A Long House

@Prisoner187 Glad you had a meaningful experience reading.

Had a blast experiencing these poems, they felt alive as a flame.

Download “Chronic,” Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellowship chapbook, conceived and edited by the 2025 fellow, Yvonne Wabai. alonghouse.com/chronic-editor…

Download “RADIANCE,” Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellowship chapbook, conceived and edited by the 2025 fellow, Sihle Ntuli. alonghouse.com/radiance-let-t…

“the palace has promised three gold coins to he who might find the pea troubling the princess.” —Megan Baffoe, “The Princess Without a Pea” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/the-princess-w…

“If I had to check out this early I would have liked to die young and beautiful Like a heroine from a movie” —Leyelle MG, “Checking Out Early” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/three-poems-13/

“when i say i am a thing/ it is gentleness/ when i say i am a thing that does not know gentleness, i mean look at my face/” —Walker AS, “i want to make a ritual of washing my face” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/three-poems-12/

“I tell my friend I didn’t apply for a scholarship because I knew I’d be sick around that time.” —Mariya Abubakar Bagudo, “What do you know” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/two-poems-5/

“Today, the pain wears pearls, sits politely between my ribs. I dress her in cardigans and loose language.” —Gloria Ogo, “Inventory for the days I am told I look fine” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/inventory-for-…

“I remember trying to read like trying to hold water with my bare hands. The letters wouldn’t stay still.” —Daniel Naawenkangua Abukuri, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Catch the Words” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/three-poems-11/

“On good days, I move like anyone else (they assume) On bad days, I calculate each step like complex options (they never see)” —Christian Emecheta, "[UN]detected Motion" Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/three-poems-10/

“You count your breaths afraid to draw in for too long. This energy is too sacred, one wrong move and you’re buried inside your own body.” —Hauwa Saleh Abubakar, “An Insider's Manual to Survival” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/three-poems-9/

“My fingers are folded into a fist pried open by prayer – a rose in bloom rupturing like my ovarian cyst.” —Salma Amrou, “Cyst” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: Chronic alonghouse.com/cyst/

Yvonne Wabai, 2025 Rajat Neogy editorial fellow, as part of her fellowship with the magazine, publishes her chapbook, Chronic, a project born out of a desire to talk about the silence surrounding chronic illness and disability. alonghouse.com/chronic-editor…

“Sometimes I want to chase after the sun But beneath it I am not known Do not let them fool us, the moon, the moon is ours.” —Yasmina Nuny Silva, “The Moon Is Ours” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: RADIANCE alonghouse.com/three-poems-8/

“Perhaps the voice of wisdom was your fathers’ who in his austerity & critique had insulated you with an impenetrable resistance.” —Faswillah Nattabi, “Ballad of Nantabuulirirwa: IV” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: RADIANCE alonghouse.com/ballad-of-nant…

“They know hope is a fleeting entity (trust it not), Desperate, they gamble their souls for passage.” —Sandra Nadege, “Iherezo ry'inzira” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: RADIANCE alonghouse.com/four-poems-3/

“She remains still, still standing at the door Her eyes fixated on the white chair-looking thing Ready to linger just a little while longer Just to be in wonder.” —Esther Karin Mngodo, “Wonder” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: RADIANCE alonghouse.com/four-poems-2/

“I tell you; my people are poetry older than words, living prayers preceding psalms pressed on pages.” —Vuma Phiri, “Dedication” Published in the Rajat Neogy Fellowship chapbook: RADIANCE alonghouse.com/two-poems-4/

Sihle Ntuli, 2025 Rajat Neogy editorial fellow, publishes his fellowship chapbook, RADIANCE! The chapbook, featuring 5 African poets, enjoins us to retain and shine our inner light in a world that seeks to dim it. alonghouse.com/radiance-let-t…

In the 12th edition A Long Talk, Justine Wanda, Meran Randa, and Glo Gakuru talk about art and literature as instruments of liberation. alonghouse.com/a-long-talk-ju…