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shah first began their practice of journaling at age five, and since then has always been a writer. They completed a writing fellowship at the California Institute of Integral Studies (2016-2017) and have since served as editor of Umber Magazine (2017 - present) as well as a contributing editor for The House of Malico (2016 - present) and Nothing But The Truth Publishing (2018). Their work has been featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books (2020), Color Theory (2019), The Black Aesthetic (2018), CUNJUH (2017) and Veudux Child (2016). shah’s two self-published zines “Black GRRRL Healing” (2015) & “Ain’t I a Womxn” (2014) paved the way for a four year multidisciplinary project in art and scholarship, resulting in a Masters portfolio and degree in Anthropology (2017).
Below is a sampling of shah’s most recent publications:
Museum of the African Diaspora Poet’s Corner is a space where poets speak to their place in the diaspora as it exists today. The poets are connected through MoAD Lit programs, including Poets-in-Residence and Authors in Conversation.
Read shah’s featured poetry on the MoAD Website!
“In the Quiet Dignity: Black Womxn, Art and Knowledge Production”
Edited by Vreni Castillo & Maya Gomez
Buy the book through Wolfman Books Press!
Listen to the reading here!
“Gazing at Gods: Visual Activism and Black Aesthetics”
Edit by Zuha Khan; Book Design by Sasha Kelley
Published by Unity Press.
Purchase online from Printed Matter Inc.!
Order Issue 3 Sound, featuring the poem “To Love Air”
Issue 2: Tactile Relationships - “The Last Word: Body” & “Letter from the Editor” (2018)
- SOLD OUT!
Read Part One Now!
"To Reclaim Our Names" is a multimedia poem ruminating on the embodiment of memory, nostalgia, diaspora, and longing.
Published by the House of Malico.
Season Two available through Printed Matter Inc.
“The Black Woman Is God - How Countervisuality and Black Cinema Create Ideological Healing”
Published by Wolfman Books.
“Foundations Two & Three;” “Sudanese Women”
“Black GRRRL Healing” (Film Stills)
Available online through Issuu Publishing.