Maki Means Roll
A work that explores the margins immigrants inhabit — those spaces between how they are seen and who they…
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Gimme Shelter
A half-century removed, a benevolent gesture to a “pop-up migrant” is affectionately recalled… by: Dion Dennis In the Spring…
The Real Soul
Amid a Los Angeles singing competition — convened under a banner of Togetherness — the essence of soul is…
The Gospel of Maggie Rogers
“It meant I hadn’t died with my husband, it meant I was back among the living, and that raised…
I Pledge Allegiance
Through the benevolent work of The Voices of Freedom Gavel Club, a Toastmasters Club that operates in prisons, a…
Eulogies for the Living
“Being remembered means being missed, and that’s a notion I can do without.” An offering of flash fiction that…
Where Suffering Begins
A personal reflection on the internal suffering felt from self-abandonment that explores the psychological cost of fear-driven inaction, and…
Jersey Out of the Boy
“It was the combination of Black music and sports that saved my life.” From schoolyard hellion to award-winning student….
Maple For Chaparral
A youth unmasked. A journey towards adulthood that crosses borders, faces hard truths, and leaves one feeling like a…
Impermanence
“Where did this fear start, this indelible urge to hold on with such force our fingernails threatened to fall…
Ray Lives
An example of the magic that life can present on occasion. The tale of a storyteller’s world colliding with…
Emergency
A work of creative nonfiction where an unlikely connection to the past is recalled as troubling thoughts of the…