Momtaza Mehri
momtaza mehri. poet. ruffneck.
writer. reader. researcher. poetry. cyberspace. youth. diasporic art. transculture/s. black studies stan. mumtazamehri@gmail.com
PROJECTS
fourhubs.com
10 Poets Bound to Shift UK Poetry
Featured in Four Hubs '10 Poets Bound to Shift UK Poetry'.
poetrysociety.org.uk
Oiled Legs Have Their Own Subtext
Poem won 3rd prize for the 2017 National Poetry Competition, judged by Hannah Lowe, Andrew McMillan and Pascale Petit,
sunsong.co
The Apocalypse Will Taste Like Grape Juice
“Those days madrassa meant a room above the café. No chairs. Laughter and conspiracy. Sizzled fat to perfume the conversation of men too long in the tooth for niceties. They had no indoor voices. We would impersonate the shoulder pop of the Indian Ocean.”
openspace.sfmoma.org
Who is Welcome in Wakanda? On Black Panther & Contradictory Afrofuturisms
“What does it mean to pursue futures that leave the rest of us behind?''
On Black Panther's dazzling and equally frustrating power.
spkofmarvels.wordpress.com
Sugah Lump Prayer Interview (Akashic Books, 2017)
“I’m endlessly fascinated with the odds of being a specific person in a specific place at a specific time. The arbitrariness of it all.”
Sugah Lump Prayer (Akashic Books, 2017)
BBC
Pick a Sky and Name It
Exploring my poetics, writing journey, inter-generational influences and diasporic literature. Music selected by me.
Google Drive Document
The Black Muslimah Toolkit
A toolkit featuring: poetry, essays, black/muslim scholarship, interviews, music & more. Donation link within.
Medium
When Your First Therapist Is A Rapper
“It’s often said that black people, particularly low-income black people, don’t talk about mental health enough. Immigrant black communities, even less so. Yet, rap as a narrative tradition contradicts this oversimplification.”
Issuu
SAND Issue 15
TWO POEMS
Small Talk / My Imminent Demise Makes the Headlines the Same Day I Notice How Even Your Front Teeth Are.
araweeloabroad.com
Small Talk / The Unthought Has A Comb
Two poems featured in the latest issue of Araweelo Abroad.
araweeloabroad.com
Araweelo Abroad x Momtaza Mehri
Interview for Araweelo Abroad conducted by Sagal Abdulle.
The Journal
‘New Generation African Poets’ share the common thread of birth and immigration
Chapbook review in The Journal.
Vogue.com
In Times of Division, Finding Refuge—And Fighting Back—Through Art
Chapbook sugah lump prayer featured in this piece by Tariro Mzezewa.