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My latest labor column is up! Unfortunately, it's about a coffee shop I really liked :(

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahSeptember 3, 2025matter news, parable coffee, the worker's view, labor, labor column, living wage, columbus oh, columbus oh coffee shops, parable, coffee shop

I have a poem in Southern Humanities Review!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahSeptember 3, 2025southern humanities review, dreaming of a whole new world, palestine poem, palestinian, black warrior review, university of alabama, auburn university, lit mag, literary magazine

I was interviewed about We Had Mansions in Porter House Review!

WE HAD MANSIONS, writing updatesMandy ShunnarahSeptember 3, 2025porter house review, our people had mansions, we had mansions, lit mag, literary magazine, interview, author interview

I got honorable mention in a BIG poetry contest!

WE HAD MANSIONS, writing updatesMandy ShunnarahSeptember 3, 2025wergle flomp, wergle flomp humor poetry contest, mr potato head, humor, humor poetry, honorable mention, poem, new poem, winning writers, funny poem, contest, lit mag, literary magazine

One of my poems was nominated for Best of the Net 2026!

WE HAD MANSIONS, writing updatesMandy ShunnarahAugust 13, 2025best of the net, beestung, nomination, lit mag, poetry award, the hookah

My latest for Columbus Weddings!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahJune 28, 2025columbus weddings, getting married in columbus oh, columbus oh wedding vendors, interactive weddings, columbus oh, columbus ohio

Without childcare support, many parents struggle to work. My latest labor column is out!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahJune 16, 2025matter news, labor rights, labor, labor column, childcare crisis, ohio kids first

I read some poems for a Palestine fundraiser!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahJune 16, 2025palestine, palestine writes, palestinian, palestine poem, nonprofit, fundraiser, redneck palestinian, arab american national museum, ask the night for a dream, anthology, poetry writer, poet

2 new poems just dropped! Both are critiques on the art world

writing updates, WE HAD MANSIONSMandy ShunnarahMay 28, 2025poem, poems, palestine poem, ekphrastic, ekphrasis, dora maar, urban arts space, commune journal, artist commune, columbus ohio, columbus oh, we had mansions, new poem

WE HAD MANSIONS COVER REVEAL + PREORDER LINK!!

WE HAD MANSIONS COVER REVEAL + PREORDER LINK!!

WE HAD MANSIONS, writing updatesMandy ShunnarahMay 19, 2025we had mansions, poetry book, poetry collection, palestine poem, palestinian genocide, palestinian, palestinian history, palestinian art, palestinian author, palestinian poetry, cover reveal, book cover reveal, diode editions, fundraiser, preorder

My latest labor column is out at Matter News! Learn more about the Pay Stub Protection Act

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahMay 6, 2025the worker's view, matter news, pay stub protection act, central ohio worker center, immigrants, immigrant community, wage theft

I've got 2 new poems in The Dodge!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahMay 5, 2025the dodge, lit mag, literary magazine, poetry writer, new poem, we had mansions

My latest labor column is out!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahApril 14, 2025the worker's view, matter news, osu, wexner medical center, osu hospital, unsafe staffing, understaffed, working conditions, labor, labor rights, labor column, journalist, journalism

Listen to me read "ode to cows & clitorises"!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahApril 13, 2025crab creek review, poetry reading, poetry, poetry writer, ode to cows & clitorises, lit mag, literary magazine

Give these local queer bands and musicians a listen!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahMarch 18, 2025experience columbus, lgbtq, queer, queer musicians, queer bands, columbus oh, columbus oh music

The second installment in my labor column at Matter News is out!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahFebruary 28, 2025the worker's view, matter news, iatse, iatse local 12, the wex, wexner center for the arts, ohio state university, osu, union, union organizers, stagehand, theater

Read my 2 newest poems in Electric Lit!

writing updates, WE HAD MANSIONSMandy ShunnarahFebruary 5, 2025electric literature, electric lit, palestinian, palestinian author, palestine poem, palestinian writers, palestinian poetry, new poem, poetry writer, poetry, poems, poem, poet, palestine

Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry is available for preorder!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahFebruary 3, 2025heaven looks like us, palestinian poetry, george abraham, noor hindi, haymarket books, anthology, poetry anthology, palestinian poetry anthology

I'm in the Tin House Winter Online Workshop and the Kenyon Winter Online Workshop this year!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahFebruary 3, 2025tin house, tin house winter online workshop, tin house workshop, kenyon review, kenyon winter online workshop, kenyon poetry workshop, tin house poetry workshop, sophomore slump

I've got a labor column at Matter News!

writing updatesMandy ShunnarahFebruary 3, 2025matter news, the worker's view, labor column, labor, labor rights, planned parenthood, planned parenthood of greater ohio, ppgoh, union, union organizers, planned parenthood union