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Eugene Lim

Experimental fiction writer.

Links
  • The Strangers (Black Square Editions)
  • Eugene Lim
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Queens
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T Kira Madden

Fiction writer and editor.

Links
  • No Tokens
  • Writing
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Padmini Parthasarathy

Writer invested in international development and gender policy, local and neighborhood reporting, and South Asian diaspora.

Links
  • The Rule: Trapped Between Feminism and Cultural Tolerance in India (The Huffington Post)
  • The Trial That Made Rape a War Crime (Vitamin W Media)
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Whitney Richardson

A photo critic covering Africa, women’s rights, and alternative black culture.

Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Chanice Hughes-Greenberg

Interested in art writing, thick pieces, and personal essays.

Links
  • Art Observed archive
  • Sanford Biggers, Sweet Funk: An Introspective (Gnome Magazine)
Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Inae Oh

Covering culture, politics, and women’s issues.

Links
  • Charlie Hebdo Unveils First Cover Since Paris Massacre Featuring Image of Muhammad (Mother Jones)
  • Unmasking The Unspoken Heroes Of New York's Art Museums And Galleries (The Huffington Post)
Topics
  • culture
  • politics
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Chatel Theagene

An essayist writing about beauty, lifestyle, health, and natural hair.

Links
  • Essence archive
  • Back to Curly press (Back to Curly)
  • Dry No More: 5 Best Hair Moisturizers for Men (Bevel)
Topics
  • beauty
  • lifestyle
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Tausif Noor

Writer covering mental health, South Asia, art, and literature.

Links
  • Metaphors We Live By (Mouth Magazine)
  • Writing
Topics
  • art
  • literature
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Melissa Mesku

Writer and editor interested in business, philosophy, theory, and the environment.

Links
  • New Worker Magazine archive
  • Pyragraph archive
Topics
  • business
  • humor
  • technology
  • travel
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Daniel Tam-Claiborne

Writer of creative nonfiction, travel narratives, and ethnography.

Links
  • Travel Breeds Content
  • What Never Leaves
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Sukjong Hong

Bilingual writer interested in Korean politics, immigration, comics, and public spaces.

Links
  • Workers At Kum Gang San Allegedly Forced To "Volunteer" As Farm Laborers & Beg For Forgiveness (Gothamist)
  • ‘Doing all right?’ protest spreads in South Korea (Al Jazeera)
  • Sukjong Hong
  • the road to freedom village (Triple Canopy)
  • Architecture of Unrealized Potential (The Architects Newspaper)
Topics
  • comics
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Christina Tesoro

Writer and interviewer interested in body image, bisexual representation, and queer literature.

Links
  • A Personal History of Misogyny (The Toast)
  • I'm a Bitch and I'm Proud of It (Cosmopolitan)
  • I Am the Whitest Person You Know (Medium)
  • The Rumpus Interview with Monica Byrne (The Rumpus)
  • How Adorable Puppies Help Empower Girls to Change the World (This Dog's Life)
Topics
  • feminism
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Jennifer Tan

Travel, fiction, and creative nonfiction writer interested in race and identity.

Topics
  • fiction
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Queens
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Susan Yung

Documenter of the streets, as well as poetry readings, alternative jazz, and theater.

Links
  • A Gathering of the Tribes magazine
Topics
  • movies
  • theater
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Rahul dsilva

Interested in dogs, fiction, art, and autobiography.

Topics
  • art
  • fiction
  • poetry
  • travel
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Nadia Misir

Writer of creative nonfiction, short stories, flash fiction, and travel stories.

Links
  • Guyana <3 Country (Open City)
  • Questions
  • Gravatar
Topics
  • poetry
  • social justice
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Queens
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Jian DeLeon

Covering fashion, lifestyle, nerd and pop cultures.

Links
  • 5 Reasons the Fashion Industry Should Take Kanye West Seriously (GQ)
  • De-Mystifying the Cult of Common Projects (Business of Fashion)
  • Portfolio of selected work
Topics
  • fashion
  • lifestyle
  • pop culture
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Vivekananda Nemana

A storyteller and reporter interested in South Asia, timber-smuggling rackets, and long-form essays.

Links
  • In India, Latrines Are Truly Lifesavers (The New York Times)
  • Who is benefiting from the lucrative South India red sandalwood smuggling trade? (Scroll.in)
  • For Retired Maoists, Regret and Isolation (The New York Times)
  • Cityscapes
  • Vivekananda Nemana
  • Porterfolio
Topics
  • politics
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Fran Tirado

A poet, essayist, and profiler invested in gay issues.

Links
  • Hello Mr. | Saeed Jones Profile (Hello Mr.)
  • Hello Mr. | Mike Hadreas Profile (Hello Mr.)
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Nalini Edwin

A writer interested in technology, fiction, and digital art, with copyediting skills.

Links
  • Nalini Edwin
Topics
  • art
  • fiction
  • poetry
  • technology
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Alexandra Martinez

A writer interested in personal essays, album reviews, and consuming white culture through a Chicana perspective.

Links
  • Strange Powers: An Interview with Xenia Rubinos (Alt Citizen)
  • Interview: Amen Dunes is Punk in ‘Love’ (Alt Citizen)
  • Writing
  • Photos
  • Tumblr
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Lolan Buhain Sevilla

Community-minded writer invested in nonprofits, anti-violence movements, short stories, and Asian-American narratives.

Links
  • Walang Hiya ... Literature Taking Risks Towards Liberatory Practice
  • Translating New Brown (Black Lava)
Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Umair

Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Anna Qu

A writer of poetry, essays, and book reviews, concentrating on feminism, children’s writes, culture, and literature.

Links
  • Suburban Vertigo (Vol. 1 Brooklyn)
Topics
  • fiction
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Alina Gregorian

Links
  • The State of Utah Is Shaped Like a Glove (Boston Review)
  • Artists in Conversation (BOMB)
Topics
  • fiction
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Anelise Chen

A humorist and essayist concentrating on family, Chinatowns, and Asian-American literature.

Links
  • Anelise Chen
  • Asian American Writers' Workshop
  • My Evil Grandmother Turned Me Into a Ghost (Gawker)
Topics
  • essays
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
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Sarojini Seupersad

Links
  • Dora Badger
  • On The Pavement
  • The Art of the American Nickname (On The Pavement)
  • Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility (Archetypes)
Topics
  • art
  • culture
  • race
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Victoria Cho

A creative writer of fiction, sci-fi, and poetry.

Links
  • The Only Language I Speak (Apogee Journal)
  • a foreign body (The Collagist)
  • Victoria Cho
Topics
  • fiction
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Legacy Russell

Links
  • BOMB archive
  • Berfois archive
  • A Fictive Retrospective of the Bruce High Quality Foundation (The White Review)
  • Artsy archive
  • Full Bio
Topics
  • art
  • culture
  • feminism
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Adalena Kavanagh

Writer and interviewer covering Taiwan, China, fiction, and music.

Links
  • Victor LaValle Talks Monsters, Myths, and a Grand Unified Theory of Fear (Electric Literature)
  • The Rumpus Interview with Elisa Ambrogio and Naomi Yang (The Rumpus)
Topics
  • fiction
  • music
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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