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poet. artist. educator. 🇵🇭📝❤️🍉
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The DISQUIET International Literary Program is now accepting applications for June 2027!

Ever since I came back from the program, I’ve been getting so many questions about my experience.

Instead of only answering everyone individually, I compiled twelve questions to answer here so that more people can find out about this literary program!

Thank you to all of my curious writer friends who inspired this post. ❤️

And more than that, thank you to the DISQUIET community— staff, mentors, panelists, and participants alike!— for making this such a magical experience. 🇵🇹

Applications close on December 15th!

For more information, go to www.disquietinternational.org and follow @disquietilp

#DisquietILP #Disquiet

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Once Upon a Time in Portugal… Part II

Wherein workshops devolved into hilarity, thesis projects were read aloud on sailboats, meals were shared, drinks were drunk, ghost stories were told, beaches were visited, and twinkle-lit streets were strolled at night. Thank you for all the beautiful memories @bgwritersstudio @disquietilp

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2026 DISQUIET International Literary Program ✎

Muito, muito, muito obrigada to the DISQUIET International Literary Program for welcoming me to learn through workshops, readings, inspiring Fado Museums and performances, open mics, and so on in Lisbon, Portugal with open arms of shared sincerity and saudade.

Thank you to Jeff Parker, Scott Laughlin, Laura Breitenbeck, and every soul at DISQUIET and the Centro Nacional de Cultura for their care; also, to Desiree Bailey and Stefan Bindley-Taylor for a reverent poetry workshop, as well as the poets in it who were poems themselves, and selfless to lend their ears and voices for the sake of my poetry; of course, to Terri Witek, without whom I would never have wandered into the “well-ghosted” Fernando Pessoa Game workshop room, learned to listen to their lines and the transfigurations of writing; to the @stetsonhonors program, for the generous scholarship which made it possible to study abroad; and, lastly, to Colin and my family, who were my home amidst the newness of Portugal, and to God, who repeatedly silenced me into song with His beauty… Does He feel saudade for us, for all creation? 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

Bem, Portugal and her people survived through literature. This program reminded me that literature is a form of survival. Mas, I must now write rather than solely reminisce. Eu te amo, DISQUIET!

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Week 2 of the DISQUIET International Literary Program!

My days were filled with fiction and creative non-fiction classes, an open mic at the prestigious Grémio Literário, publishing panels with Dzanc Books, The Paris Review, and Granta, a Bairro Alto writing marathon, a Fernando Pessoa-themed walking tour, and even a trip to Casa Fernando Pessoa museum!

And through it all, there were fantastic opportunities to learn from Luso and American authors whose work pushed us to think more about nostalgia, modern immigrant fiction, ambitious protagonists, and so much more. I'll tag them here so you can follow them, too:

While this is a late post, after the program, I took more time to explore Portugal, so my time in Lisbon still feels so fresh to me.

Truly, I'll hold it all close forever.

Stay tuned for my next post with advice for those participating in an international literary program like DISQUIET.

📸 Pictures by so many wonderful people in DISQUIET and beyond!

@disquietilp
@dzancbooks
@ParisReview
@Granta_magazine
@CasaFernandoPessoa
@Broteria_
@CentroNacionalCultura
@flad.pt
@GoodCompanyBookstore
@LerDevagar
@Tinta_nos_Nervos

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This summer I got to spend two weeks in Lisbon diving into my creative writing practice! From workshops to readings, open mics, and exploring, this experience was unforgettable. Thank you so much to @disquietilp for this wonderful opportunity. And thank you to the faculty and fellow participants of this program that made it truly special. 🫶🏾

#disquiet #poetry #creativenonfiction #lisbon #writing

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The first half of the DISQUIET International Literary Program is over, so I’m looking back at a packed week in Lisbon, Portugal!

Every day, I’m filled with so much joy that I get to be here.

As a Canadian, I keep saying that it’s lovely to be in this alternate literary universe with a whole new set of international authors to discover— many of whom have never been to Canada before! Much appreciation to the DISQUIET 2026 writers, panelists, and mentors I’ve had the pleasure to see during week one.

Tagging them all here so you can follow them too:

@dureamna
@aliontas
@ednahi
@julie_hensely_writer
@tfaia
@teolindagersao
@bumperg
@joaopvala
@bdantaslobato
@radiodepilhas
@eduardoquive
@ericadawsonpoet
@anapbarbarapedrosa
@desireeccbailey
@taniaganho
@anamargaridaprado

Huge thanks to the DISQUIET team for giving us such a dreamy week:
@scottwlaugh
@thebackoftheline
@oonagram
@janedykema

Learn more about the program here: @disquietilp

#Disquiet #DisquietILP #Disquiet2026

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So many events we've been waiting for are finally here!!!!
Are you ready to Glow Up? Have you dusted off your fairy wings? Radar is here and we're thinking black light party...
EmBody...trivia... it's all happening!

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Some soft nights post Dyke March weekend but then we ramp back up! Because June has a lot more to give!
Concerts, slumber parties, drag, and you covered in glitter and dancing under fairy lights.

All the joy!

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Meet Erica Hom (@ericadoingthings), Poetry Winner of the 2025 Mānoa Journal Writing Contest in Fiction and Poetry.

Find Erica Hom's winning poem, "The Chinese word for endurance is the word for ‘knife’ atop the word ‘heart,'" in Mānoa's 37-2 issue, Touchable/Untouchable: Dalit Literature from India in Translation. The issue is available now on ProjectMuse at the link in bio!

Erica Hom is a Filipina-diaspora poet, artist, and educator. Her writing has been featured in various online magazines, art installations, and print publications, including West Trade Review, Room Magazine, The Arkansas International, Honey Literary, Sidewalk Poetry, Voices from the Attic, and the Midway Journal. Her work was awarded the CD Wright’s Emerging Poets Prize and was twice nominated for Best of the Net.

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