aditimachado

Poet of MATERIAL WITNESS, EMPORIUM, & SOME BEHEADINGS. Translator of Farid Tali's PROSOPOPOEIA. Chapbooks: THE END, NOW + more. She/her.

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OK, last bit of book promo for at least a week, I promise. MATERIAL WITNESS (https://t.co/ufkI7UviLv) was officially published this week. Links to reviews, interviews, features, & event dates in the 🧵

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Forever and ever!

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Podcast: Aditi Machado & Carl Philips

"Carl could tell, reading her work, that this was a singular voice—he even remembers thinking to himself that Aditi’s style made him want to reconsider his own approach."

Listen here:
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Next up in the @Poetry_Daily summer interview series, my conversation with @aditimachado 🌿🍃🌫️

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Trendy summer footwear

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Just in case anyone's looking here. I'm in Philly and reading tomorrow at Dahlak Paradise with Anni Liu, Justin Cox, Alex Tretbar, & Alicia Wright.

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@JDPluecker I do find myself spending more in- person time with people, which is something.

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@JDPluecker Yeah and nothing's happening anywhere else as far as I can tell. The book of faces? I haven't been there in probably a decade.

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I'm at the Cleveland Poetry Festival this weekend!

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@YukitTanaka @CopperCanyonPrs Congratulations, Yuki!!!!!!!!!!!

[حسام شبات @HossamShabat]

This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :

“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.

By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.

I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”

— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.