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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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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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Anjali Mitter Duva

An Indian-American author interested in music, community, kid lit, and historical fiction.

Links
  • Faint Promise of Rain
  • Undercover Soundtrack
Topics
  • music
  • travel
Locations
  • United States
  • Massachusetts
  • Boston
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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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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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Khalfani Lawson

A writer investigating academia, the African diaspora, and theology.

Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • Georgia
  • Atlanta
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Carisa Brewster

Writes about science, technology, health, and education.

Links
  • The History of Black History Month (Portland Family)
  • Spare the Kids (Portland Family)
Topics
  • education
  • features
  • news
  • science
  • technology
Locations
  • United States
  • Oregon
  • Portland
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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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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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Katherine Mirani

Investigative reporter covering criminal justice, marginalized groups, and religion.

Links
  • Advocates urge more mental health services for unaccompanied immigrant children (The Chicago Reporter)
  • Changing Composition (North by Northwestern)
  • Resume and clips
Topics
  • religion
Locations
  • United States
  • Illinois
  • Chicago
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Joseph Mains

A poet.

Links
  • "To Live Don's Life: A Film in 15 Creams"
Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • Oregon
  • Portland
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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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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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Kyle Means

Writer and editor concentrating on sports, politics, pop culture, and film.

Links
  • WARR - We Are Regal Radio
  • MONDAYS WITH MEANS SPECIAL: ENDING THE MAYWEATHER ERA (WARR)
  • CHICAGO IN THE NEWS: CITY TO GET SPIKE LEE JOINT TREATMENT; RUNNING RAHM TAKES SHOTS (WARR)
Topics
  • history
  • music
  • politics
  • pop culture
  • sports
Locations
  • United States
  • Illinois
  • Chicago
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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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Sarah Warren

Committed to children’s literature, picture books, and introducing diverse leaders and heroes.

Links
  • Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers
  • Sarah Warren
Locations
  • United States
  • Minnesota
  • Minneapolis
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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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Terra Trevor

Writer invested in Native American issues and collaboration.

Links
  • Children of the Dragonfly Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education (The University of Arizona Press)
  • The Huffington Post archive
Locations
  • United States
  • California
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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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Shweta Narayan

Links
  • Eyes of Carven Emerald (SF Signal)
Locations
  • United States
  • California
  • Berkeley
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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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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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Warren Longmire

Links
  • Apiary Magazine archive
  • Eleven Eleven archive
  • Painted Bride Quarterly archive
  • Bedfellows
  • Ready Player One (Painted Bride Quarterly)
  • "Six things I want to tell a Nigga"
Locations
  • United States
  • Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia
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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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Aaron Samuels

Nationally acclaimed performer writing about gender, black Judaism, mental instability, and religion.

Links
  • Triumph XV: Vetala (Tor)
  • 3 Poems (CAP)
  • COVERED IN GRASS
  • Translating Jacob (Thrush Poetry Journal)
  • Identity ish
  • Aaron Samuels Poetry
Topics
  • race
  • religion
Locations
  • United States
  • California
  • Los Angeles
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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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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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Hope Wabuke

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

Links
  • 5 Moments in the Life of a Black Mother (The Hairpin)
  • How the Attachment Parenting Debate Ignores Mothers of Color (The Daily Beast)
  • Hope Wabuke
Topics
  • arts
  • culture
  • essays
  • feminism
  • literature
  • poetry
  • politics
  • social justice
Locations
  • United States
  • California
  • Los Angeles
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