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Editor's Note

Another semester comes and goes as we put together our second issue of One Twenty One, Virginia State University's online journal of...

Editor's Note

One Twenty One is a new online journal of Literature and Art here at Virginia State University, and we have done remarkable things this...

ANNOUNCING ONE TWENTY ONE

Welcome to One Twenty-One, a national journal of art and literature. We, the staff of One Twenty-One, created this journal with the goal...

Note from the Editor

The Virginia Normal faced unique challenges this semester. With the arrival of COVID-19, Virginia State University decided to finish the...

Note from the Editorial Staff

Ekphrasis, a style of poetry that aims to describe a work of visual art in a way that deepens the experience of both poem and image, is a...

Poetry Within Modern Hip-Hop Music with Kendrick Lamar

by Branson Neuman Kendrick Lamar is one of my personal favorite artists, so I’m very excited to delve into his work and how he has...

Sans la Tour Eiffel

by Stacy Benson Thanks to the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, I had a plane ticket to Paris. After the long transatlantic...

Note from the Editor

by Tedria Smith The Virginia Normal had an amazing year with endless opportunities given to the students at Virginia State University....

A Review of “Two Towns Over” by Darren C. Demaree

by Stacy Benson In his new book, Two Towns Over, Darren C. Demaree uses poetry to bring awareness to the reasons behind an individual’s...

Interview with Scott Laudati

by Stacy Benson Scott Laudati is a poet who tackles the tragic matter of drug use and addiction in America today. Laudati’s poem, “He Was...

Devil in Disguise

By India Peterkin Critical Essay Honorable Mention, 2018 VSU Student Writing Contest In the story “Where Are You going, Where Have You...

La primavera se acerca… by Dr. Mario Mantilla

In Memory of Dr. Hildegard Rissel La primavera se acerca… sientiendo sus pasos sigilosos la yerba empieza a verdear Al notar los cerezos...

Dr. Hildegard Rissel, A Remembrance

“I am found in these deserts and solitudes, in quest of adventures.” –Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The History and Adventures of the...

Note from the Editor by Stacy Benson

Ekphrasis In Verse, poetry slams, open mics, writing contests, a book review, and author interview are some of the activities that took...