MIFM, Discussing Writing & Activism for Collective Liberation with Dr. Kim Jensen
Collective liberation, rooting in creativity & community is the way forward. We had a powerful chat with Dr. Kim Jensen @kim_jensen66 about her writing, activism, and commitment to speaking out against injustice whether in the U.S., Palestine, or anywhere folks struggle to make their voices heard. Throughout this discussion we chatted about the urgency of taking action for our personal & collective liberation, not turning away from multiple genocides in Palestine, Congo & Sudan, using our voices & the creatives arts to transmute pain, the power of tapping into faith & spirituality in the ongoing struggle against injustice, and more! Dr. Kim mentioned Warp & Weft Archive which uplifts the work of Palestinian writers.
Dr. Kim Jensen is a Baltimore-based author, poet, professor, and translator who has lived in California, France, and Palestine. Her books include an experimental novel, The Woman I Left Behind (finalist for Forward Magazine book of the year) and two collections of poems, Bread Alone and The Only Thing that Matters.
Active in transnational peace and social justice movements for decades, Kim’s writings have been featured or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, Modern Poetry in Translation, Decolonial Passage, Transition: The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora, Extraordinary Rendition: Writers Speak Out on Palestine, Gaza Unsilenced, Bomb Magazine, Sukoon, Another Chicago Magazine, Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, Liberation Literature, and many others.
In 2001, she won the Raymond Carver Award for short fiction. Kim is currently Professor of English and Creative Writing at the Community College of Baltimore County, where she co-founded an interdisciplinary literacy initiative that demonstrates the vital connection between classroom learning and social justice in the broader community.
