Featured Artist: Dr. I. Jay Asher
Synkroniciti is thrilled to welcome the first of our “Empowered” issue Featured Artists, writer and playwright Dr. I. Jay Asher. Jay has been part of our community through the online …
“Rite of Passage” by D.R. James Wins Synkroniciti’s “Ritual” Poetry Contest
Synkroniciti is delighted to grant our “Ritual” poetry contest award to poet D.R. James for “Rite of Passage,” which explores how many boys, particularly in the American Midwest, became men …
Quote for Today: Martin Luther King, Jr
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all …
Featured Artist: Evelyn Sharenov
Synkroniciti is honored to feature Childhood’s End, Evelyn Sharenov’s moving story of a young woman of Jewish heritage coming of age in 1960s New York City. Growing up in the …
Quote for Today: James Baldwin
The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man, it has created a new white …
Quote for Today: Ta-Nehisi Coates
As for now, it must be said that the process of washing the disparate tribes white, the elevation of the belief in being white, was not achieved through wine tastings …
Bound Together: Ancestry and Prejudice in Louis Erdrich’s The Plague of Doves
How much do the actions and thoughts of our ancestors shape our lives and limit our experience? Louise Erdrich’s A Plague of Doves tells the story of residents in the tiny …
Quote for Today: Carl Sandburg
And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release – out across the desert, running toward the Gulf, below sea level, to murmur …
Quote for Today: Tom Waits
I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. …