In this powerful personal essay, Alex Zhang reflects on growing up with anxiety and navigating his queer identity in silence. With vulnerability and grace, he reveals how writing, friendship, and quiet moments of love helped him transform shame into strength—and why he’s choosing to stay in the game, unshaken.

In her latest Kinsman Quarterly feature, Monique Franz profiles Nigerian artist Onyedikachi Prince Robinson, whose journey from homelessness to healing through art is as compelling as the portraits he paints. With deep compassion and cultural reverence, Robinson captures the forgotten—restoring dignity, memory, and voice to America’s invisible elders.

Battle of Broom: Sweeping Mindsets by Vernica Goel unveils the poetic soul and painful truth behind India’s most humble tool. Through the broom’s voice, caste, gender, and cultural inequalities are laid bare. This eye-opening narrative challenges readers to confront prejudice and sweep away centuries-old biases with every turn of the page.

Clara Zimban explores Gwoka, the soul of Guadeloupean identity—born and transformed from the pain of enslavement.

by Monique Franz Photography by Rudy Fabre. Essay initially published by ITM: https://www.inthismoment585.org/ The value of a man’s...

by Radiyah Nouman Our stories have been passed down from generation to generation for centuries. The words are woven into our hair, skin,...

by Carissa Lukan I have a memory from when I was younger, sitting on the kitchen floor of my childhood home. One star was visible through...

Surviving the Southern Night by Max Bufkin