Welcome

Everyone deserves a voice and a safe place to use it. BASA has been developing voices and providing a safe space to explore them for over 30 years, but it is clear that more is needed. Especially in a time when we can not collaborate and congregate to share our voices and our strength, we need a place to be able to share our hopes, our fear and our frustrations. We hope this will be that space. This is a space for sharing our written work as well as a platform for our voices, promoting the exploration and expression of what makes us come together and what can make us feel alone. This is a place to celebrate our diversity and build strength in the exploration of voice and identity.

We will use this space to share, celebrate, and reflect on works by under-represented voices in literature. These voices will include, and are not limited to, those of Asian, Black, and Indigenous descent, as well as those from LGBTQ2S+ communities. As we celebrate the diversity of our BASA community, it is important to acknowledge the diversity of those in our greater community, and this space is meant to do just that.

This is how it works: read the written piece below. Then, we invite you to share your thoughts in a written response using the form at the bottom of this page. We will publish a small number of responses, and there will be a brand-new prompt every week.