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Indie Blu(e) Publishing Partners with The Kali Project

The Kali Project was conceived by indie writers and editors Candice Louisa Daquin and Megha Sood. A dear friend starting a feminist micro press was intrigued and suggested that The Kali Project serve as their inaugural publication. Everyone involved has been deeply moved by the support and enthusiasm the project has received, as well asContinue reading “Indie Blu(e) Publishing Partners with The Kali Project”

Candice Louisa Daquin Reviews On Un Becoming, aesthetic evolution of this rising ancestor, a poetic memoir by Hokis

Hokis produced her book without anyone else, I’d say she birthed it, and as such, did not want most of us involved in its creation. It was a very personal book and it reads as such. This alone has worth as a memoir and a moment of her life put into language. In my absence,Continue reading “Candice Louisa Daquin Reviews On Un Becoming, aesthetic evolution of this rising ancestor, a poetic memoir by Hokis”

Books That Matter: Hood Feminism (Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot) by Mikki Kendall

Reviewed by Candice Louisa Daquin I would not want to debate Mikki Kendall. Because unlike other authors who write from their perspective, Kendall is aware of all the perspectives and can reduce them down and go back to her point effortlessly. This isn’t easy to do given the complexities of feminism as a canon. Typically,Continue reading “Books That Matter: Hood Feminism (Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot) by Mikki Kendall”

Olive Skin – Devika Mathur (An Excerpt from Crimson Skins)

My Mother has a concave slippery mouth,untouchable with the slick tunes of time.She carries nostalgia,like an offering,a seduction performedin the onyx of mouths colliding.A star shadowmolten in pieceswith liquid layers of murmurssticking to her bare belly button.Lipids resting like a heavy eyelid.She stitches her concrete bun,as a belt of Gangesher crisp breaths floatingto tangle theContinue reading “Olive Skin – Devika Mathur (An Excerpt from Crimson Skins)”