to see you there!
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