On May 31, 2025, we celebrated the launch of poetry anthologies HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US, edited by George Abraham and Noor Hindi, and THE GATE OF MEMORY, both from Haymarket Books. Anthology contributors and community artists gathered at It’s OK* Studios, including Bassam Jamil (with translations by Nicole Mankinen), Erica H Isomura, Hajer Mirwali, Leanne Toshiko Simpson, Mona Oikawa, Nawal Serhan, Paper Cranes for Palestine, and shō yamagushiku. The day included readings, art, a print fundraiser for Hamza, and book sales by Another Story bookshop.
Photography by Yumi Numata
