Nazifa Islam

Searching for a Pulse (Whitepoint Press) | Forlorn Light: Virginia Woolf Found Poems (@ShearsmanBooks) | 'Best American Poetry 2025'

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

Check out my published #SylviaPlath found poems paired with the paragraphs I used to write them. Poems from @Missouri_Review, @MissReviewMag, @QuarterlyTupelo, @sho_journal, @The_Rumpus, @IndianapolisRev, @SmartishPace, @southern_review + others. https://t.co/exdYu70cle

[The Southern Review @southern_review]

@nafoopal, “The Wind Whipped Tears into My Eyes,” from our spring 2024 issue

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

Always lovely to receive compliments—I'm so glad you liked it!

[leti @eaturlettuce]

spending more time reading poetry than writing it. & happily so. stumbled on this stunner from @nafoopal in the missouri review—

[Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @Uksherka]

I've been away but September's episode of Sherry's Shorts has played on! Listen Again to cracking stories from @RuthABrandt, @nafoopal, Cynthia Rogerson & me with the link⬇️. It's all change on Friday with a new show so catch this one now. https://t.co/7lNEuRe9gt

[Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @Uksherka]

Don't forget--there are 2 ways to listen to Sherry's Shorts on Friday: via the link ⬇️ & *live* at 12 noon UK time on https://t.co/06cv1z4j1w. Catch the tense 'Mountain Sunrise' by @RuthABrandt & the stunning 'Stupid Lovely Confidence' by @nafoopal + 2 more gems.

[The Account @TheAccountMag]

@SundressPub Art by @nafoopal and Richard Siken

Poetry by @blas_falconer @IChristian3030 @juscarts @chelsearathburn Eduardo Martinez-Leyva and Martha Silano

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

@npspoon I'm so excited for you! And I'm so excited to read this! 🥳

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

I've been super thirsty this last day. The last time I was hit with polydipsia, it was cause a manic episode was around the corner. I'm hoping for unearned joy and super productivity instead of insane anxiety coupled with insomnia. 🤞🤞

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

My favorite use of AI is the reels where popular characters are morphed into baby versions of themselves.

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

It's so insulting to imply that the only reason someone is very upset about something is because they have bipolar disorder and can't control their emotions. We have feelings and opinions like everyone else and they often have nothing to do with our diagnosis.

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

I saw 'Little Women' in theaters twice. The first time with my friend Matt. The second time with my friend Kathleen because her husband wasn't interested. He's a big movie guy too. But nope, no interest in a movie titled 'Little Women.'

[jennie’s wife @jentayIor]

im aware that men dont read vs publishers dont make books for men is a bit of a chicken or the egg problem but i do think its significant to note that women have always been open to reading “boy books” but the inverse is not true

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

My fiction tends to feature white characters and I've been feeling weird about that. It hit me today though that I'm writing about people doing weird shit and I'd rather general "Well that's despicable" reactions are attached to fictional white people instead of brown ones.

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

"Ignorance is bliss" is really seizing its moment.

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

Sorry, @nytimes, this is not the moment I start taking the weekly news quiz. I want to feel some joy some of the time.

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

Like at least once a month I have a moment of fury when I think about how you used to pay $150 and own @Microsoft software while now we're charged $100 every single year + everything we write or do is feeding their proprietary AI system. 🤬🤬🤬

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

When job hunting gets too depressing, I visit the social media accounts of the company I used to work for & spend ~1 minute mentally fixing the poor grammar, punctuation, & syntax choices in multiple posts. It's a nice way to reaffirm that I should be confident about my skillset.

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

90s trends are having a moment so you're giving the people what they want. I get it. Also, I can guarantee that literally NO ONE is missing the ads they used to have to put up with. Services deciding to add ads even when you're paying for an ad-free subscription is infuriating.

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

@npspoon @southern_review @versedailypoems Thanks, Nathan!

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

A nice positive in the midst of utter insanity. "The Wind Whipped Tears into My Eyes" was published in @southern_review and featured in @versedailypoems.

#sylviaplath #foundpoetry #thebestamericanpoetry

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

@sho_journal Thank you!

[Nazifa Islam @nafoopal]

@MandiraPattnaik @WorcesterReview Thank you! I'll do the same and let you know if I find anything.