Adnan’s Voyage, War, and Exile
This is the third post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating ...
Hocine Tandjaoui: Tribute to Allen Ginsberg
This is the second post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating ...
Lyn Hejinian
“with sun up / and down dark on / and on as life continues / ending with urgency / —that— / a predatory subjectivity feels / drawn between banks / from higher grounds down / like ...
Olivia C. Harrison: On Palestine Solidarity
This is the first post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating ...
Notes from the Portal: Berlin’s kari edwards Workshop & Gathering
This past month me and Berlin-based poet and educator emet ezell gathered writers at Berlin's Hopscotch Reading Room to write alongside the work of experimental poet and trans-rights activist kari ...
24-Hour International Reading, Organizing, and Direct Aid
International Reading for Freedom of Expression & Solidarity with Palestine On November 25th, we gather writers from around the world for a 24-hour reading in support of Palestinian writers, Palestinian voices in diaspora, and their allies. We gather ...
Our Newest eBook: It’s go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land by Leslie Scalapino.
We’re thrilled to be launching our third eBook, It's go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land by Leslie Scalapino – out now! This publication is part of Open Poetics Series ...
Alchemy of Species: on Will Alexander’s The Coming Mental Range
For Will Alexander, philosophy “means inquiry into the broadest view, into the most encompassing range, taking into account the known and what is considered to be the unknown.” This malleable and generous approach is also what animates ...
New Teaching Resource: Experimental Performance Scenarios
We are pleased to share our newly published Litmus Teaching Guide, Experimental Performance Scenarios, a three-book reference map exploring the constellation of thinking around performance writing. For this guide, we have prepared discussion questions and generative prompts focusing on
Celebrating The Cloud Notebook by Ada Smailbegović in NYC and Providence
Can a sky or a shape that moves at another pace or rhythm be a kind of memorial for another that moves at a pace yet faster or slower than itself? — The Cloud Notebook Brimming with precise and ...