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School Notebook: Dec. 16 PHS seniors create online journal to publish research Three Portland High School seniors who presented papers on their original historical research at academic conferences were frustrated with their inability to publish their work. Now they’ve started a digital journal to publish their and other students’ papers. “Our idea and our current mission is to create an outlet for students wishing to share their hard work and research in a published historical journal, one made specifically for high school students by high school students,” said Lucy Howe, Hannah Prue and Zoe Bertsch, editors of The Nor’Easter High School Historical Journal. ....
This new chapbook proves that writings by farmers and peasants are overdue Written by Catherine Orda enablePagination: false endIndex: Gantala Press’ collaboration with British publisher Tilted Axis Press is translating Filipina stories for a wider audience. Cover photo from TILTED AXIS PRESS Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life) Published by feminist press Gantala, the digital zine “Kumusta Kayo? Naratibo ng Kababaihang Magbubukid Ngayong Pandemya” documents the experiences of peasant and rural women. But it is long overdue, says Gantala Press founder and poet Faye Cura. Because most presses were historically in Manila and geared towards bookstore circulation and sales, indigenous women and peasant women are hardly given a platform to disseminate their thoughts. “We know of a farmer who writes poems in her little notebook while waiting for people to buy vegetables in her stall,” she says. In contrast, Gantala actively seeks out these works by w ....