The Many Complexities of Bewketu Seyoum

Ethiopian novelist and poet Bewketu Seyoum discusses his writing process, how he remains connected to Ethiopia, and how the pandemic has inspired his writing.

Memories in Exile: Khet Mar and Her Sons on Burmese Culture and Adapting to the West

  The following conversation is part of an ongoing series called Memories in Exile, in which we interview current and former resident writers who have come to Pittsburgh and lived in exile on Sampsonia Way. The series […]

Poetry by Bewketu Seyoum

“I will continue to want
with no getting
your warmth, your love
your arms, your thighs.
Missing you is the real disease
no vaccine can prevent it.”

– Bewketu Seyoum

Crafton-Ingram

by Lisa Pickett

“There they go marching down Ingram Avenue dressed as little monsters and witches in the annual Halloween Parade. Prancing back on over to Resurrection Sunday hunting for those Ingram Park golden Easter eggs.”

On Filmmaker Thaelman Urgelles: The Long Road From Politics to Mentorship

Thaelman Urgelles is a celebrated Venezuelan filmmaker, perhaps most well known for his 1982 film La Boda (The Wedding), which some consider to be one of the most influential Venezuelan films of all time. In La […]

a crevice, a consequence of this

by Evan Gray

tilling the garden we lifted the hands of a fawn
half-dead & cut to be

composted in nature rock is stricken with roots…

Spice Ain’t White

by Roosha Mandal

“Alphabet, alphabet, alphabet soup:/ the clear, viscous drizzle singes my taste buds/ and my tongue yearns for/ clove, cardamom, and a country of colorful saris.”

St. John Minadeo

by Matthew Ussia

“Whenever I see a crossing guard’s bright yellow raincoat,/ I think of St. John Minadeo—”