Artist Statement: Hannah Nahas (b.1996) is an emerging artist currently based out of Providence, RI. Hannah is of Syrian and Russian Jewish decent with her work focuses on themes of liminality and the human experience. A liminal space is the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next.’ It is a place of transition, waiting, … Read more“Follies” by Hannah Nahas
Nevertheless she arrives, promptly. In a care home fisted with careless bags of food or a spam musubi. A comfort offering in reverse. I start to write about letting greyhounds be dogs again, how it’s still legal to race dogs in four states. Can we even home those warehoused twenty-three hours a day? If I … Read moreI tell myself I’m not going to write another dead mom poem by Shareen K. Murayama
Truth and Time: The Paintings of Ulrick Jean-Pierre Introduction There is an historical argument to be made that modern politics began with the French Revolution. There is little debate amongst historians that the French Revolution is the most historically consequential revolution in human history. The struggle to abolish the Ancien Régime was the first time … Read moreReparations in Reverse: What the West Did to Haiti (Part 1) by James Taichi Collins
CW: Describes a hit and run I took my husband to see the town where I took my first breath in. To where he wouldn’t have even looked my way because, before we met, I walked around with a cigarette in hand. I smoked until the last day I lived in my hometown, and then … Read moreShotgun by Victoria Buitron
“Kid In The Corner” is Misao McGregor’s debut album, featuring 11 tracks and 9 songs, and released to all major streaming platforms on December 17, 2020.
[Illustration by Daniel IG- @iggdeh] As a native New Yorker, I didn’t know much about D.C and its rich cultural history when I arrived here in 2013 to attend the George Washington University. I joined other GWU freshmen as we explored the monuments, the Smithsonian museums, Embassy Row on Halloween night. We walked on Saturday … Read moreHousing Inequality in D.C: When Redevelopment Means Displacement by Carolina Meurkens
“I love it up here.” She said as she gazed into the distance. Her legs dangled off the old brownstone’s roof edge. The air was stuffy. Usually, around this time, the neighborhood would be outside. The fresh smell of barbeque floating through the block, kids soaked under the sprinkling water bursting from the fire hydrant, … Read morePushed Out by Garrett D.G
2020 was a crazy year, but within that time a lot of amazing music came out. From Chloe x Halle solidifying themselves as pop queens to Bad Bunny bringing Puerto Rican pride to the main stage, there were so many artists who gave their fans much needed emotional release with their music. I asked the … Read moreBest Albums of 2020
[an excerpt from “hella”] CW: This piece includes racial slurs I’d heard rumors of incoming freshmen getting hazed at Westmoor—everything from being rolled down hills in trash cans, to getting tied to metal poles so upperclassmen could smash your nuts with tether-balls. My source for this information was my best friend, Edwin Garro. The rumors … Read moreHAIRCUT by Damien Belliveau