Collections

Writers can assemble collections of stories from The GOAT PoL and offer them to readers by working with one of our Reader/Advisor/Editors (RAEs) to select, sequence, and introduce the collection. If you’d like to create a collection and share it with readers here, click “Curate a Collection” below.

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Anthology of Loss

Curated by Aslı Gamze Günay

I have always been a pessimistic person, in the disguise of an optimistic person. I don’t know why I’ve been hiding. Maybe I was afraid of life, thinking that the bad wouldn’t leave my side if…

Stories About Motherhood

Curated by Espérance M.

A newborn baby meets the world in the hands of a mother. A woman discovers motherhood through “tiny hands and feet,” and then follows the “tiny steps of motherhood.” The joy of becoming a mother is…

The Lives of Animals

Curated by Sproet Koe

As someone with a special interest in animals, I wanted to search The GOAT PoL for stories that shine a light on the diverse ways that animals live, and their many intersections with human society. I…

Exile, Survival, and the Aftermath of Violence.

Curated by Benjamin Ngoyi

Table of Contents 1. A Hill Meets a Lake, Nzoyihera Donatien 2. A New Path, Assumani Nyota 3. Willy in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi, Willy Akonkwa 4. Narrator, Sama Hashemi 5. Anonymous Report of Palestinian Prisoner,…

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