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By Stephanie Diane Ford

Fear is a Lack of Imagination.

By Alexander Remnick

The artist tours their new world.

By Alexander Remnick

The artist paints their facade.

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By Eva Louise

With imagery and words that lilt and lash, an indigenous poet stands with the black community against bigoted forces.

Implications film art
By Khalil Anthony

After Baldwin, in a voice that shakes and sounds a freedom knell.

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By Dennis Leroy Kangalee

With an atrocity ancient and a wound permanent.

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By Vernon Jordan III

A lyrical lament that gently reaches for the sublime.

Hang N' There
By Malacu McCray , Craig Davidson

The barbershop sets the stage for a righteous course in this moral chamber piece.

Rooftop Scene from As An Act of Protest
By Dennis Leroy Kangalee

Incendiary, confrontational, and necessary. The excerpt from a feature film that presents a relevant and challenging moral struggle.

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Contests & Prizes

Flash Fiction Contest
On May 1st, we announced the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest: Thomas Garcia (1st), Rick Krizman (2nd), and Rios de la Luz (3rd). Read more.

The James Baldwin Literature Prize
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of The James Baldwin Literature Prize of $1,000 to Hafsa Musa. Read more.

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.