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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...

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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...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...