by Kelsey McFaul | May 19, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2019
UnBreakable Bonds: Literary Ecosystems in Africa The 2019 theme for the Writivism Literary Festival in Kampala, Uganda—“UnBreakable Bonds” —began with a question: what does it mean to be a prize competition, and by extension a publisher, only open to writers living on...
by Publab Alumni | May 19, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2019
Spanish is Not a Foreign Language: Publishing and National Identity In 2018, the Latinx population in the United States reached 59.9 million.[1] Given the current climate of fear and uncertainty created by the policies of the Trump administration toward immigrant...
by Juliana Roth | May 19, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2019
The Mentor It’s early morning in Los Angeles as I walk a side street to a coffee shop to work on a revision of this essay. I’m listening to the audio version of the article “An Epidemic of Disbelief,” a story unearthing the patterns of institutional negligence by the...
by Cheyenne Peat-Davis | May 19, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2019
Time Has Run Out When I first read The Autobiography of Malcolm X, it stirred up feelings of indignation, confusion, and disappointment. However, more than anything, this book made me think. That is the beauty of this book, not that it necessarily made me believe in...
by Kayla Hardy | May 19, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2019
The Case for Rainbows The creative landscape is changing. Some might say not nearly fast enough, but change usually occurs in waves—some high and some low. Right now, I’d argue we are somewhere in the twilight of the high and low as various creative industries—namely...
by Michael Reyes | May 19, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2019
Long Surnames and Pride: On Alma and How She Got Her Name Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela thinks her name is too long. When it doesn’t fit on a single sheet of paper, she tapes paper scraps onto the edges to make it fit. Alma then begins to question her place...
