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THE ARTS

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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Education
Featured Illustration: Lina Mulik Read a narrative when not mandated Nurture a love for a learning Follow your passions They may turn …
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
brown skinned girl
Featured Illustration: Phung Banh Brown skinned girl Coconut wet black curls. Pigment in that burning gaze Could light any candle that holds…
PRATHIGNA YERAKALA
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
You Are.
Featured Illustration: Sebastian Biggeri You’d rather plant roots Than search for them What are trees made of Whatever you cannot deny  Is…
KULSUMK
EMPOWERMENT, THE ARTS
stop asking me if i need a hug
Featured Image: In the studio with K. O’Neill Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault allusion, PTSD mention . . . I don’t know how…
K. O'NEILL
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
A Portrait of Respectability
Many years ago, my grandmother took her two children off to a photographic studio to have their portraits taken. In the fragile…
NADIA KAMIES
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Whittling Saplings
Featured Image: Jeremy Bishop All we have are our words. We must use them precisely as we whittle together from the bark…
HOKIS
LIFE, THE ARTS
sorry for party rocking
Featured Artwork: “Happy 2 Be Here” by K. O’Neill Being an artist and writer, I’m constantly thinking of how to incorporate wordplay…
K. O'NEILL
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A Paradelle: La Catrina Comes Tonight
Featured Image: Tim Tadder and Krisztianna The night sways again, placing me to sleep The night sways again, placing me to sleep…
BRISEYDA BARRIENTOS-ARIZA
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
I Am More
Featured Illustration: Mayra Arvizo I was sad, And I will be sad,  But I am not today   I am more than…
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Threads
Featured Artwork: Artem Stefanov I sew myself shut With the delicate threads of false hope That maybe tomorrow I could move freely…
ANEESHA SARAN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Love
Featured Illustration: Samiksha Singh Love is meant to be pure Golden streams Of honey   A heart traveling  One to another Without…
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Am I Lucky?
Featured Image: Mahmoud Abu Zeid Am I lucky I am not American? The guns rattling in my head, The banners, the posters,…
ZAINEB SHARIF

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