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Cara WaterfallAn ongoing dialogue between poets and creatives of all kinds, celebrating the ways we connect through mentorship, community and transitions, hosted by Cara Waterfall.
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🌊 #34: Ridwan Fasasi — The Calabash Returns to the River
In this conversation with Archipel, Ridwan Fasasi reflects on the realities of writing in Nigeria, the literary family that supported him through difficult seasons, and the role of poetry in times of uncertainty. What emerges is a portrait...
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🌊 If you’ve been holding back because the work doesn’t feel finished, you’re not alone.
But this isn’t about presenting something complete.
It’s about having the support to continue.
If that’s what you need, this is the moment to act...
Grant Lab #5: Scale & Feasability
How to make big work feel do-able
There’s a moment in grant writing where a project can be urgent, clear, well-positioned—
and still not get funded.
Because it feels too big.
Too diffuse.
Too ambitious.
Too hard to evaluate.
Not...
Grant Lab #4: Positioning
🌊 How to locate your work without shrinking it.
There’s a moment in almost every grant application where the project is clear, the urgency is there—and something still isn’t landing.
The work is strong.
But the application doesn’t te...
Grant Lab #3: Clarity & Translation
🌊 There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes up in grant writing:
You know your project is layered. Formally precise. Doing something complex beneath the surface.
And then you’re told to “be clear.”
Which can feel, at first,...
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\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddee Poet, mentor and mother of three writing across languages, lineages and borders. I explore hybrid poetics, translation and belonging, and I’m building toward gate-free literary futures through community, care and creative practice.
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