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<section class="BlogList BlogList--posts-excerpt sqs-blog-list clear" data-columns="1"> <article id="post-66161b4f5d70bc69ab5dce13" class="BlogList-item hentry author-firstdraft post-type-text article-index-1" data-item-id="66161b4f5d70bc69ab5dce13"> <div class="BlogList-item-image"> <a href="/writers-program-2024/jal-jalaa" class="BlogList-item-image-link"> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/1712725228010-088I9N10H7YAPDWRMXQM/Screen%252BShot%252B2023-08-18%252Bat%252B2.19.01%252Bpm.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/1712725228010-088I9N10H7YAPDWRMXQM/Screen%252BShot%252B2023-08-18%252Bat%252B2.19.01%252Bpm.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1330x886" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Jal Jalaa" data-load="false" /> </a> </div> <a href="/writers-program-2024/jal-jalaa" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Jal Jalaa</a> <div class="BlogList-item-excerpt"> <p class="">In the language of Hindi the word 'jal' means <em>water</em> and 'jalaa' translates to the English word <em>burn</em>. Playing with multiple forms and shapes of poems - from concrete to lyric poetry - Aarushi Zarthoshtimaneshi’s buoyant metaphors seek to move fluidly within the white pages - as if traversing the seven seas, converging on the page to form a confluence of plurality. </p> <a href="/writers-program-2024/jal-jalaa" class="BlogList-item-readmore"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </div> <div class="Blog-meta BlogList-item-meta"> <a href="/writers-program-2024?author=5bee41b3a5fcac66d4d6d4a7" class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--author">Firstdraft</a><time class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--date" datetime="2024-04-10">10 April 2024</time> </div> </article> <article id="post-65f521f79307603d322601c6" class="BlogList-item hentry author-firstdraft post-type-text article-index-2" data-item-id="65f521f79307603d322601c6"> <div class="BlogList-item-image"> <a href="/writers-program-2024/guts" class="BlogList-item-image-link"> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/8400430a-1fb3-46ee-a8f9-02b53ec4f19b/paws-for-life-electronic-floppy-fish___3.png" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/8400430a-1fb3-46ee-a8f9-02b53ec4f19b/paws-for-life-electronic-floppy-fish___3.png" data-image-dimensions="1080x1080" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Guts " data-load="false" /> </a> </div> <a href="/writers-program-2024/guts" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Guts </a> <div class="BlogList-item-excerpt"> <p class="">Victor Guan Yi Zhou</p><p class=""></p> <a href="/writers-program-2024/guts" class="BlogList-item-readmore"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </div> <div class="Blog-meta BlogList-item-meta"> <a href="/writers-program-2024?author=5bee41b3a5fcac66d4d6d4a7" class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--author">Firstdraft</a><time class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--date" datetime="2024-03-20">20 March 2024</time> </div> </article> <article id="post-65e6654750b23a0ccefe4877" class="BlogList-item hentry author-firstdraft post-type-text article-index-3" data-item-id="65e6654750b23a0ccefe4877"> <div class="BlogList-item-image"> <a href="/writers-program-2024/feeling-images-and-sensing-words" class="BlogList-item-image-link"> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/e004b1a2-3cce-498a-8cc4-4aab1acf9956/rudhar_firstdraft.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/e004b1a2-3cce-498a-8cc4-4aab1acf9956/rudhar_firstdraft.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1000x750" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Feeling images and sensing words" data-load="false" /> </a> </div> <a href="/writers-program-2024/feeling-images-and-sensing-words" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Feeling images and sensing words</a> <div class="BlogList-item-excerpt"> <p class="">Megan R. Fizell</p><p class="">Following the increased reliance on web-based media to present contemporary art during the COVID-19 pandemic, the project responds to the growing demand to develop and expand the ways institutions represent and describe artworks online. </p> <a href="/writers-program-2024/feeling-images-and-sensing-words" class="BlogList-item-readmore"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </div> <div class="Blog-meta BlogList-item-meta"> <a href="/writers-program-2024?author=5bee41b3a5fcac66d4d6d4a7" class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--author">Firstdraft</a><time class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--date" datetime="2024-03-05">5 March 2024</time> </div> </article> <article id="post-5f02bdcb524a1c2b65382cb6" class="BlogList-item hentry tag-2020-program-announcement-2 author-firstdraft post-type-text article-index-4 has-tags" data-item-id="5f02bdcb524a1c2b65382cb6"> <div class="BlogList-item-image"> <a href="/writers-program-2024/sonya-holowell" class="BlogList-item-image-link"> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/1594015781700-0USBPJPHEBWV3TPFW2A8/Writers+and+Live+Night2.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/1594015781700-0USBPJPHEBWV3TPFW2A8/Writers+and+Live+Night2.jpg" data-image-dimensions="2500x2500" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Sonya Holowell" data-load="false" /> </a> </div> <a href="/writers-program-2024/sonya-holowell" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Sonya Holowell</a> <div class="BlogList-item-excerpt"> <p class="">Danger/Dancer examines Australia’s legacy of institutions and the continuing operation of these fraught systems today.</p> <a href="/writers-program-2024/sonya-holowell" class="BlogList-item-readmore"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </div> <div class="Blog-meta BlogList-item-meta"> <a href="/writers-program-2024?author=5bee41b3a5fcac66d4d6d4a7" class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--author">Firstdraft</a><time 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data-load="false" /> </a> </div> <a href="/writers-program-2024/the-bad-fiji-gyals" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">The Bad Fiji Gyals</a> <div class="BlogList-item-excerpt"> <p class="">This essay will reflect on what it means to write our own history, the significance of giving back agency to our ancestors and acknowledge generational labour around knowledge production.</p> <a href="/writers-program-2024/the-bad-fiji-gyals" class="BlogList-item-readmore"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </div> <div class="Blog-meta BlogList-item-meta"> <a href="/writers-program-2024?author=5bee41b3a5fcac66d4d6d4a7" class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--author">Firstdraft</a><time class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--date" datetime="2020-07-06">6 July 2020</time><span class="Blog-meta-item Blog-meta-item--tags"><a href="/writers-program-2024/tag/2020+Program+Announcement+2" class="Blog-meta-item-tag">2020 Program Announcement 2</a></span> </div> </article> <article 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id="post-5c8744888165f5f51a43644a" class="BlogList-item hentry author-firstdraft post-type-text article-index-9" data-item-id="5c8744888165f5f51a43644a"> <div class="BlogList-item-image"> <a href="/writers-program-2024/2018/11/27/enochmailangi" class="BlogList-item-image-link"> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/1552370738984-2M579TTPSP4BY3P7WEMB/5__Enoch%C2%A0Mailangi%2C+FIRSTDRAFT%27S+writers+program.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bee42891aef1dba9435f57b/1552370738984-2M579TTPSP4BY3P7WEMB/5__Enoch%C2%A0Mailangi%2C+FIRSTDRAFT%27S+writers+program.jpg" data-image-dimensions="750x558" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Kim Zolciak’s Move to Innocence" data-load="false" /> </a> </div> <a href="/writers-program-2024/2018/11/27/enochmailangi" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Kim Zolciak’s Move to Innocence</a> <div class="BlogList-item-excerpt"> <p 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