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A Note from the Editorial Staff
One Twenty-One is BACK and we are so thrilled to bring you ISSUE THREE! This year, we saw a lot of amazing poetry, fiction and even some...

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Apr 28, 20242 min read
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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...

One TwentyOne
Oct 31, 20223 min read
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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...

One TwentyOne
May 12, 20213 min read
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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...

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Apr 26, 20211 min read
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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...

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Apr 26, 20212 min read
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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...

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Apr 26, 20211 min read
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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...

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Apr 26, 20214 min read
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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...

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Apr 26, 20213 min read
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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....

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Apr 26, 20212 min read
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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...

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Apr 23, 20212 min read
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