If I could wish the most marvelous thing into being it would be brightly lit with tiny lights on crazy coiled wires, springing out like curls on a wild girl. Constructed from old radios, rusted roller skates, ruined dreams, and...
My room was larger than his. It was upstairs and faced towards the front of the house. There were windows on every wall. Although it was set back from the street, it still was graced with light. My bed faced the opening to...
After 15 years I’ve come back to paint and eat lunch with Mr. B and his cancer. The house, the neighborhood, locked in time. I know I’ve changed, now looking at thirty. He blinks at me, standing in the doorway in his robe,...
Ethan Shan is a high school student who has been passionate about drawing since he could...
Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have
– James Baldwin
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