Key K. Bird is a multiracial Syrian and Mvskoke fiction writer who has published in The Rumpus, Mizna, The Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. The recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts in 2024, Key has also won awards and honors from Willow Springs, Fourteen Hills, and The Cincinnati Review, among others. They’re a member of RAWI (The Radius of Arab American Writers), and she’s currently at work on a novel. This is all a footnote to a larger message: Ceasefire now. End the occupation.
You probably noticed two different pronouns in the paragraph above. Please use both to refer to Key. They feel most comfortable with plurality, but she’s also fine with we, as in, “How are we doing today?” A handy way to remember your options: that famous shirt design by Experimental Jetset.
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Image credit: RWB. Sculpture by Okuda San Miguel.