MATCHBOX

The Matchbox by Usawa #10

Khangchendzonga and Other Poems

A lyrical collection exploring memory, fear, surreal dreams, and fleeting beauty.

Daybreak In Uzan Bazar

Daybreak in Uzan Bazar: A City Wakes Gently – A Photo Essay

One Last Time

A haunting tale of friendship, loss, and Manipur's unrest.

Ningtoumei, What is Remembered

A journey through forgetting, family, and fragile healing.

Relic

A childhood memory shaped by war, wonder, and imagination.

In my mother’s tongue

A daughter's journey translating her mother's poetry and identity.

Sunbath

A memory of mother, warmth, and quiet decay.

Deobar

A sensory journey through an Assamese family's Sunday rituals.

rice fields after heartbreak

Grief, memory, and loss rooted in ritual silence.

Usawa in Swahili means equality. The Usawa Literary Review is a bi-annual English language literary magazine dedicated to feminist literature and writings by and about underrepresented communities.

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