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Baba’s and Mizna co-present the second 2026 reading of their quarterly series featuring the Mizna Writing Collective and their invited guests. This time, we’ll hear from Christine Harb, Marlin M. Jenkins, and Arielle Zaytoun Sonnenschein.

Join us on May 15, 2026 at 7pm

No RSVP needed, this event is free to attend and will have ASL interpretation.

ABOUT THE READERS

Christine Harb is a queer Palestinian-Christian poet, writer, physician, and public health practitioner. She was raised between the Midwest and the West Bank. Nearly all of her poetry has a specific focus on Palestine and its relationship to grief, displacement, Christian Zionism, political agency, and American democracy (or lack thereof). Christine is the editor of Intifada Zine and creates short films largely focused on Palestinian liberation, late-stage capitalism, and climate change. She has a masters in community and behavioral health and specializes in family medicine with an emphasis on gender affirming care, reproductive justice, social medicine, and global health. 

Marlin M. Jenkins was born and raised in Detroit. They are the author of the poetry chapbook Capable Monsters (Bull City Press, 2020) and a graduate of University of Michigan’s MFA program, and their poems, stories, and essays have found many good homes online and in print. They currently live and teach in Minnesota.

Arielle Zaytoun Sonnenschein is a poet, musician and community organizer. Her work explores intersections of Arab American and Ashkenazi identity, queerness, grief, diaspora and feminine rage. She completed her acting training at the Stella Adler Studio in New York with a focus on classical theatre. Her band Feral Future (Western Medical Records) examines themes of feminism and queerness. In 2018 she curated Treasures of the Night in collaboration with This Is Austin Not That Great. She currently works at the Weisman Art Museum as Event Manager and is a Mizna Writing Collective member and ritual leader with The World To Come Twin Cities. She lives in Minneapolis, MN on Dakota land with her spouse.