Sfarda L. Gül
·Artist·Poet·Author·
·23·anatolian/baltoslav/centr.asian·☿🧿֎⨳
ABOUT AUTHOR:
An artist and writer of pretentious purple prose since her early childhood brought up in a Police State, Sfarda L. Gül’s (alias) creative focus hones in on the macabre and introspective, the grotesque and juxtaposing—a deconstruction of social ideology and human suffering influenced by her upbringing, queerness, historically persecuted mixed ethnicity, and dark-sided emotional disposition.When not engaging in art, Sfarda is enthralled in ethnography, linguistics, and social activism aiding to uplift ethnic and queer minorities of her native Eastern Europe, SWANA, and Central Asia. She is the curator of independent publication Lacrimosity and Righteous Rage Press which hosts a Substack newsletter, and a YouTube video essayist at Anarchy on Page.Sfarda is the May 2024 debut author of NON SERVIAM, first of THE HYPOSTASIS OF DISSENT duology.Researcher at The Outland Magazine, a literary zine amplifying Asian voices. Sensitivity reader and critic of Orientalism in media. Agitator. Reader of nonfiction and poetry.Mad—MED!ical scientist by day.Cinephile, may or may not be a Silent Hill wanderer.She/him.
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Sfarda L. Gül’s Literary Works
View the map illustration from The Hypostasis of Dissent duology here!
Sfarda’s Poetry Published In:
- Earth Hagiography (LaRR Press)
- Musing Publications: October 2022 Musings
- From Heart to Stomach: Issue 1
- Mollusk Literary: Issue 2
- Metachrosis Literary: Issue 2
- Full House Literary: Summer Issue 2023
- Qafiyah Review: Issue 1
- HyeBred Magazine: Issue 12
- The Malu Zine: Issue 7
- As Alive Journal: Issue 2
Sfarda’s Short Fiction Published In:
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Sfarda’s Blogs and Work
I will read your book manuscript and give feedback regarding any anti-SWANA, anti-Asian, anti-Slav, Romaphobic, Antisemitic, imperialist, colonialist, and otherwise Orientalist representation I may encounter, and help you rectify it.Includes thorough commentary on your manuscript, and a mid-length written summary at the end (subject to how much I have to say).
The YouTube channel of a perpetually disgruntled grimdark author where discussions about entertainment media happen.
A Substack publication [and publishing imprint] curated by Sfarda discussing society, culture, artistry, and media through the eyes of an antimilitarist SWANA-Baltoslav anarchist femme.
Sfarda is a researcher and independent journalist at TOM, an online literary magazine centering Asian and SWANA voices. She specialises in indigenous and minority northern SWANA discourse.
Sfarda L. Gül’s Gallery
Find Sfarda and her art on Instagram (at) sfar.da.scribe and CARA (at) sfardascribbler.Art displayed at Gothe Residency of the Arts and Qafiyah Review.Commission information here.
