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The Drinking Gourd (TDG) publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by Black Muslim writers only. We…

Room 134

Here’s what my sister and I don’t like to admit: my father can be quite charming when he…

To Mother a Library

There is no library card to access trauma, but there is always room for a trigger…

Who Gets To Be An Ancestor In A World Failing To Adapt To Climate Change?

As Muslims, we have a…

The Fabric Of Our Identity

She didn’t feel all that great — that much I gathered on that August…

The Salt of My Womb Water

All my friendships are love letters and only you forgive me.

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Reimagining, Timbuktu

I want to go back,

soco / go on

ringing mandem down to the saccharine sounds

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Writing to, and for, our ancestors.