On Filmmaker Thaelman Urgelles: The Long Road From Politics to Mentorship

Thaelman Urgelles is a celebrated Venezuelan filmmaker, perhaps most well known for his 1982 film La Boda (The Wedding), which some consider to be one of the most influential Venezuelan films of all time. In La […]

a crevice, a consequence of this

by Evan Gray

tilling the garden we lifted the hands of a fawn
half-dead & cut to be

composted in nature rock is stricken with roots…

Spice Ain’t White

by Roosha Mandal

“Alphabet, alphabet, alphabet soup:/ the clear, viscous drizzle singes my taste buds/ and my tongue yearns for/ clove, cardamom, and a country of colorful saris.”

St. John Minadeo

by Matthew Ussia

“Whenever I see a crossing guard’s bright yellow raincoat,/ I think of St. John Minadeo—”

Warm

by Seth Parente

Sunflower seeds sit salty against my cheek
Teeth cracking the shells
Warm and sharp
Broken pieces on my tongue
A burnt taste of nostalgia

Constellations

by Trevor Moffa

Pockmarks in the Pittsburgh dark
Midnight oil burning portals open
Like potholes in the empty streets
Peopled apartments, blocks of offices
Being cleaned for morning, light
Left on in a hurry

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Working Class Poem

by Gemma DeMeo

“I didn’t need to ask./ I already knew/ what a rough night at the bar/ was like for her.”