Mekiya Outini's Publications
“Every day when I sit down to write, it’s with the goal of making myself—and hopefully others—just a little bit more Hippocratic, and less hypocritical.”
Mekiya Outini
FICTION
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"Baptism by Earth." Short story. New Millennium Writings. Winner of the 55th NMW Award in Fiction. July 2023.
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"Still Life with Stalk Eyes." Short story. The Coachella Review. Summer 2023 Issue. June 2023.
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"The Red Herring." Short story. The Madison Review Extended Cut. 18. November 2022.
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Chapters 1 and 2 of Ashes, Ashes: A Novel. Novel excerpt. West Trade Review. 13 (Fall Edition). September 2022.
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"Lorelei's Worm." Short story. Chautauqua Literary Journal. Water Issue (18). June 2021.
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"Shibboleth." Short story. The Write Launch. 39. July 2020.
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"The Man Who Misspelled God." Short story. Sunspot Literary Magazine. 2:1. Winner of Sunspot's 2020 Editor's Prize. June 2020.
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"They Named Her Blue." Short story. Atlantis Magazine. 64. April 2013.
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"Stall." Short story. Diverse Voices Quarterly. 13:4.
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INTERVIEWS & PROFILES
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"The Perennial Life: For Kate Swaffer, Dementia was Just Another Chance to Reinvent Herself.​" Co-Authored with Itto Outini. The DateKeepers. October 2023.
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"A Middle Way: Social Entrepreneur Leila ben Gacem Revives Tunisia's Confidence and Economic Vibrancy" Co-Authored with Itto Outini. The DateKeepers. October 2023.
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"The Chorus: Through Literature and Dramaturgy, Alan Robinson Unchains Himself." Co-Authored with Itto Outini. The DateKeepers. September 2023.
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"Soukra: An E-Commerce Platform Showcases Tunisian Artists and Artisans Post-Arab Spring.​" Co-Authored with Itto Outini. The Datekeepers. July 2023.
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"To Make A Difference in This Life: A Mother is Survived by Her Investment in Her Son." Co-Authored with Itto Outini. Profile. The DateKeepers. June 2023.
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"Thinker, Toiler, Sportsman Spry: Blind Cricketer Sonu Golkar is Changing India and the World." Co-Authored with Itto Outini. Profile. The DateKeepers. May 2023.
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"A New Vision for Sri Lanka: Manique Gunaratne was almost a Doctor. Now She's Healing Other Wounds." Co-authored with Itto Outini. Profile. The DateKeepers. April 2023.
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"At the Nexus: Helen Burge Incorporates Accessibility Across Her Life." Co-authored by Itto Outini. The DateKeepers. March 2023.
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"Advocacy in the Balance: Ben VanHook Gives Gratitude its Due without Denying Loss." Co-authored with Itto Outini. The DateKeepers. February 2023.
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“The Heroine with a Thousand Interfaces: Amy Pedid Weaves a Story of a World that Can Work for Us All.” Co-authored with Itto Outini. Profile. The DateKeepers. January 2023. Republished in the World Blind Herald. April 2023.
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"Osama Shamallakh Says 'I-CAN': Elevating the Lives of People with Disabilities in Occupied Palestine." Co-authored with Itto Outini. Profile. The DateKeepers. January 2023. ​
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"The Accessible Revolution: Vashkar Bhattacharjee and the Birth of an Inclusive Digital Bangladesh." Co-authored with Itto Outini. Profile. The DateKeepers. December 2022.
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"Couchsurfing While Deafblind." ABILITY Magazine. Pg. 58 – 63. December 2022.
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"The Ball's in Our Court Now: David Wantuck on Sports and COVID-Era Access for the Deaf Community." ABILITY Magazine. Pg. 68 – 70. December 2022.
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"Offering New Tools." Article. Ozark Farm & Neighbor. May 2022.
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"Interview with Stephanie Ortoleva, Esq." Interview. ABILITY Magazine. February 2022.
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"Opening the Doors of Perception: A Young Deaf Woman Finds Her Calling through Technology, Community, and Education." Profile. ABILITY Magazine. February 2022.
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"Deepening His Ag Knowledge." Profile. Ozark Farm & Neighbor. October 2021.
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ESSAYS, OP-EDS & COMMENTARIES
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"The Anonymous Affliction (or How to Name and Tame a Chronic Pain." Essay. The DateKeepers. October 2023.
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"Hope, However Chill the Land and Sore the Storm." Co-Authored with Itto Outini. Monograph. The DateKeepers. October 2023.
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"ChatGPT is Here, and We are Not Afraid." Co-Authored with Itto Outini. Monograph. The DateKeepers. August 2023.
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"No News is Good News." Essay. The DateKeepers. July 2023.
