America Is…
DERICK MCCARTHY What is America? Well, it depends on who you’re asking. America could be a land of dreams and opportunities for some. Where you can do what you want and possibly be what you want. Where the Internet could make you a star and talent is not a prerequisite for fame and fortune. A […]
High Achiever
QUINTIN MURRAY Dedicated to my children, my inspiration The Awakening December 2009, Clinton Correctional Facility As I’m sitting here staring out of these cobweb windows, considering how the winter storm had seasonally robbed these oak trees of their lives, what I find most intriguing is the resilience of nature, the revival process it goes through […]
My Daughter’s Bike
Jose Escobar It was a regular summer Saturday afternoon, or so I thought. Our block was full of life. We had great neighbors with a good bunch of kids that our kids got along with as soon as we moved in. We all looked out for each other. Te block was always full of kids […]
Voyeur or Collaborator
Voyeur or Collaborator As we have developed this website over the past several months, many of our conversations have centered on questions of audience: who is our audience? What do they want? And why would they want to read this work? None of these questions of have clear or simple answers, but, in publishing the […]
Finding the Otherness
Thomas Greene April 19, 2021 Finding the Otherness “I’m the master of my fate. I’m the captain of my soul” Nelson Mandela, Invictus (2009) Life in the Bronx in the early 80’s was very interesting. Everything seemed to move at a fast pace. I was a child who learned and grew up fast. My cousin […]