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How to Deprogram a Parent in 7 Easy Steps by LiAnne Yu

The Seventh WaveNovember 21, 2021

Do you have an elderly parent who has fallen victim to internet conspiracy theories? Has your politically moderate loved one begun spewing racist and militant r... Read More.

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Smoke Screens by Bobuq Sayed

The Seventh WaveNovember 20, 2021

The week the pandemic hits, I break my lease in Little Haiti and drive fifteen hours up the I-95 to be with my parents. My father has bad lungs and I’m scared t... Read More.

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Those People by Kristin Marie

The Seventh WaveNovember 1, 2021

In 1996, the year my mother died of a heroin overdose, Purdue Pharma started to sell OxyContin in the United States. The company aggressively marketed and promo... Read More.

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Rupture

The Seventh WaveSeptember 28, 2020

by Marianne Manzler The first time I watched you kill a fish, you were methodical and emotionless, striking it in one blow. We stood in the kitchen, wea... Read More.

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Beyond the Distance

The Seventh WaveSeptember 14, 2020

by Vanmayi Shetty What makes a country great? Surely the answer doesn’t lie in vast tracts of forest land that have been converted into concrete megastr... Read More.

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I Keep Counting Up

The Seventh WaveSeptember 7, 2020

by Lauren Krauze April 10, 2020 Four weeks. Four weeks and still the virus. Things that were once normal now seem absurd. Early one morning ... Read More.

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The Way We Are Buried

The Seventh WaveAugust 17, 2020

by Lisa Chen 1. The true cost of dying lies beyond the sick. It buries itself in the people who try to love the sick. There are more obvious costs like ... Read More.

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The Scent of Oud

The Seventh WaveJune 29, 2020

by Malaka Gharib On a recent afternoon at Tysons Corner Mall in Virginia, I detected — above the waft of Auntie Anne’s pretzels and the affront of vanilla a... Read More.

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Foreign Domestic

The Seventh WaveJune 22, 2020

by Rashaan Meneses “For some of us, language is a homeland…” - Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera We live where the fog used to gath... Read More.

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Miseducated: Encounters with Blackness and Whiteness

The Seventh WaveJune 8, 2020

by Anne Liu Kellor 1. When the Ferguson shooting and protests erupt in 2014, I am stuck in my own cocoon, mourning recent betrayals in my marriage. Temporar... Read More.

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Epiphanies

The Seventh WaveJune 1, 2020

by Katrina Otuonye Before my jaw surgery, I got used to doctors holding my face in their hands. They cupped my misshapen jaw, measured my midline, open bite... Read More.

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The Eye in His Head

The Seventh WaveMay 25, 2020

by Karolina Zapal In a tiny village in Southern Poland named “Mała,” a Catholic priest sexually abused dozens of underage girls, three of whom I know by... Read More.

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Holding Patterns

The Seventh WaveMay 18, 2020

by Kofi Opam “We” Today I’m too angry to know what to do with myself, so I take a very hot shower and listen to loud music over the speaker: a song... Read More.

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Becoming a Bridge Person in Precarious Times

The Seventh WaveMay 4, 2020

by Frances Lee I’ve been thinking a lot about bridges over the past year. Last summer, my partner and I moved from a bustling urban city to a working... Read More.

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Residency dates: Feb. 20 – 23, 2020

Submissions open: Oct. 15 – Nov. 27, 2019

Applicants notified: Week of Dec. 9, 2019

Application fees: $20 (Please feel free to email us should this fee prevent you from submitting because of financial difficulties or otherwise.)

Location: Bainbridge Island, WA (Please note: selected residents must be able to attend all four days of the residency; if your schedule changes, please notify us immediately so we can offer the space to someone who is able to fully participate.)

**All expenses paid. You will only be responsible for your own transportation.**

“I took a plane, a train and a car to join the Rhinebeck bunch this 2018, and once there I found the perfect combination of solitude and conversation that made every mile traversed a small price to pay for such an uplifting weekend.”
— Paulette Jonguitud

“This residency reminded me how important it is to find a creative community of like-minded people. When you’re creating work on your own, it can be frustrating and lonely. As a designer/artist, I loved collaborating with people from different backgrounds during the workshop.”
— Bianca Ng