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"Banking on a Myth." Co-Authored with Itto Outini. Monograph. The DateKeepers. June 2023.
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"It Just Gets Butter and Butter." Essay. The DateKeepers. April 2023.
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"Left to My Own Devices." Essay. The DateKeepers. March 2023.
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"But Your Heart Can See for Miles..." Essay. The DateKeepers. February 2023.
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"A Christmas Krachel." Essay. The DateKeepers. December 2022.
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"The Title Is Your Name." Essay. Michigan Quarterly Review. 61:3. July 2022.
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"Ouroboros." Commentary. ABILITY Magazine. May 2022.
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"Goa." Essay. Atlantis Magazine. 67. April 2014.
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POETRY
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"Soon We'll Sell Ourselves for Parts." Willow Springs Magazine. 89. March 2022.
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"Alice." "City of You." Actual Paper Magazine. August 2014.
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"Impersonal Birds." "The Jackhammers." Middle Gray Magazine. 4. April 2014.
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"Wind Will Be Wind." "The Jackhammers." Episodic Magazine. 5. April 2014.
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"Subject Permanence." "Personal Birds." "Chariot." Howl. January 2014.
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"Island Hoppers." "Only One." "Buoy." "Remember." "Imaginary Love." Atlantis Magazine. 64. April 2013.
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"We Are from the Sea." "Strange Kitchen." Gulf Stream Magazine. 7. April 2012. ​
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PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
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"The Masala Complex: Rape-Revenge Cinema, Grassroots Feminism, and the Collision of Gazes in Mardaani." Film Matters. 7:1. May 2016.
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"Revising Revisionist Herstory: Reconstructing Gender Narratives Before, During, and After the Partition of India." Palaver Interdisciplinary Journal. April 2014.
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BLOG POSTS
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"FORWARD: Fulbrighters with Disabilities Breaks New Ground, Leaves No One Behind." Fulbright Association Blog. September 2022.
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"Fulbrighters with Disabilities Launch." Fulbright Association Blog. August 2022.
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Review of Triangulum: A Novel, by Masande Ntshanga. Published by Two Dollar Radio. Arkansas International. May 2019.
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Review of Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race, by Lara Prior-Palmer. Published by Catapult. Arkansas International. April 2019.
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Review of The Archive of Alternate Endings, by Lindsey Drager. Published by Dzanc Books. Arkansas International. March 2019.
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Review of Companions in Conflict: Animals in Occupied Palestine, by Penny Johnson. Published by Meliville House. Arkansas International. February 2019.
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Review of Night School: A Reader for Grownups, by Zsófia Bán, translated by Jim Tucker. Published by Open Letter. Arkansas International. January 2019.
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Review of The Females: A Novel, by Wolfgang Hilbig, translated by Isabel Fargo Cole. Published by Two Lines Press. Arkansas International. November 2018.
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Review of American Fictionary, by Dubravka Ugrešcic, translated by Celia Hawkesworth and Ellen Elias-Bursac. Published by Open Letter. Arkansas International. September 2018.
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AWARDS
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Winner (1st place) of the 55th New Millennium Award in Fiction ("Baptism by Earth"). July 2023.
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Finalist for the 2022 Chanticleer Awards for Short Stories and Essays ("The Man Who Misspelled God"). April 2023.
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Finalist for the North Carolina Literary Review's 2023 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize. ("Fleche, Blood.") April 2023.
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Finalist for the 2022 Chanticleer Awards for Collections & Novellas (Cassandra Says.) March 2023.
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Short-Listed for the 2022 Chanticleer Awards for Short Stories and Essays ("The Cavemen"). March 2023.
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Honorable Mention for the 2022 Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize (Bathwater, or, The Miseducation of Ness Chairmonte). November 2022.
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Semi-Finalist for the 2022 Marianne Russo Emerging Writer’s Awards (“The Red Herring”). September 2022.
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Finalist for the 2021 Chanticleer Awards for Short Stories, Novelettes, and Novellas (Bathwater, or, The Miseducation of Ness Chairmonte). May, 2022.
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Semi-Finalist for the 2021 Chanticleer Somerset Awards (Ashes, Ashes: A Novel). April 2022.
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Wait-Listed for the UCross Foundation 2022 Spring Residency Program. November 2021.
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Semi-Finalist for the 2021 Marianne Russo Emerging Writer’s Awards (Ashes, Ashes: A Novel). September 2021.
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Winner of Sunspot Literary Magazine’s 2020 Editor’s Prize (“The Man Who Misspelled God”). December 2020.
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Honorable Mention for the Miami Book Fair’s 2020 Emerging Writer’s Fellowship (Ashes, Ashes: A Novel). September 2020.
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Finalist for the Texas Review’s 2020 George Garret Fiction Prize (Shibboleth: Stories). March 2020.
