Writing

By Melani Segovia These are different published pieces interwoven together to form a spoken word piece. I made this piece because it talks about immigration …

Bless me for holding on to my dreams and never letting them goBless me for remembering singing through the whole house and getting lost in …

My fear of mirrors, ever since I was a kid, I believed that my body was more monotone than orchestra. For 16 years it’s reeked …

A butterfly flaps its wings,and you happen Mild breeze in California into whirling winds at sea Now there’s a tornado in Maine and it’s your …

Nothing but nylon and string wrapped again and again around the twisted bough and waving in the breeze.There’s no escape.Here they will be kept until …

“The mention of politics is a surefire way to get teenagers to fall asleep.” -Leila D’Angelo in The GuardianHello. I am a teenager. I am …

My soul predates the Egyptianssmoking on this weed no prescriptiontrying to elevate better pay attention I’m resonating at the frequency of the sunhorus telling me …

Name of Conference: LANZATE 2016The organizers of “Mi Jente” sent me an email about their gathering with different organizations in Puerto Rico, and they asked …

All in my headAnxiety is the worst thing someone canever have.I worry, and fear, and thinkSo much soThat the migraines kick in and that600mg pill …

Many people think domestic violence can’t and will never happen to them until it has escalated to where it is too late to receive help. …

In September we took off our socksstretched them out to dry in thelingering summerwith bare feet I learned that body is akind of currency how …

Dana’s feet drag on the groundHer worn sneakers take steps without herHer confidence in fistsShe walks up the stairsTo the dreary houseThe white picket fenceHe …

What does it take to become we?To become we is to be united with one another, you have to forget hate, you have to understand …

By Melani Segovia, Jeanette Quitizaca, Dylan Spencer Evidence a Dance Company was founded by dancer Ronald K. Brown in 1985, and based in Brooklyn, New …

By Serenity Lewis, Donovan Spencer, Melani SegoviaLast summer, we got to interview an American Performer, Marc Bamuthi Joseph. He started his arts career at the …

By Cierra, Sharissa, Niobe, Samiya, Kaliyah, Sade, SerenityWhere i’m from… the smell of my grandmother’s fried chicken fills the air .Where I’m from…I see the …

By Kaliyah and Amyah Dear World, We are writing this letter about how deportation impacted us and how we feel about this happening to others. …

By Niobe WrightViolence is pain,Violence is not a game,People who use violence should be very ashamed.Violence can be used in many ways.People all around the …

By Awesome CCThey say love comes from the heartbut what they fail to see is that lovealso causes you pain but in so many waysit …

By: Melani Segovia I don’t know who I really am right now. I don’t know where I belong. My name is Melani, but I go …

By: Kaliyah I feel silenced when I’m the only black person in a classbecause I feel out of place so it makes me hesitate toraise …

Mountain Xpress is an Asheville-based independent weekly newspaper. This article about the new Squad Room was published in a recent issue. Click here to read …

By Awesome CC Green Green is my mother cause shekeeps me alive day in and day outbut that’s all about to change cause I’ve stripped …

For the Southside Stories performance at Alternate ROOTS Week, Squad members Ilah and Khavah combined a line from each of the word on the street …

By Nevel Swain Hair, legs, feet,feeling , we havethem right? But yet I gettreated like the mud underneathyour shoe. Nothing. Made fun of ‘cause of …