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LIFE

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All FOOD & TRAVEL LESSONS LEARNED LOVE & LOSS MONEY & CAREER
LIFE
Waiting for May 18th
Featured Artwork: Erdy Earning a degree is more than just about earning a piece of paper. The blood, sweat and tears college…
CORINNE COLEMAN
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
Every Man Can Be Superman
Featured Artwork: Levi Hastings You sit in a full movie theater on a Friday night when the buzz of excited energy runs…
PAUL MARSH
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Shattered Mirror
Featured Artwork: Lesi Johnson Dear mom, There are so many things I’ve wanted to tell you, but I’ve never made the time…
VAANI SAI
CULTURE, LIFE
Do You Feel As Good As You Look?
Featured Artwork: Rocco Baviera A Short Story About Fashion and Homelessness It was a few days before my 25th birthday and I…
AMIR M. W.
CULTURE, LIFE
A Heartbreaking Experience
Featured Image: Markus Spiske It was just another typical autumn day in Arkansas. Autumn is arguably the most beautiful season in “The…
PAUL MARSH
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
I Mean No Disrespect
Featured Image: Adrian McDonald “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them…
AVA EVANS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
The Idea of Separation
I hope marriage never takes the life out of my eyes like it did my mother, and my grandmother, or her mother…
NEPTUNESNEGRESS
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
Freedom: Thoughts on Growing Up as a Teenager
I thought that for my first contribution to the magazine, I should get a little personal to show who I am, or…
AVA EVANS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
The Portrait of Life
On a dark and cold December night that mystified the looming melancholy stretching its wings over the starry blanket, yellow street lights…
HALEEMA KHALID
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
My Own Sugar Daddy, My Own Pimp
Some sex workers Are independent, self-employed Negotiating the game With the forgotten, or unenjoyed Wide lens teaches Wisdom settles into bed “Every…
HOKIS
LIFE
Managing Manic
unsuccessful navigation of college from a bipolar perspective
CHEYENNE ASHE
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A Sapling’s Tears
I carry an anthology in today’s everything bag. I pull it out while waiting for the next thing: coffee, the nurse to…
HOKIS

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