‘A Stateless Poem’ addresses a September 2013 ruling by the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court that stripped citizenship of Dominican-born persons without a Dominican parent, going back to 1929. The majority of persons affected are Dominicans of Haitian descent.
How do we stop murders from happening in the first place?
Amber Zora
This series of sumi ink drawings and screen prints examine communication. The prints conflate time and space and are in response to international tensions, from the Cold War to today.
Daniel Laurent
“Life is to be lived not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat.” - Ralph Ellison
This is an excerpt from my novel, written 10 years after I was commissioned in the Navy. It is about my experience when I checked aboard my first ship.
Courtney Wilson
I was King Midas, but instead of gold, everything I touched turned to shit. Home after a year-long combat tour in Afghanistan, it felt like a vise grip closed around my throat whenever I was around people.
Jon Chopan
Halfway through our tour Elliott Hildebrandt, our field medic, was killed on IED Alley.
Andrea Gregory
Julian reads from his manuscript. The pages aren’t stapled together, and he throws each one to the floor when he’s done with it.
Nazli Artemia
What we did, as lovers, was just that; walking in the streets and meeting at cafés and restaurants. We dated for almost two years, yet in that time, we never even held hands. Not even once.
