ÖYKÜ TEKTEN

poet / translator

Öykü Tekten is a poet, translator, and editor living between Granada

and New York. She also curates and organizes poetry and art events.

MIRIAM ATKIN
poet / critic

Miriam Atkin is a poet and critic based in the Hudson Valley. She is interested in poetry as a medium in conversation with avant-garde film, music, and dance.

HALEH KHOJASTEH
multimedia artist

Haleh Khojasteh is a Brooklyn-based painter, ceramicist and sculptor from Tehran. She is founder of the international arts project, Fahimi Sisters. 

SELIM TEMO
poet / scholar

Born in Mêrîna in Êlih (Batman), Selim Temo is a Kurdish poet, translator, and scholar.

TARA HOMASI
artist

Born in Iran, Tara Homasi is a multimedia artist living in Queens, NY.

ROBERTO PEREZ

graphic designer

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. I'm fresh, energized, and inspired by what the world has to offer.

ANNA EKROS
artist

Anna Ekros is a visual artist, writer and art historian based in Stockholm, Sweden. 

SOUSAN HAMMAD

writer / educator

Sousan Hammad  has written features, essays, and op-eds for Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera America, where she was a contributing writer.

AMMIEL ALCALAY
poet / translator

Poet, novelist, translator, critic, and scholar Ammiel Alcalay teaches at Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY.

SUAD AMIRY
author / architect

Suad Amiry (سعاد العامري‎) is an author and an architect living in Ramallah. Her book Sharon and My Mother-in-Law has been translated into 19 languages.

DEVIN BRAHJA WALDMAN
musician / composer

Devin Brahja Waldman is a New York multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has collaborated with his aunt Anne Waldman since the age of ten.

ANAÏS MAVIEL
vocalist / composer 

Anaïs Maviel's work focuses on the function of music as essential to settling common grounds, addressing Relation, and creating a utopian future.

IEMANJÁ BROWN
educator / activist

Iemanjá Brown has worked as an educator in various settings, organizing environmental justice through direct action and art projects with young people.

JONATHAN WOOD VINCENT
varmint

Jonathan Wood Vincent has been singing since he cried on his mother's bosom and writing since he learned how to read. 

ANNE WALDMAN
poet / scholar

Anne Waldman is a poet, performer, professor, editor, literary arts curator, and cultural activist. She is the author of numerous collections of poetry.

TATIANA ISTOMINA
multimedia artist / writer

Tatiana Istomina is a Russian-born artist and writer living in New York. Her projects have been featured in exhibitions and screenings across the US and abroad.

WILLIAM CAMPONOVO
poet / educator

William spends his time writing about the poets Adrienne Rich, Harryette Mullen, and Alice Notley, a fact about which he could not be happier.

NICOLA MASCIANDARO
writer / scholar

Nicola Masciandaro (Professor of English, Brooklyn College, CUNY) is a writer and theorist in the spheres of medieval literature and mysticism.

SARA DENIZ AKANT
poet / performer

Sara Deniz Akant is a Turkish-American educator, poet and performer. She is the author of Babette (2015), and two other poetry books. 

JUAN CODORNÍU

musician

Juan Codorníu es guitarrista original de la banda granadina Lagartija Nick.

ETHAN GOULD
artist / writer

Ethan Gould is an artist and writer living in Brooklyn.

RIC ROYER
poet / playwright

Richard Area is a writer, playwright, and cultural critic/provocateur. He is the founder of the Psychic Readings Theatre Company.

BIRHAN KESKIN
poet / editor

Birhan Keskin is a poet and editor with several collections of poetry published in Turkish. She is also the winner of the most prestigious literary awards in Turkey.

ADJUA GARGI NZINGA GREAVES
multimedia artist

Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves (NYC, 1980) is an artist concerned with postcolonial ethnobotany, the limits of language, and archive as medium.

SAHAR MURADI
poet / educator

Sahar Muradi is a writer, performer, and educator. She is author of the chapbook [G A T E S ] and has an MFA from Brooklyn College and an MPA from NYU.

BEJAN MATUR
poet 

Bejan Matur is a Kurdish poet from the Southeast Turkey. She is the author of Winds Howl Through the Mansions among many others.

ABIODUN OYEWOLE
poet / educator

Abiodun Oyewole is a poet, teacher, and founding member of The Last Poets, which laid the groundwork for the emergence of Hip-Hop.

FERNANDO QUIGUA

psychotherapist / writer

Fernando Quigua appears writing, art bruting, brooding, and practicing dream ekphrasis and psychotherapy in New York City, where he persists.

DEMET ARPACIK

scholar / singer

Demet Arpacık is a doctoral student in the Language, Context, and Culture strand of Urban Education department at CUNY Graduate Center.

FRANCO MASCIANDARO

scholar 

Franco Masciandaro (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Professor Emeritus and a specialist in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature.

DIJWAR KARAMAN

musician

Based in NY, Dijwar Karaman is a Kurdish musician and street performer. He was among the few selected by MTA’s Music Under New York in 2017.

JAIME PUERTA

filmmaker / producer 

Jaime Puerta is a filmmaker, producer, and actor based in New York and Granada. He is also the founder of AFILMS. 

FLOY KROUCHI

musician / composer 

Floy Krouchi is a sound artist, bass player and electroacoustic composer from Paris.