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Category: Voices

Living Water

Posted on December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 by Richie George

Some of the daughters who stayed turned into nymphs, living off the fish life wading in Nigerian waters. They were free when the white man decided to make our shores his own––to say our waters could be his. The mermaids could drink and dance. My mom doesn’t drink. She does love to dance.

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A Love Letter to Pottery

Posted on December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 by Ivana Ñique

While painters will take to a canvas or poets will take to the pen, the potter takes to molding earth itself. The clay is alive and breathing and from it life is not introduced, but rather transformed.

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Studio Solace: An Ode to Boundless Spaces for the Mind and Soul

Posted on October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 by Kamryn Davenport

Stepping into the Timothy Dwight Art Studio for a Friday evening vision board workshop, I was greeted with warm lights, familiar faces, and the gentle hum of indie music.

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My love flowering for you like maguey

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Ethan Estrada

once it blooms, maguey dies like your hand  in my back pocket  hand in my hand tongue in my ear green  to tan  to gray  to black and blue bruise crescenting your eyebrow beloved why won’t you look at me today? why will you only touch me in darkness? I am not jasmine,  I do…

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On Bajamed: Borderlands, Cuisine, and Multiculturalism in Baja California

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Isa Pedroza

Food holds the power to bridge cultural divides. Food, as a means of storytelling and community building, allows people to transcend borders and foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures. Baja Mediterranean cuisine (Baja Med), a northern Mexican culinary tradition, represents the art of fusion food, which serves as a bridge for the…

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