Emmanuel Pardilla, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’14, was one of four people arrested last week for allegedly vandalizing a controversial ad that implies Muslims are “savages.”
This past summer, a federal judge overruled the MTA’s ban on Pamela Geller’s advertisement that implies Muslims are “savages.” As a result, these advertisements which carry the slogan, “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel, defeat Jihad,” will be plastered in Metro North stations and on over 300 MTA buses.
When we handed our bodies back to each other:
mine, unsure of its new weight,
felt like a thank you note.
Your hands signatured across my back,
like a downpayment on my sorrow.
I...
A stranger feigning patriotism waves a white flag;
he is in my body, his front teeth curve into white flag.
Over there is my country, its limbs crooked
and warped like a tree’s...
Published: April 20, 2011
“Miral,” a film by Julian Schnabel and Rula Jebreal, has sparked controversy ever since its worldwide debut at the Venice Film Festival. “Miral” has been demonstrated...
Published: November 17, 2010
For it, I am a Martian—
Rowing a coracle
Shaped like a ribcage, wish bones for oars.
A goat thief, extracting ovaries
For my lover’s child, I give...
Co-winner Ully Hirsch/Robert F. Nettleton Poetry Prize
Published: April 22, 2010
I. Suicide
In desert cities,
housewives wear head scarves and rubber slippers.
At noon,
army tanks parade...
