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THE ARTS

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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
reclamation
1 at the gynecologist’s office she says  there is a poison circulating through my blood   says its chasing the embryonic versions…
MIMI TEMPESTT
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Heart Awareness
Featured Illustration: Shelia Liu Your heart  Centering your chest Could center more   The window to your soul The words that you…
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Meditations: A Series of Self-Portraits
What I wear can’t be replaced.  Inside or out, it always stays the same. Day after day, I look at myself and…
JALEN ADAMS
EMPOWERMENT, THE ARTS
Tulle
VICKY CHARLES
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Granted
Featured Illustration: Titus Kaphar We take human life For granted We treat a mother’s child Like they’re an isolated entity   We…
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Languages of Change
Featured Illustration: Sage Barnes This is the summer We blossomed into being We stepped inside of ourselves Into the discomfort Of our…
KULSUMK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Community
Featured Illustration: Ranganath Krishnamani Let them into our home There is nothing You can clasp onto More than a hold   From…
SANJANA KARTHIK
THE ARTS
Love, Ghana
Featured Artwork by Sasha Roberts: A digitally drawn portrait of Zanna Amafu, a Ghanaian-American woman living in Lower East Side Manhattan.
SASHA ROBERTS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Firestorm Winds
Kiss me like you are grateful for me. That I exist. Not because I am special, no. My flesh and blood are…
HOKIS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A (Personal) Written Speech on Racism & Anti-Blackness
Featured Artwork: Shirien Damra 6.13.20 Hi. I’m Na’ilah. A lot of y’all know me as Nailah — minus the Arabic pronunciation —…
NA'ILAH WILLIAMS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Bitter Roots, Sweet Home
Featured Artwork: Madeline Kate Martinez When I was little, I dreamt of living in a house by the water with white picket…
PRATHIGNA YERAKALA
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Unusual Customs
Featured Artwork: Zoe Harveen Kaur bhabi, your daughter has a dull — she pauses for a moment and says — please don’t…
USRAAT FAHMIDAH

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