The New Engagement Literature & Art Journal

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.

Issue 18

Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Essays

As An Act of Protest

"As an Act of Protest" Exposes the Frauds, Hypocrites, and Cowards

By Brian Alessandro

“As an Act of Protest” has never been more urgent than now.

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Hanging in The Balance

By Jennifer Jones

Grace is a dance in the face of adversity, a pirouette across a landscape of bigotry.

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The End of Imagination

By Dennis Leroy Kangalee

Morality is a creative endeavor.

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La Dona Remedia

By Felice Neals

Deviations from dark destinies.

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Grass Waving Under Wind, A Collection

By Duane L Herrmann

The salt of the Earth exerts the greatest pressures.

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Illusion of Upward Mobility

By Tricia Vessey

The subaltern readies her defense.

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The Wanting Was a Wilderness

By Alden Jones

All the natural things that pull.

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Wonderland, A Collection

By Paul Lisicky

The Bulldog, the Cyclone, the Ocelot, and Tom. With dignity and mettle for all.

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The Arrested Evolution of William S. Burroughs

By Tom Cardamone

A reluctant “outlaw” too radical for the queer canon.

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Futures in Gold

By Christopher Bollen

A pagan penance in paradise.

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The Writer

By Sam Desmond

Subjects include dependency and exploitation.

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Dr. Strangetimes or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Virus

By Laura Schleifer

Hubris is infectious.

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There’s Something About (Intergenerational) Trauma

By Nicole Ferrier

Centuries of cruelty demand centuries of reparation.

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Art

Film, Photography, Illustration, Painting

The Black Baptism: Trailer

By Stephanie Diane Ford

Fear is a Lack of Imagination.

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Coming Out Party

By Alexander Remnick

The artist paints their facade.

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Safe Space Installation

By Alexander Remnick

The artist tours their new world.

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Leaving Hell Climbing Your Handsome Devils

By Omar Chaves Viteri

Too Hot for Heaven.

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If you Like Meat, Eat a Cowboy

By Omar Chaves Viteri

A Carnivore’s Delight.

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Flowers Don’t Maketh Gay

By Omar Chaves Viteri

Pick Them While Ripe.

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The New Engagement endeavors a novel approach to discovering, introducing, and showcasing writers, artists, and filmmakers, by providing them digital and print platforms, while encouraging and supporting their social-consciousness.