Mukoli: The Magazine for Peace

11/10/2024

Less than 20 days left! Your generosity helps Mukoli continue showcasing talent from around the world, providing compensation and a global platform for artistic voices. Together, we’re creating a space for both emerging and established artists to share their work. Every dollar counts toward enriching our community with diverse and inspiring content. Let’s make a difference in the arts! ✨

Let's do this together! https://crowdfund.kennesaw.edu/project/44661

Help Kennesaw State University raise $2,000 for the project: Support Mukoli: Enriching Creativity, Empowering Voices. Your gift will make a difference!

11/08/2024

We're thrilled to congratulate one of our own, Dr. Federica Santini, on the publication of her latest story in “The Harvest” issue at Folklore Review! 🎉 Dr. Santini, Chair of the Department of World Languages & Cultures at Kennesaw State University, is a celebrated author, poet, and scholar, with works featured internationally in over 60 journals and anthologies.

Check out her newest story “Creatures That Bite” to see her captivating storytelling in action!

Read here! https://www.folklorereview.com/federica-santini-creatures-that-bite

Creatures That Bite First, there are low whispers across church pews; then, half sentences quietly murmured, mouths closing at my approach, silence in response to my questions. I stop looking for Dunia, knocking on her door. One day, I see her thin frame looking out from the rear window of the small...

11/07/2024

Today's the Day!

Join us for an inspiring Global Dialogue Event featuring the remarkable poetry of Sha Huang, one of Mukoli's esteemed Consulting Editors! Dive into the profound connections between nature and identity as we explore the moments of harmony and disruption that shape our world.

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with diverse voices and perspectives! We look forward to seeing you there!

🗓 Date: Today, November 7
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Kennesaw State University, Academic Learning Center, Room 3102

11/05/2024

Experience the power of poetry at our Global Dialogue Event! Just 2 more days until we welcome poets from around the world, including our very own Sha Huang! Join us as we explore how nature shapes our identities and the moments that connect us all. This dialogue promises to be enlightening and inspiring

🗓 Date: Thursday, November 7
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Kennesaw State University, Academic Learning Center, Room 3102

11/05/2024

24 hours left! The Mukoli Winter '25 submission deadline is today, November 5! Don’t wait – submit your work to be considered in this edition!



🗓️ Deadline: TODAY Nov 5, 2024
🔗 https://mukoli.net/submit/

11/04/2024

Attention creatives! The submission window for Mukoli Winter '25 closes tomorrow, November 5! 📅 Don’t miss this opportunity to share your insights, stories, and reflections. Our editors are eager to read your work!



🗓️ Deadline: TOMORROW, Nov 5, 2024
🔗 https://mukoli.net/submit/

11/03/2024

Join Us in Fulfilling Our Mission!

At Mukoli, we’re passionate about celebrating the talent of writers and artists worldwide. With your support, we will be able to continue our mission of promoting artistic expression and providing a space for emerging and established voices alike.

By supporting our magazine, you help us sustain the arts and ensure that our contributors are fairly compensated for their work!So, let’s keep the arts thriving, together! Every contribution counts. Thank you for helping us bring creativity to this world!

Check it out: https://crowdfund.kennesaw.edu/project/44661

10/31/2024

Halloween is more than costumes and candy—it's a global celebration of remembrance of the dead and departed and spiritual connections. 🌍 Across the world, traditions bring us together in remembering those who have passed. From Mexico’s Día de los Mu***os to Italy’s Festa di Ognissanti, Cambodia’s Pchum Ben to Ireland’s Samhain, the Philippines' Pangangaluwa, and Haiti’s Fet Gede, cultures offer unique expressions of honoring life, death, and memory. This Halloween, let’s embrace the richness of these traditions and celebrate the diverse ways communities commemorate this sacred cycle.

10/30/2024

Today’s the Day!

Don’t miss out on an evening with Dr. Uddipana Goswami as she reads and discusses her latest book, The Women Who Would Not Die. Join us for this special event and celebration of literature and resilience.

🗓 Wednesday, October 30, 2024
🕗 6:30 PM
📍 The Hive, 2847 S. Main St., Kennesaw, GA, United States

10/29/2024

Join us for an incredible Global Dialogue Event featuring poets from China, India, and Spain, including Mukoli's very own Editor-in-Chief, Uddipana Goswami, and one of our wonderful Consulting Editors, Sha Huang, to explore the profound relationship between nature and identity and the moments of harmony and disruption that shape our world.

Don't miss this inspiring global conversation! ✨ See you there!

🗓 Date: Thursday, November 7
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Kennesaw State University, Academic Learning Center, Room 3102

10/28/2024

2 Days to Go...

Join us for a special evening of literature and conversation with Dr. Uddipana Goswami! She will be leading a book reading and discussion on October 30th at 6:30 PM, celebrating the release of her latest work, "The Women Who Would Not Die" 📖

🗓 Wednesday, October 30, 2024
🕗 6:30 PM
📍 The Hive, 2847 S. Main St., Kennesaw, GA, United States

10/26/2024

Editor Spotlight: Stéphane Verlet Bottéro | Consulting Editor

Meet Stéphane, an artist whose practice blends social engagement, installation, writing, and gardening to explore the entanglements of community, body, materiality, and place. His site-specific, durational work focuses on the pedagogies of repairing and has taken him across the globe, from the School of Mutants project in Dakar to exhibitions at renowned biennales and institutions like ZKM, Centre Pompidou Metz, and RAW Material Company.

Stéphane’s dedication to healing through art aligns deeply with Mukoli's mission of peacebuilding.

10/24/2024

Please join us for an evening of literature and conversation with our very own Dr. Uddipana Goswami! She will be hosting a book reading and discussion event on October 30th at 6:30 PM to celebrate her new book, "The Women Who Would Not Die" 📖

🗓 Wednesday, October 30, 2024
🕗 6:30 PM
📍 The Hive, 2847 S. Main St., Kennesaw, GA, United States

10/23/2024

Join us for an inspiring international poetry panel featuring the astounding poets, Pedro Larrea, one of our very own Consulting Editors, Sha Huang, and our wonderful Editor-in-Chief, Uddipana Goswami! Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to experience powerful voices from across the globe, united by their reflections on nature, self, and the human experience.

🗓 Date: Thursday, November 7
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Kennesaw State University, Academic Learning Center, Room 3102

10/20/2024

Call for Submissions: Mukoli's Winter 2025 Issue!

We’re now accepting submissions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art that engage with themes of peace, healing, and resistance. Share your work with us and be part of a global community committed to peacemaking through creative expression!

🗓️ Deadline: Nov 5, 2024
🔗 https://mukoli.net/submit/

10/17/2024

Editor Spotlight: Laura Davis | Consulting Editor

Meet Laura Davis, a Professor of English & Interdisciplinary Studies at Kennesaw State University since 2002. Her expertise spans Asian Studies, American Studies, Peace & Conflict, and Gender & Women’s Studies.

Laura’s research focuses on ecofeminism and creating safe outdoor spaces for underrepresented communities. She also explores gender and sexuality in the U.S. South and motherhood studies in q***r contexts. Her work appears in Ms. Magazine Online, LitHub.com, and the Faulkner Journal.

Join us in celebrating Laura’s dedication to peace and inclusivity!