Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes play the protagonist at three different stages of his life. It’s 1:43 a.m., and I can’t sleep. I just saw Moonlight and so should you. […]
Nonfiction Archive
Land Of Songs
“May God help you, young girl, to wash the linen sheet.” The village of Puvovocia, Lithuania is in the region called the Land Of Songs. Its voice, both solemn and playful, reaches from the […]
Yes, I Write, But Not for an Audience
Several million tracks of experience find their ways into my subconscious every nanosecond. Curiosity invites my consciousness to bear witness to life, objects, nature, etc., materials that are coded into my DNA and later come […]
Mechanism of Choice
1 I’m not nearly articulate enough to explain the long, winding, bloody road that led to Chase and me falling out of merely fucking and into actual love. It’s been several years, and only the […]
Waitin’ Around
I met him on the square. He always played his accordion proudly and loudly, sticking out like a sore thumb against brick buildings and refined architecture. The people I knew in those days were a […]
Sugar
We have coffee together every night before bed. It’s nice to share a cup and a conversation about our day, whether we spent it together or apart. We typically share responsibilities around the home too; […]
CAMERAS DON’T LIE
The information age and technology have revolutionized the way we do everything. We live in a period coined “Network Society and Timeless Time,” by social scientists. It was November 13th, and the editorial staff of […]
We’re All Global Citizens Separated By Demarcation Lines
Continued coverage of the Concordia Summit, a parallel event to the 2015 UN General Assembly. Click here to see the preview Part I of this article! “According to the International Labor Organization, approximately 73 million young people […]
A Trip to MOMA to See Picasso’s ‘Bull’ and Other Sculptures
Where is ‘Bull?’ Is ‘Bull’ even here? Did I miss it? No, I don’t think so. Jesus Christ! This show goes on forever. There must a thousand pieces. Room after room of art. Why wasn’t […]
Pulling the Door Open
I arrived at Christopher Street Station in a carefully selected sundress. Slowly, I made my way aboveground trying my best not to sweat too much in the July heat. This would be the first time […]
New Apartment
Finding and securing an apartment in New York City is one sort of nightmare. Nightmares exist all over the world, but this particular one all New Yorkers share. It’s in the contract we write in […]
Speakcheesy
We met under the JMZ in Bushwick, Brooklyn at 4pm. The cheesemakers had to deliver their cheeses on time to the restaurant, otherwise, our night wouldn’t go according to plan. I had coordinated the evening’s […]
Do You Feel Safe
This piece is a part of 12th Street Journal‘s series, “Crisis Expressive,”which focuses on why and how we, as humans, creatively express during personal and public moments of crisis. If you have a story to express, we would be exulted to […]
In Memory of Will Gary: My Friend Will
“This isn’t him,” she said. She was the closest person to me, and the second person closest to the casket. Out of somber, unwilling obligation, several onlookers nodded agreement with the woman. They were right. […]
In Memory of Will Gary: Secure Passage
I like to make up aphorisms, or little sayings. Recently, I made one up about the New School: “How can you tell a New School Student? Watch them walk through a revolving door.” I’m […]
New York Stories: Times Square
The spaces where you’ve walked fill almost before you’ve left them. It’s like you were never there. You began and ended a thousand times before your foot hit the pavement. And you are lost. Lost […]
New York Stories: The Space
Apartment living in New York City is having only what you need. There is no room for the past in my tiny apartment. Precious space to house only the ever-present life condensed and distilled […]
The Places I Once Knew: Meeting Sundown Songs
The Places I Once Knew: Meeting Sundown Songs a musical chance encounter “Lingers in your soul. It’s singin’ and it’s lingerin’ in your soul, lingerin’ in your soul and I wanna sing along…”—from “Glory […]
The Shadow
The Shadow makes his mark on the world with invisibility. His central achievement is making his achievements unknown–disappearing from consciousness and awareness. His greatest accomplishment is that there’s no way to tell if he was […]
The CBGB Movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told?
It’s the premiere of the CBGB film and the first night of the festival. Big movie lights outside the Sunshine Theater throw circular beams into the sky and metal barricades fence in a red-carpeted […]