
‘The poetics of skin’: Kayo Chingonyi’s Introduction to ‘More Fiya’
Read an exclusive extract from Kayo Chingonyi’s introduction to More Fiya, an anthology of Black British poetry.
Read an exclusive extract from Kayo Chingonyi’s introduction to More Fiya, an anthology of Black British poetry.
In this exclusive extract from Wasafiri 109, Adrija Dey interviews Sara Ahmed, discussing Ahmed’s experience of writing her book Complaint!, and the larger process of gathering testimonies, being a ‘feminist ear’, and working to advocate for others and oneself from an intersectional perspective.
In this exclusive extract from Wasafiri 109, Nat Raha, Sabah Choudrey, C N Lester, and Roz Kaveney discuss how in the face of racial capitalism, literature and community can act as a lifeline of connection and creative expression for trans and non binary people.
Read this excerpt from Monica Ali’s Love Marriage, first published in Wasafiri Issue 109, and available to read online for the month of March.
Read an exclusive extract of Bina Shah’s short story ‘The Book Smuggler’, first published in Issue 108: House of Wisdom, and available for free until the end of January.
S J Kim was born in Korea and raised in the American South. In this poetic extract from Wasafiri 107, Kim writes powerfully and candidly about the reality of work and survival in academia.
Heba Hayek is a London-based writer born and raised in Gaza, Palestine. In this extract from Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies, a collection of vignettes of a girlhood spent growing up in Gaza, Hayek examines the weight of old memories and what it means to leave a place behind.
In April 2019, Charne Lavery and Isabel Hofmeyr took a ship to the Antarctic peninsula for a scientific conference. In this collaborative, reflective essay, they discuss their shared experiences of reading in Antarctica. An extract from Wasafiri 106.