Searching for a Pulse (Whitepoint Press) | Forlorn Light: Virginia Woolf Found Poems (@ShearsmanBooks) | 'Best American Poetry 2025'
Novi, MI
Joined January 2011
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Check out my published #SylviaPlath found poems paired with the paragraphs I used to write them. Poems from @Missouri_Review, @MissReviewMag, @QuarterlyTupelo, @sho_journal, @The_Rumpus, @IndianapolisRev, @SmartishPace, @southern_review + others. nazifaislam.com/sylvia-plath…
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@nafoopal, “The Wind Whipped Tears into My Eyes,” from our spring 2024 issue
ALT Excerpt from a poem by Nazifa Islam on a soft teal background. The selection reads: “A softspoken God said he couldn’t bear; looking at my stump of a soul—; that I was becoming something dark and bitter; and he felt wary; of the growing crowd of tearful stars in my eyes.” Beneath the poem is the credit line “from 'The Wind Whipped Tears into My Eyes,' a found poem from 'The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath,' spring 2024'” and the note “TSR: The Best American Poetry 2025 Selections.”
Always lovely to receive compliments—I'm so glad you liked it!
spending more time reading poetry than writing it. & happily so. stumbled on this stunner from @nafoopal in the missouri review—
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Nazifa Islam retweeted
I've been away but September's episode of Sherry's Shorts has played on! Listen Again to cracking stories from @RuthABrandt, @nafoopal, Cynthia Rogerson & me with the link⬇️. It's all change on Friday with a new show so catch this one now. mixcloud.com/invernesshr/she…
Gather round yer...er...phone, folks, for the September episode of Sherry's Shorts on @highlandhradio. Titled 'Tricky Talks' & featuring dynamite stories by @RuthABrandt @nafoopal, Cynthia Rogerson & me. Click the Listen Again link & enjoy: mixcloud.com/invernesshr/she…
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Don't forget--there are 2 ways to listen to Sherry's Shorts on Friday: via the link ⬇️ & *live* at 12 noon UK time on hhr.scot. Catch the tense 'Mountain Sunrise' by @RuthABrandt & the stunning 'Stupid Lovely Confidence' by @nafoopal + 2 more gems.
Gather round yer...er...phone, folks, for the September episode of Sherry's Shorts on @highlandhradio. Titled 'Tricky Talks' & featuring dynamite stories by @RuthABrandt @nafoopal, Cynthia Rogerson & me. Click the Listen Again link & enjoy: mixcloud.com/invernesshr/she…
Nazifa Islam retweeted
Art by @nafoopal and Richard Siken
Poetry by @blas_falconer @IChristian3030 @juscarts @chelsearathburn Eduardo Martinez-Leyva and Martha Silano
I've been super thirsty this last day. The last time I was hit with polydipsia, it was cause a manic episode was around the corner. I'm hoping for unearned joy and super productivity instead of insane anxiety coupled with insomnia. 🤞🤞
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My favorite use of AI is the reels where popular characters are morphed into baby versions of themselves.
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It's so insulting to imply that the only reason someone is very upset about something is because they have bipolar disorder and can't control their emotions. We have feelings and opinions like everyone else and they often have nothing to do with our diagnosis.
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I saw 'Little Women' in theaters twice. The first time with my friend Matt. The second time with my friend Kathleen because her husband wasn't interested. He's a big movie guy too. But nope, no interest in a movie titled 'Little Women.'
im aware that men dont read vs publishers dont make books for men is a bit of a chicken or the egg problem but i do think its significant to note that women have always been open to reading “boy books” but the inverse is not true
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My fiction tends to feature white characters and I've been feeling weird about that. It hit me today though that I'm writing about people doing weird shit and I'd rather general "Well that's despicable" reactions are attached to fictional white people instead of brown ones.
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Sorry, @nytimes, this is not the moment I start taking the weekly news quiz. I want to feel some joy some of the time.
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Like at least once a month I have a moment of fury when I think about how you used to pay $150 and own @Microsoft software while now we're charged $100 every single year + everything we write or do is feeding their proprietary AI system. 🤬🤬🤬
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When job hunting gets too depressing, I visit the social media accounts of the company I used to work for & spend ~1 minute mentally fixing the poor grammar, punctuation, & syntax choices in multiple posts. It's a nice way to reaffirm that I should be confident about my skillset.
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90s trends are having a moment so you're giving the people what they want. I get it. Also, I can guarantee that literally NO ONE is missing the ads they used to have to put up with. Services deciding to add ads even when you're paying for an ad-free subscription is infuriating.
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A nice positive in the midst of utter insanity. "The Wind Whipped Tears into My Eyes" was published in @southern_review and featured in @versedailypoems.
#sylviaplath #foundpoetry #thebestamericanpoetry
Nazifa Islam retweeted
I guess this is the year I finally understand what Marmee in Little Women meant when she said “I have been angry nearly every day of my life.”
