Najya : Amanda! It’s so great to have the honor and privilege of interviewing you about your piece, “Sestina for My Sisters.” Let’s dive right in! First and and foremost, I loved your piece! When we first read it in our discussion, I was like, bro, this is so raw, so striking, but it really resonates with me as a Black woman on so many different…

These two photos are part of your larger photography and poetry journal entitled “Subject/Manifest/Destitute”. Would you like to talk a bit about the photographs and poetry of this project that are not represented in the Women’s Issue? Where does each part take place and how do they factor into the four act American drama described in your artist…

2016 | Acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 inches Jules Kardish, hailing from Bucks County Pennsylvania, is a junior at Harvard University studying Visual and Environmental Studies and Social Anthropology. Pursuing art since a very young age, Jules currently specializes in oil paint and analog film photography.