Julia Aizuss

worchyng and wandryng as this world ascuth / assoc ed @the_point_mag / pitch [email protected]

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

plus it hints at what follows in the rest of the play—a v daring and original excavation of sexual violence, repair, intervention, recognition. Mouse Arts & Letters in Chicago held a staged reading this spring and I hope to see a full staging someday.

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

was so pleased to excerpt Elaine's literally extraordinary new play in this issue's literature section—such a precise and pleasurable skewering of literary aspiration and how it plays out in teacher-student and parent-child relationships

[Elaine Schiff @elaineschiff1]

https://t.co/HlV7VzAdTe

New play excerpt published in latest issue of @the_point_mag ❤️

[emily wilder @vv1lder]

detailed what i experienced, witnessed, and heard during 48 hours in israeli captivity, from the flotilla to ketziot prison camp

for @JewishCurrents at https://t.co/ELYrxhgP7q

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

for this issue I also (alongside John Palattella) talked to the poet Shane McCrae, who is extraordinary & clarifying on the artistic risk of losing one's innocence about violence—a good way to understand the achievements of “A Letter to Vania”:
https://t.co/Gw4v2bSLdi

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

asked Yousri Alghoul and his translator, Graham Liddell, a few questions—

[The Point Magazine @the_point_mag]

New online: @grahamliddell and @yousrialghoul on the writing process and collaboration behind Alghoul’s issue 35 story “A Letter to Vania,” and why writing is an act of madness.

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

if we're lucky we'll be able to read a full collection or novel of Alghoul's in English someday. but for now, his story in the issue is remarkable, and surprises and disarms me every time I read it:
https://t.co/VxmaPQinun

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Israel murdering Gaza's most prominent journalists tonight is about creating a full blackout ahead of what's coming; the total annihilation of Gaza City & completion of genocide

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality.

A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo_news show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.

He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote he feared ICE "might come to my home."
https://t.co/3rsGPahSMb

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a green card holder whose wife is eight months pregnant—is a blatant assault on the First Amendment and a sign of advancing authoritarianism under Trump. He must be released now.

[Paisley Currah @paisleycurrah]

My piece on Trump's executive orders targeting trans people is out now at N+1. https://t.co/sH8Apx3UbV

[Daragh Grant @daraghjgrant]

ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS: please consider emailing senior administrators @UChicago who have threatened an imminent use of force to clear the encampment. Whether or not you agree with the protesters, we should draw the line at the use of force against peaceful protesters.

[UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine @UofCJ4P]

If there are any alums of UChicago who want to support our encampment, we know admin is currently trying to gauge alumni support, so it would be great to write to them!

The president of Alumni Relations and Development is Armin Afsahi. His email is [email protected]

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

A picture of the West Bank right now in four dispatches: Violence and dispossession intensify as the line between settler and soldier is fast disappearing.

https://t.co/1f7TuTo9sz

[n+1 @nplusonemag]

“Suppression of speech supporting Palestinian rights is nothing new—but it’s never been this bad.” Dylan Saba (@shaabiranks) on retaliation and censorship since October 7.
https://t.co/FwBO1lGOTy

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

In the first installment of our explainer on the current situation in Israel/Palestine, we respond to readers' questions about the Hamas attacks, the American and international response, the ongoing assault on Gaza, and more.

https://t.co/pzQRjAAlWC

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

very proud today of my remarkable partner—

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

@alas_alack (I’m in…New Jersey?)

[Julia Aizuss @jaizuss_]

@alas_alack thank god someone’s at Fanelli tonight