The New Engagement Literature & Art Journal
  • THE NEW
    ENGAGEMENT
    Issue No. 13, OCT - DEC 2017

The New Engagement is a Literature & Art Journal that publishes original short stories, novel excerpts, essays, drama, poetry, film, photography, illustrations, and paintings that promise personal insights, unique perspectives, and uncommon social observations.

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Literature

Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Essays

Story Art

HIJAB - A Love Story

By Sarah Ito

Culture and comedy duet on the morning after a romantic tryst.

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Slightly Higher God story art

Slightly higher god

By Jason Morphew

The effort to find redemption in the ignoble is great.

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La Baleine story art

la baleine

By Jyoti Arvey

A one-way epistolary reveals a deepening longing for cohesion.

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Moral Imperfections story art

Moral Imperfections

By Gerda Govine

The will to achieve grace is within reach.

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Chapters 7-9 of The Gift, story art

The Gift, Chapters 9 - 11

By Mark Elzey

In chapters 9-11 of Mark Elzey’s revelatory memoir, the narrator faces the defacers.

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Melancholia Review art

A Necessary Everyman: A Book Review of Roberto Carlos Garcia’s "Melancolia"

By Tamara Hart, Roberto Carlos Garcia

A rigorous and affectionate review of Roberto Carlos Garcia’s poetry collection, “Melancholia.”

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Art

Film, Photography, Illustration, Painting

Eva Gjaltema: “Untitled: From The Series, Sehnzucht: The Remix”

Untitled: From The Series, Sehnzucht: The Remix

By Eva Gjaltema

Naked and alone, an introduction to life.

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Ryan Ostrowski: “Sleeping in a Field of Poppies”

Sleeping in a Field of Poppies

By Ryan Ostrowski

Ethereal bloom grown deep within a solace garden.

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LurLynn Franklin: “9 Months, 18 Years (with age progression)”

9 Months, 18 Years (with age progression)

By LurLynn Franklin

A grim reality marked by criminal unfairness.

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