In Volume Five: Chapter Twelve, we welcome Poet, Writer, Playwright, and Author of the forthcoming poetry collection, “I Hope This  Helps”, Samiya Bashir.

Samiya Bashir’s honors include the Rome Prize in Literature, the Pushcart Prize, Oregon’s Arts & Culture Council Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature, plus numerous other awards, grants, fellowships, and residencies including MacDowell, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the New York Council on the Arts. She is the author of three books, and her fourth “I Hope This Helps” is scheduled to be released May 13th.

Contact Samiya:
Instagram: @scryptcreeper          Threads: @samiyabashir
Website: samiyabashir.com            Order I Hope This Helps

Recorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include:

Melissa Newman-Evans – Nine Things I Would Like To Tell Every Teenage Girl
Instagram: @saber.my.champagne
Threads: @saber.my.champagne

L3thal Po3t – Superhero               First Appearance: Here
Instagram: @poetic.dreamcatcher               Second Appearance: Here

Tucker Bryant – Facts About Myself
Instagram: @iamtucks
Website: tuckerbryantspeaks.com

Meccamorphosis – Thriftshop
Instagram: @meccamorphosis
Website: meccamorphosis.com

Natasha Hooper – A Letter To Whomever Is Next
Instagram: @natashadeepoetry