“You do not belong here.” – Jaquira Díaz In my America Earlier this year, as I delved into the personal essay form, I couldn’t help but gasp when I read the following lines in a piece written by Jaquira Díaz:...
History teaches us that the marginalized always use art as a means of speaking about their pain and sorrows. Art, whether it was music or poetry, was also used as coded language that motivated those who suffer to rise...
Have you repeatedly heard that the people who visit Florence never want to leave? Well, I did the legwork and can confirm it…it happened to me. Florence, the capital of Italy’s historic Tuscany region, home to...
Barely 17 years old, and yet I’d fight with anyone who dared To tell me that Spanglish wasn’t A language. Spanglish was so deeply intertwined With my identity, that any attempt To invalidate it Was an attempt To invalidate me. The only thing I knew how to speak where I didn’t have to censor, filter, or hinder the only language learning allowed...
Coger pique con el celular porque no hay un keyboard en spanglish and I have grammarly, español and english qué calvario! qué paciencia! y qué bueno! ¿quién me manda? a tener el corazón dividío* en tre** a vivir la poesía,...
The arts have always played a significant role in the history and culture of African descendants. Today, many people often limit the scope of Art within the African Diaspora to hip-hop, R&B, contemporary dance, and other contemporary musical art forms;...