Category: Free Space
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AIDS: A Love Story (Hannah B. Ragland)
Hannah Beth Ragland is an aspiring artist, writer, and designer. She is currently studying creative writing at Florida State University, working odd jobs, and running an etsy shop. She collects old books and houseplants. AIDS: A Love Story We were sick, and we were in love. That was how it was supposed to be –…
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VIDEO: U35 Poetry Night @ Marilave
U35 is a bi-monthly reading series for poets under the age of thirty-five, conceived as a space for greater community as well as diversity of voice and vision. On Tuesday, July 23, we are pleased to be featuring poets Nora Delaney, Jade Sylvan, and Mary Benson. Check out video from last Tuesday’s poetry reading, hosted…
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VIDEO: Phillipe Chatelain talks about ‘taking shots alone’ (prod. by Carmen Guzman)
I had the opportunity to work with my very special friend Carmen Guzmán to put together this short video about my latest poetry series taking shots alone.
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Happy Belated!
Alessandra De Soto, a New York native yet raised abroad in the Dominican Republic, relocated to Florida at the age of 17 where she started a career in ‘corporate America’. After profiting from her endeavors, she moved to New York City to pursue her repressed dreams of entertaining as an actress, singer, writer and producer.…
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“Fix your head in My Crown” – Jay-Z releases Magna Carta Holy Grail
Last night the Internet hiccupped as Jay-Z had his coronation at midnight by way of his Magna Carta Holy Grail. HOV’s new album, named after the charter that limited the powers of the monarch in 13th Century England, is also arguably one of the most heavily promoted albums of the 21st Century. The hip-hop world…
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I am with you in Allston – by Phillipe Chatelain
i am with you in allston – poem by phillipe chatelain Phillipe Martin Chatelain is a hoodlum from the Bronx, New York. He writes poetry and is founder and Managing Editor of In Parentheses Literary Magazine. A recent graduate of Boston University, his first chapbook taking shots alone has been independently released and his poetry can…
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(VIDEO) “You Can/Can’t Touch My Hair”: Natural Hair on Display by R. Uribe
Ramelcy Uribe is a student from Haverford College from the Bronx, New York. Her internet presence is centralized here. Simply put, the “Natural Hair Movement” for Black womyn from all across the Pan-African diaspora has become our re-introduction to rocking our natural curls and naps. For many, it’s the first time since our childhood or…
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2 Poems by Akiva Savett
Akiva J. Savett has been published in The Eunoia Review, The Washington Post, Etcetera, and Caesura. He teaches Advanced Placement Literature in Potomac, Maryland. He holds an MA in Literature from University of Delaware and lives in suburban Maryland with his wife and two children. Seek A blanket bump on her brother’s bed, she giggles…

