Shade Literary Arts

what are you? i am transcendent/i am more than woman/or nation/or survivor/i defy definition/i am not yours to name/i belong to myself...

broken-skin hymn for the half-salvaged in your classic // white // triple xl t, // timberland work boots // & nothing else, i drop // to...

I have become struck with sadness in more ways than one. From the slaughter of black and brown bodies to the mistreatment of marginalized...

Rai Mckinley is a photographer and activist at the intersections of race and gender. At 21 years old, he has been active in Chicago and...

i approach the tall blonde in the bar // she says, “you’re so beautiful i’m scared to touch you,” because that is a thing people say,...

61. Lucy, Hater The sky this morning is clear and endless, as are the clouds before the sun erases them, as is the time before Mars shows...

Dear Reader, Preheat the oven to 420 degrees. Wash the bird and remove its innards and cut off all the schmaltz. Oil literally...

1 I don’t know how much more coleslaw I can take. 2 & I love coleslaw. 3 If Brian is traveling at 71 miles per hour & Ryan is traveling...

George Abraham is a Palestinian-American poet attending Swarthmore College. He competed in the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational...

THE ‘X’ IN ‘XICANO’ SPEAKS "The term Chicano is derived from the word Mejicano or Mexican, which itself is rooted in the word Mexicano...