Digital Issue No. 1 | The New Engagement

Digital Issue No. 1

The New Engagement Online Journal No. 1

Welcome to issue number 1 of The New Engagement.

July
2016

Literature

Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Essays

In The Belly of It All, a Collection

By Brandi M. Spaethe

The sensation of touch, the perception of being moved, and a delicate closeness.
 

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Valero BioPark

Zer0: Emancipation, Chapter 19

By Jessica Deaver

Contemplating an inhospitable future. And speculating on whether there could be any other kind.
 

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Excerpts from Kangalee: Monocords & Blitzes

By Dennis Leroy Kangalee

Sound the dirge. A lament for our age.

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Chaos and Compassion, a Collection

By Jennifer Thompson

Trauma, both foreign and domestic, amid care and comfort.

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Twinkles & The Blob

By Nandi La Sophia

Boisterous, brazen, and beautiful, Nandi La Sophia's story startles and surprises.

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Bleaching Lies

By Sam Desmond

Cultural appropriation, Princess Diana, and Long Island mores. Shaken ... and stirred.

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IN THE LIGHT OF MEN (or the follies of Mrs. Gautreau)

By Sam Desmond

Imagine an epistolary between Emily Post and Larry Flynt.

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Mandarin Slang

By Brian Alessandro

A rumination on ethnic identity, change, delusion, and the fantasy of racial superiority.

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The Neurotic Impulse to Express

By Brian Alessandro

Why write? Why make art? Why make meaning? Why not?

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Art

Film, Photography, Illustration, Painting

Romero Olympics illustration

Romero Olympics

By Peov

The third satiric illustration by Peov.

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Emperor Palpatine

Emperor Palpatine, The Redeemer

By Peov

The second satiric illustration taking aim at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by Peov.

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Best Wishes from the Underwoods, illustration

Best Wishes From The Underwoods

By Peov

Subtle, sardonic satire.

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Ship Channel

Ship Channel

By Jessica Deaver

Unexpected beauty in the arms of harmful industry.

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Pray or Prey, painting

PRAY or PREY

By Charlene M. Cooper

A potent plea for an end to institutionalized horror.

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Step Sleep by Robert Moore

Step Sleep

By Robert Moore

An intimate moment exquisitely captured in black and white.

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Weir Building Brooklyn

Weir Building No. 1

By Nina Fleck

The facade is the first to flake and fade.

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Motherless Fatherless B-side, painting

Motherless / Fatherless B-side

By Jessica Rowshandel

Rejection is a monster.

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The New Engagement

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.