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THE ARTS

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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Vijay Chowk
The air is calm  The buildings beautiful The domes catch the light Of the dying sunset And if we were to walk…
KULSUMK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Autumn
Featured Illustration: Lara Paulussen Splatter of maroon across the canvas Neighboring pine trees Tickling lush green bushes   Light playfully resiles from…
SANJANA KARTHIK
CULTURE, THE ARTS
Daniela Andrade: Reclaiming Identity Through Music
“Blue and white colors burn / Right through my eyes” are the lyrics of Canadian Hondureña Daniela Andrade’s single “Gallo Pinto” from…
BRISEYDA BARRIENTOS-ARIZA
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Latinx Liminality
Featured Illustration: Manuela Alejandra Guillén This brown skin is all I have ever known and kept close The only place I have…
BRISEYDA BARRIENTOS-ARIZA
CULTURE, THE ARTS
On Kara Walker’s Fons Americanus: A Black Femme Perspective on European Art
“Did you know that you can’t kill any of the swans?” Ronny exclaimed. Alexis and I looked at Ronny with confusion, it…
MIMI TEMPESTT
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
The language of love that you taught me
My mother told me to ‘Find someone who we love as hard as you’ I listened and this is where it has…
SANDY BENNY
CULTURE, THE ARTS
Blue Velvet
VICKY CHARLES
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Torn
Featured Illustration: Fernando Cobelo I know we’re tattered Because every day  We distinguish a new face   With the same frayed hands…
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
My Religion
Featured Image: Drew Beamer Pray. Grasp these beads, they are your home For the temple lies within Pray. Sit beneath His feet…
SERENA
LIFE, THE ARTS
Miles of Experiences
Featured Painting: ‘Landscape of Many Colors’ by Uzma Rizvi Observations and reflections while driving through the countryside, the back roads, and the…
UZMA RIZVI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Diaspora
Featured Illustration: Upasana Agarwal Toeing the threshold between purgatory and reality. My spirit runs insurgent in the forest of looming souls. Torn…
SAMIA MAJID
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Reflections On My Way Home
Featured Image: Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures, 1960s to Now I ride the metro and it rides me. I clutch the…
BRISEYDA BARRIENTOS-ARIZA

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