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If I told you

by KeAjah Bishop Poetry Winner, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest If I told you that I’m not like the others, That I loved the way your...

Royalty

by Kayla Disasi Poetry Honorable Mention, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest I am a queen inside my rugged castle I am royalty among fellow...

Nine to Five

by Dillon Armstrong Short Fiction Winner, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest I don’t have to do this. This isn’t how it has to be. I stare...

The Effect of Social Stratification Among Female Slaves

by N’yah Coley Critical Essay Winner, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest Social stratification, which is defined as a society’s...

When Worlds Collide

by Destiny Simms Critical Essay Honorable Mention, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest The story of Pocahontas has been passed down for...

Deeply Rooted

by Tiffanie Dzietror Poetry – First Place, 2020 VSU Black History Month Literary Arts Contest Black History, Black Mental Health: Trauma....

Trauma, Resilience, Triumph

by Isaiah Johnson Poetry – Second Place, 2020 VSU Black History Month Literary Arts Contest Black History, Black Mental Health: Trauma....

The Tears of a Black Man

by Nate Davis Poetry – Third Place, 2020 VSU Black History Month Literary Arts Contest Black History, Black Mental Health: Trauma....

Saved

by Deja M. Farquharson-Carter Poetry Honorable Mention, 2020 VSU Black History Month Literary Arts Contest Black History, Black Mental...

Desensitized State: An Essay

by Veronica Cooper-Tucker Essay Winner, 2020 VSU Black History Month Literary Arts Contest Black History, Black Mental Health: Trauma....

She Persisted and She Rose

by Erika Neal Essay Honorable Mention, 2020 VSU Black History Month Literary Arts Contest Black History, Black Mental Health: Trauma....

A Note to Self

by Sha-Keiya Culzac Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 An apology is long overdue I apologize For all the years I didn’t appreciate you For all...

Fluffy Girls Unite

by Brianna S. Feggins Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 When we look in the mirrors, We often have to remind ourselves, That when people say...

It’s a Love Hate Thing

by Tashari Ferguson Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 Do you see me as you look in the mirror? My damp coils fall beautifully on your shoulders...

Static

by Steven Hodge Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 Patience can be still like water whilst still containing a small instance of motion. The slow,...

I Heard Gunshots

by Branson Neuman Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 Inspired by the Headline, “Police Fired 20 Times at South Sacramento Man Fatally Shot While...

Little Black Boy, PLEASE get out of the Street!

by Branson Neuman Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 An Ode to Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy a.k.a. XXXTentacion Little Black Boy, PLEASE get out...

HICKEY

by D’Asia Smith Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 Here looky looky Lips pressed against the skin Look, Now look again Butter pecan in the flesh...

When I Think About You in the Back of My Mind

by Tedria Smith Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 It was foggy Saturday night when it rained, and we sat in the car and carried an endless...

A Fatherless Child

by Te’Osha Taylor Ekphrasis in reVerse 2020 A fatherless child but lowkey a motherless child too, mother really wasn’t there but she was...