first Understanding Campaign in Las Vegas

Understanding Understanding (by Mike and Carolyn)

Road Trip 2010 - Understanding Campaign

Write Fhm (Understanding) in Arabic

Nathaniel Edmunds Understands

Nathaniel is an artist & seasonal taxi driver on Martha's Vineyard. He lives in a stilted boat in the woods between international adventures. Fresh from a stint teaching in Palestine this past spring, he will move to Ukraine in three weeks with the Peace Corps.

Road Trip 2010 - Understanding Campaign

Chris Mason Understands

In the late 70’s Chris Mason was part of the performance group CoAccident and Doug Lang’s Folio Books poetry workshop. Since 1979 he has, with Charles Brohawn, been a member of the Tinklers, whose records and CD’s were released by Shimmy Disc and Serious and who were featured in the 2008 documentary “Everybody Loves The Tinklers” by Brian J. Averill. Since 2002 he has, with Liz Downing and Mark Jickling, been a member of Old Songs, who translate archaic Greek poetry and put it to music. He lives in Baltimore with his wife Ann, his daughter Elizabeth, and his son Will. Poetry Books: Poems of a Doggy (pod books, Baltimore, 1977); Click Poems (Shabby Editions, London, 1982). Tinkler Books: The Elements (Shattered Wig, Baltimore, 2009) and various hand-made, Xeroxed, and mimeo-ed books including The Tinklers History of the World, Tinklers Songs and Charts, and Our Children’s Children’s’ Worlds.

Dan Gutstein and Tina Darragh Understand

Leila A. Fortier and family in Japan Understand

Brian Fortier

Jacob Wallace

 
Rumi Fortier

Leila A. Fortier

Dodger Understands

Road Trip 2010 - Understanding Campaign

Two strange men just emailed us photos of Understanding stickers from across the States. Try to spot them in your neck of the woods. 

Chris Nealon Understands

Chris Nealon grew up in Binghamton, NY. He has lived in Boston, Ithaca, NY, and Seattle, before moving to the San Francisco area to teach at UC Berkeley. He currently teaches & curates a poetry reading series at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. His books include – Foundlings: Lesbian and Gay Emotion Before Stonewall (Duke University, 2001), The Joyous Age (Black Square Editions, 2004), Plummet (Edge Books, 2009).

Understanding Campaign broadsides by NewLights Press

This is the first process photo Aaron Cohick sent of the Understanding Campaign broadsides that will be available through our Kickstarter.com initiative. All letter press. All hand-made. You can see they haven't been cut down (cropped) yet.

Iraqi Ahmed Raad - When the World is Understanding

Ahmed Raad lives in Baghdad, Iraq.

A sketch by young Iraqi artist Ahmed Raad

Ahmed Raad lives in Baghdad, Iraq.

an afternoon of Understanding

Do you want to be in an Understanding Campaign video?

We’re making a video that will be part of our Kickstarter campaign and we want you involved. All you have to do is write the word understanding (Fihm) in Arabic while we film you. That’s it! Cool, right? We might want a few shots of your smiling face as well. Don't worry, we'll practice writing with you before we hit record... :).
Contact us at understandingcampaign at gmail dot com.

Leila A. Fortier Understands

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Poem by Leila A. Fortier, translated by Imen Bennani.

Mike Maggio Understands

Mike Maggio’s newest collection, deMOCKracy (2007) is available from Plain View Press. He is also the author of Oranges From Palestine (1996, Mardi Gras Press) and Sifting Through the Madness (2001, Xlibris) all of which can be purchased via his web site www.mikemaggio.net. He is an adjunct assistant-professor at Northern Virginia Community College.

Eduardo (in London) Understands

That's a button on his pants.

Haneen Alshujairy's Understanding Cairo by car

airbrushed Understanding

Thank you Jamie and Margaret!

new stickers and buttons are in

how to write the word Fihm (Understanding) in Arabic by Haneen Alshujairy

Jen Michalski Understands

Jen Michalski's first collection of fiction, Close Encounters, is available from So New (2007) and her second is forthcoming from Dzanc (2013). She is the editor of the anthology City Sages: Baltimore (CityLit Press 2010), the editor of the literary quarterly jmww, and cohost of the monthly reading series The 510 Readings in Baltimore.