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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
“It’s been a pilgrimage”: In conversation with Poet and Artist Mashnun Munir
Mashnun Munir is a lot of things; a poet, a podcast cohost, a Muslim boy from Orlando. Having discovered himself through art…
CHRISTOPHER SORIANO
EMPOWERMENT, THE ARTS
Revisiting “Faces” by Mac Miller
“Mirrors are the doors through which Death comes and goes. Look at yourself in a mirror all your life and you’ll see…
UMRAOSHAAN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Voices from Afghanistan
Featured Illustration: Shehzil Malik They call to us from under the Afghan Sun, their skin bright like amber kindled under flame, and…
M.A. RIAZ
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Bad Love and Old Lies
She was proud. That much she knew. Lying in the hot Italian sun she turned once again watching as the world whirled…
SANAA MIRZ
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Sixteen in Clarksville
Featured Artwork: Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, 1864 by Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) In Clarksville, they were just children —…
KENNEDY KELIS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
The Flowers are Waxing Poetic
I wonder what Spring and Colour do while they observe from the alcoves of their Season. I like to think they flirt…
LYDIA STROHFELDT
CULTURE, THE ARTS
Daughters of a Different Path
Daughters of a Different Path is a story about a young African American woman, Leanna, who seeks her mother’s acceptance. After her…
AHMAD GHANIM
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Noor Unnahar: At the Intersection of Poetry and Art
Featured Images: Noor Unnahar Born and raised in Pakistan, Noor Unnahar is a best-selling poet and visual artist. She is currently pursuing her…
TEJASHREE MURUGAN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
I will be Billing The Peddler of Pretence for my Time
Featured Image: Evan Fitzer I am not my lover’s keeper If his happiness is dependent on me Then I am not to…
THAEA DEILAMI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
My First Poem Was Titled ‘Futility’
Featured Image: Joe deSousa White caps of snow on the roof, pure and tranquil, and maybe I will, lay on this roof…
THAEA DEILAMI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Pet
Featured Image: Vitor Monthay Look at you So progressive that one could almost convince themselves that they weren’t being herded into the…
THAEA DEILAMI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
The Graveyard of Empires
Featured Image: Alizeh Ahmad We will win. We will win. We will win. We will win. “It is in our nature, in…
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