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Welcome to Amplified Voices, a Special Issue of Writers Resist
Since the Vietnam War, violent conflict has been made visible to even the least likely victims, on televisions, then phones, now raging across social media—and [...]
From the Editor of Amplified Voices
By DW McKinney These words—the ones in this note and the ones in this issue—are difficult to write. Do not look away from them. [...]
They Are All Terrorists
By Lori Yeghiayan Friedman is what my (now long-dead) mother used to say to the TV news reports of the bombings, beheadings, settlements, kidnappings, [...]
Two Poems by Saheed Sunday
a daggerpoint & what is salvation if not how we give our body to beauty to the memory of what does not rust —Othuke Umukoro [...]
Caught in the Crossfire of a Madding Crowd
By J.D. Harlock caught in the crossfire of a madding crowd, the child runs into the arms of her mother and nestles herself 'neath [...]
Gauze
By Lisa Suhair Majaj when you learn that “gauze” comes from Gaza you will begin to understand how light passing through translucent fabric illuminates [...]
Ofrenda for Resistance
By Jordan Alejandro Rivera Tier I: Inframundo Poppy and cempasúchil petals Intermingled as our destinies Blood, bones, and stems Obsidian spearheads And shattered sugar [...]
In Pillars, the Prized City
By Maira Faisal “You ask: What is the meaning of ‘homeland’? "They will say: The house, the mulberry tree, the chicken coop, the beehive, the [...]
Zoo
By N. de Vera I fidgeted at the line for immigration after arriving at LAX. When it was my turn, I calmly answered the [...]
Two Poems by Lonav Ojha
To Refaat Alareer, who became a kite Brother, you looked so loving, holding very gently that box of strawberries, and behind your home, not [...]
18 Jennas
By Jenna Mayzouni A social media influencer had posted that he looked up how many people were killed in Gaza who shared his name. [...]
Jannah is a single strand. My father is the complementary prognosticator strand.
By Abdulrazaq Salihu 3’ [...]