NONFICTION
My Color Wheel Has Stopped Spinning
Photo Credit: Kristin Hildebrand
Recently, I have noticed that I’ve worn black considerably more than any other color. Even as I write this, make no mistake: I have made no exceptions.
The Undertones of Death
Photo Credit: Kristin Hildebrand
Despite all of these uncertainties, I do know that life is a gift of sanctity. We must reject mediocrity and strive for excellence. To each person, this means something different.
Bad Bunny's Never-ending Activism
Unlike many modern celebrities, Martínez Ocasio is highly aware of the magnitude of his platform and how he can use it to improve the circumstances of the Puerto Rican people
Anthropomorphism: The Human Lens
The other day, a sparrow spoke to me. It gracefully flitted to perch on my window’s grill. It tried penetrating the glass, looking at me watching it.
The Unsilenced Song
Essay winner of The Olive Branch Collective
“I want to go home, but home is the mouth of a shark. Home is the barrel of a gun. No one would leave home unless home chased you to the shore…”
Viewing Cancer Tangibly
Let this be a reminder: cancer exists. As terrifying as it may be, you have to find the confidence to acknowledge it. Fear can be forgiven, ignorance can’t.
Vincent and the Nightingale
Sometimes it feels like this is the only story I can tell. It’s like if I don’t make it into something profound and important, all the suffering was for nothing.
Coal Cellar
Photo Credit: Channie Greenberg
In 1983, when I was eleven, my best friend Gabor lived in an apartment on Feherlo Street in the 11th district of Budapest.
Stepping on a Cicada
Photo Credit: Sofia Pawelko
In the evening of a late spring day, a secret army emerged from the ground in neighborhoods all over the state.
A Teenage Girl’s Secret World
Photo Credit: Nepthys
Sheer shades, pansy wallpaper, and colorful vintage posters. To 90s Hollywood, this was girlhood.
Philosophy and Science: The Shared Pursuit of Truth
Philosophy and science are like two wheels of a moving vehicle, as both of them are vital to the smooth running of the said vehicle, not one more important than the other.
MONSTRUM
Imagine a man—he’s tall, dark, and lean, the kind of fright found only in the bathroom mirror or the darkest nightmares. He has grown up being judged for not being able to work fast enough, hard enough, good enough.
Magical Realism & its Influence on Latin America
The magical realism genre exploded during the 20th century in Latin America and was a pivotal piece in the development of Latin America’s literary voice.
Cordyceps: The Zombie Fungus
The world’s most sinister form of mind control isn’t found in fictional apocalypses or the latest season of Stranger Things, but in the jungle, as zombie fungus gnaws away at the insides of insects.
All-Consuming Otherness
For many years, the subgenre of cannibalism has been used as a way to shock and disturb viewers while simultaneously intriguing them.
Ars longa, vita brevis.
“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?”