Forget Everything You Know: Your 30s Are When Reading Counts
I’ve gained this newfound passion for reading lately, and it’s unlike anything I’ve experienced before. I’ve never been particularly averse to reading. I’ve always understood it to be fundamental, and I was actually good at it. In school, I enjoyed popcorn reading and r
The Oral Continuum: A Comprehensive Historiography of Spoken Word
The evolution of spoken word as a primary medium of expression within the African Diaspora is not a modern phenomenon but rather the continuation of an ancient, complex oral continuum. This tradition functions as a sophisticated living archive where the voice serves as a vessel for history, genealog
Dancing with the Devil By Dianne Foote
Editors Note In “Dancing With the Devil,” Dianne Foote confronts the darkest edges of survival with unflinching honesty. This poem doesn’t look away from suicidal ideation or the weight of living when life feels like loss. Instead, it walks directly into that shadow and finds language for what
POETRY | The Woman Who Screamed In Silence
I met a woman in Pennsylvania,her eyes carried more bags than two hands ever could.She was clutching her chaos as if it gave her comfort.I caught her, red-handed,playing origami with her organs.It was something about the way she folded into herself,how her words stuck to the roof of her throat.Traum
POETRY | The world tried to teach me numbness — I refused.
Editor’s Note In this powerful poem, writer Noah Vale explores what it means to refuse numbness in a world that demands it. Through intimate prose that blurs the line between philosophy and poetry, Vale examines how institutions treat sensitivity as malfunction, and how deep feeling becomes an