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Quest of identity
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“We inhabit a land; the land inhabits us”
An interview with the judges of Briarpatch’s 12th annual Writing In The Margins contest: Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, Jessica Johns, and Randy Lundy.
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Whispers
Three years after leaving my family’s home and leaving the double life I was living as a closeted queer Muslim teen, I moved back. With this series, I explore how my relationship with religion, family, and my own queer identity has grown and has manifested in the atmosphere of our home.
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The residents of the Happiness Inn
In Niagara Falls, Ontario, low-income seniors are left with no choice but to move into an uninhabitable motel: the Happiness Inn.
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Amber Dawn, jaye simpson, and Jeff Bierk on ethics, futures, and rejection in art
An interview with the judges of Briarpatch’s 11th annual Writing In The Margins contest.
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“I fear the moment when the listener decides that I am incorrect, uninformed, or too self-interested to be speaking truthfully.” A photo essay about the fear of being silenced.
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Art against colonialism
An interview with the judges of Briarpatch’s 10th annual Writing In The Margins contest: Larissa Lai, Pat Kane, and Sonnet L’Abbé.
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Flux
The Yukon is caught between millennia of geological change and the accelerated effects of climate change. These photos capture the natural chaos, change, and destruction of an ever-shifting landscape.
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The literal – and literary – futures we build
Briarpatch editor Saima Desai talks to two judges of our Writing in the Margins contest about Idle No More and MMIWG, ethical kinship, writing queer sex, and their forthcoming work.
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“To create other worlds inside this one”
An interview with Writing in the Margins judges Gwen Benaway, Alicia Elliott, and Jalani Morgan
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Capturing the long arc of struggle and resilience
The stories in this issue embody the continuity of struggles past.
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Conditions for Security
In a refugee camp in Lebanon, a young Syrian photographer captured moments of growth, life, and love.