Category: NYC
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Unity of Existence – Vignette by P Chatelain
As I looked out over the thousands, I felt subtle and individual spirits. At a distance, a visage of indistinguishable beings with the same life energy as a mass of grass or cold ocean. They lined the horizon in multicolored specks of life. Thousands of consciousnesses, blurring together into one unity of existence. (and I still can’t…
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New Negro Politics – Essay by P Chatelain
Political Changes by way of Cultural Changes How African Americans of the Harlem Renaissance reversed gruesome stereotypes in order to rework their image in the eyes of their white brothers.
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A Black Author’s Duty – Essay by P Chatelain
Visionary Writers of the Harlem Renaissance and their Critics Black writers’ struggle with publication of Black novels and poems due to the enormous white readership. Did they have a duty to depict minorities under a certain light?
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July Devotion – Poem by P Chatelain
July Devotion
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Unsharpened Pencils – an essay by P Chatelain
UNSHARPENED PENCILS – by Phillipe Chatelain For the longest I never wrote in pencil. It seemed rustic and was reminiscent of the naivety of third grade.
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Not a Big Deal (Excerpt) – Short Story by P Chatelain
Not a Big Deal (Excerpt) by Phillipe Chatelain Author’s note: Not a Big Deal tells the story of a tragic situation that serves as a catalyst to connect very different people. New friendships are formed and old friendships are questioned, but at what cost?
