12th Street Journal

11/11/2022

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“You motion for another martini and down it quickly. What number is that? Three? Five? Why hasn’t He noticed you yet? You’re drunk but not yet sloppy. You’ll leave before that happens. Catch a cab, stumble up the stairs to your fourth-floor walk up. You pick up your cell and your fingers move slowly but you put a note in your phone with the name of the bar you’re at—sober you will appreciate the breadcrumbs."

Excerpt from the latest fiction piece, Last Call, by Chelsea M. Carney.
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10/31/2022

"This is the work of The New Historia: to summon women deliberately left out of history and discover them and the shards of information about them that can be found. As more and more female actors are made visible, another narrative of the human experience emerges that is more inclusive, accurate, and just."

Excerpt from Riley Dole's interview with Gina Walker, Professor of Women's Studies and the Director of The New Historia.
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Link to Full Interview in Stories

09/10/2022

12th Street is committed to amplifying the voices of emerging writers and creators. As the new semester kicks into gear, we wanted to highlight some fantastic pieces that were published last year:

Sarah Luna Van Arsdale "Holistic Pharmacy" | Art & Multimedia
Natalia Berry "Beauty Is A Bad Investment, But I Can't Stop Buying" | Blog
Dezy Fitzgerald Powers "The Ewe's Blood Trickles Down Mazant" | Fiction
Michelle Hromin "Potholes" | Poetry

We wants to read what you’ve been working on! Our dedicated and passionate editors are here to provide an opportunity to have your voice heard. You can find our submission guidelines at the link in our bio!

08/25/2022

Calling all Writing and Democracy Honors Students! We invite you to join our wonderful editorial team at 12th Street, which is finally back in person after a year 1/2 online. WOOHOOOO! You can still register for the 12th Street Literary Journal Seminar for 1-3 credits. Joining the 12th Street staff is an excellent opportunity to make new friends and immerse yourself in The New School’s writing community! The seminar also fulfills a literature requirement for both the Honors Program and Creative Writing major.

06/01/2022

“No One Wants to Write Poems About the Proletariat Anymore” by Christine Leotta is out now! Check it out ✨

05/30/2022

“...I feel the need to prove my identity as a Chinese-Japanese American. As if it’s a requirement, part of the ongoing check-list of “to-do’s” to get my asian stamp of approval...”
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Excerpt from the latest blog piece by Poetry Editor Matthew Young
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05/18/2022

“The beauty that I saw in my mother—her brown skin, her large hips, her round tummy, her kinky hair—was not considered beautiful on her to the white homogeneity of the 90s. She had to strip some of that away in order to survive. Not just to be beautiful, but to be employable.”

Excerpt from the latest blog piece by Poetry Editor, Natalia Berry.
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05/18/2022

“Beauty is a currency. I watched my mother transform each day to go to work, to look “professional,” to become more respected in the white spaces where she worked. I watched her perform similar rituals to become more desirable for Black spaces. I watched her ritualistically straighten her hair every few weeks. I frequently watched her get her nails done, in long petite acrylics painted with Essie pink color Lady-Like…”

Excerpt from the latest blog piece by Poetry Editor, Natalia Berry.
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05/14/2022

“I daydream a lot about floating in the air. A slow, sort of dead man’s float across the sky. This doesn’t make much sense to me because I don’t like planes. Or swimming.”
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Excerpt from New Non-Fiction by Linda Kravitz

05/09/2022

Six Poems by Christah Porter is now up!!! Link in bio! Poetry at its finest💕

05/06/2022

New Blog by is up!!! This is so good!!!

05/02/2022

New Poetry Alert🗣” So Long, Farewell My Child” by Eleanor Aristide is now up!!!”

05/02/2022

New alert!!! So Long, Farewell My Dear by Eleanor Aristide is now up!!!

04/25/2022

“We emerge from the froth and part our lips, singing in unison. Our song is a euphonious trill forged by seawater and regality. A sacred language of cadence and rhythm that has weighed on the stretched husks of the Bantay Tubig, guardians of the water, for centuries.”

Excerpt from the latest fiction piece by writer and designer, Jillian Rees.
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04/21/2022

Join us…..IN PERSON, tomorrow at 6pm for our Student Reading:) We’ll also be streaming live, scan the QR code to register now!

04/20/2022

Amazing new read by !!!

04/16/2022

“In subway stations, at museums, on trains, in taxicabs, outside restaurants, on street corners, I found myself asking the question: What makes a New Yorker?”

Excerpt from the latest blog piece by Art & Multimedia Editor, Jillian Rees
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04/13/2022

New piece, Why I Don’t Drink, is now ready for your eyes!!! Thank you Zahra Mansoor for such an incredible piece!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

04/12/2022

“Instead of giving up on writing, on art forms altogether, I have been trying to find new ways to tell stories. Novel to me, at least. And when I simply cannot find the motivation or inspiration in my own stories, I look to the storytellers all around me. I always find them at 12th Street—in the forms of author, artist, and editor.”

Excerpt from Letter From The Editor 2021-2022, by Editor-in-chief, Sophia Benz ()
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04/08/2022

Putting aside the scurvy, wooden fingers, and telepathic seagulls, ‘Our Flag Means Death’ is a show about outcasts for outcasts. It’s silly, sometimes irreverent, but brilliantly tender. It’s not just a rom-com or situational comedy; it’s a q***r elegy—honoring those outcasts in history who chose to risk their lives for freedom and perhaps even love.
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04/06/2022

New , by is now up!!!

04/04/2022

New Poetry by Lexi Lane is up!!! Link in bio!

04/04/2022

by is now up!

04/01/2022

Our Mess by is now up!!! Such a beautiful read💕

03/28/2022

Take a walk through New Orleans’ 9th Ward in Dezy Fitzgerald Powers’ expansive and unflinching new fiction piece, “The Ewe’s Blood Trickles Down Mazant.”
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03/24/2022

03/11/2022

Link in bio!! Shout out to our own for this dope blog! http://www.12thstreetonline.com/every-spotlight-has-a-shadow/