by Alicia Evans Charles is already on the front lawn when Michelle arrives. He hands her the noise maker that they use during their New Year’s celebration. At exactly seven o’clock they join their neighbors […]
Letting Go
by Stephanie Barrera Moran Stephanie Barrera Moran is a Liberal Arts: Social Science and Humanities major at LaGuardia Community College. Her self portrait includes linocut printmaking and the use of acrylic paint. She’s using flowers […]
Statue of Transition
by Maria Clara Perez Maria Clara Perez is Fine Arts student at LaGuardia Community College from Venezuela, who moved 3 years ago and is still experiencing the unlimited beauty of New York while expressing her […]
Art Work
by blessing kalu wilson blessing kalu wilson is an art student of LaGuardia Community College. This is their first published art work.
Self Portrait
by Lhakpa Doma Some Questions for Lhakpa Doma What inspired you to create “Self Portrait”? This is a self portrait which represents my religion, my ambition, and my personal nature. In the picture the flower […]
Deprecandi
by Jeffrey Quinde Some Questions For Jeffrey Quinde What inspired you to create “Deprecandi”? One of my biggest flaws as a person is to sabotage myself with any opportunity given to me. I want to […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST, JUNE 2, 2020. (BROOKLYN, NEW YORK)
by Andrea Murguia Dajbura Some Questions for Andrea Murguia Dajbura What inspired you to create “Black Lives Matter Protest, June 2, 2020, Brooklyn, NY”? I wouldn’t say that I created it. I just took a […]
Paradise
by Michael Ferrin I call “shotgun” as soon as I step into the early evening. The others groan, but they know the rules: everyone has to be outside, you have to see the car, no […]
One Suitcase, Two Languages
by Özgür Peksen-Saccone The sounds of my footsteps were mixing with my luggage wheel’s sound in the airport. The first colors of the day were playing with my shadow in the long corridors I had […]
My First Funeral is Yours
by Samantha Morgan I can’t take my eyes off your body. I don’t mean to stare, but you look so… dead. And you are, but I’m still learning this. This is all very new to […]
Cherry Blossoms
by Arben Alovic sweet soft spring breezes blow i’m lost in your waving hair as the trees awaken in colors of pink, white, green the beginning of my love i lay on this blanket beside […]
Blank
by Kiara Byrd —after Audre Lorde’s “Coping” I have been drowning for days nothingness fills my brain a small sphere of knowledge entered the void. A small hummingbird in my window is singing […]
Song For My Beloved
by Marlin Muñoz —after Diane Di Prima My love when you make your way to me if you’re lucky you’ll find a book filled with unread pages not quite one […]
Everywhere
by YUI And I hear your name, Whispered, In the wind, Gently makes its way, Through these spring trees; I’m sure I’ll never forget you. And I feel you, In the heat of this sun, […]
Sunlight
by Angelica I. Ayala Months of cold hail and wind, slicing. My world was an icy cave with no light or warmth where hope gathered in droplets only to freeze. A trembling man enters like […]
Polarized Politics
by Clare Kenefick Those in black cloaks make silly jokes Of the possible pains of poverty, Sky tribes use sky miles for far as the eye can see Right or wrong their own rights never […]
Mind & Soul
by Morgan Beck the mind and soul twists and contorts, into shapes not even god could newly dictate. such an abomination, the choked wheeze beckons for salvation and pleas turned demands are unheard. tight-lipped with […]
Interview with Victoria Buitron
VICTORIA BUITRON is a writer and translator whose work delves into the intersections of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. A BODY ACROSS TWO HEMISPHERES, which narrates her […]
Interview with Christopher Gonzalez
CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ is a queer Puerto Rican writer living in New York. His collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT, follows the lives of messy and hunger-fueled bisexual Puerto Rican men who strive to […]
Interview with Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
RICARDO ALBERTO MALDONADO was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the co-editor of Puerto Rico en mi corazón and the recipient of fellowships from Cantomundo, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and […]
Some Questions for Elaine Medina
Editorial intern Kevin Herrera had a few questions for author Elaine Marie Medina Is “Buzzing Bees” based on something in your personal life; and, if not, what is “Buzzing Bees” based on — what was […]
Buzzing Bees
by Elaine Medina Busy worker bees clamored along. Shoppers buzzing around, honing in on flowers and selecting the ones they’d be choosing. The sweet old lady with her grandson, buying him a lollipop that his […]
This Story Has a Ghost In It
by Earthnova Veronica was in a spacious office. The well-polished furniture and loosely packed bookcase resembled a minimalist but not modern aesthetic, and the large windows had a view of the gridlocked traffic below that […]
Whatever Will Be, Will Be
by Alicia Evans Sharon contemplated calling the whole thing off so many times before. She finally accepted her fate, as she let out a quiet sigh. Sharon ran both hands down the front and sides […]
Texas Flood
by John Puga John Puga is a Brooklyn-based artist who has been studying photography, art, and design for over 18-years. He came to New York City from San Antonio, Texas, to study photography at LaGuardia […]
Inversion
by Irving Rodriquez Irving Rodriguez is a traditional artist born in the Dominican Republic. His feelings of being Dominican are expressed through art, using complementary colors to represent his personas and he attempts to use […]
