MELLOW DRAMA: We Let Our Grieving Overtake Us
01.20.24
A space for slow listening, MELLOW DRAMA is an ever-unfolding radio conversation between writers across time and place. Like eating a pithy orange with a lover friend, we come together to pull language apart, get juice on our fingers, and feed each other. Hosted by shania-mark twain and DJ Oh Boy–just a couple of slow-mo homos who want to arrive with you.
Instructions for donating e-SIMs:
1) Download the app Nomad (eSIM) and sign-up. Make sure you put in your correct email because your QR code will be sent to that email.
2) Tap on Regional Plan & select Middle East.
3) Select a plan and hit Checkout.
4) Select I Understand.
5) Select payment method and Complete Purchase.
6) Find the QR code in your Inbox and screenshot just the QR code.
7) Email your QR code to gazaesims@gmail.com.
Donate to Mosab Abu Toha:
Tracklist:
Francis Bebey – Pygmy Love Song
Sylvan Esso – Make it Easy
Batya Levine – May I Be Empty, Lessons of the Heart
Batya Levine – We Rise
Roberto Musci – Water Music
Kitty Gallagher – Keening Song (Arr. Gallagher)
Sweet Honey in the Rock – On Children
POEMS:
Three poems from Calling A Wolf A Wolf, Kaveh Akbar
“I lived in the first century of world wars,” Muriel Rukeyser
“I ATE THE SUN FOR BREAKFAST AND NOW WE’RE IN HELL HELL HELL,” Noor Hindi
“Tonight, In Oakland,” Danez Smith
“Ladder,” Tom Haviv
The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, Bhanu Kapil
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, Mosab Abu Toha
“Gratitude,” Naomi Shihab Nye
“To the New, New” For Disha Ravi, Fariha Róisín
“Fear,” a poem found in a community poetry garden in Berkeley, CA by Viva, 4th Grade
