Featured contributors & highlights

Highlights
Open-access ebook Tales From Six Feet Apart now available!
February 28, 2021

Latest Published Works
What the Sea Took from Her by Kate Griffin
February 22nd, 2021

Watching Jordan's Fall by Allison Whittenberg
​February 15th, 2021

Bubble of Love & Me Time by Yvonne Rojas-Cowan
February 8th, 2021
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Latest Posts
Book Review from our own, Kristin Urban
Book: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
February 9, 2021

iō Reading Night Video

In Support of Black Lives and Voices: How You Can Help
June 2nd, 2020
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Featured Artist : Ariane Rosario - coming soon
The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely.
Amiri Baraka
The writers and artists who embody our online publication, Refractions.

What we do

Connect
Our mission is to provide a platform for diverse, underrepresented voices that challenge traditional expectations of creativity.
Publish
We connect these voices through publishing a printed volume & online publication, Refractions.
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Review
Engage in discussions as we review literature on our Goodreads community Love Yourshelf.
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And then,
​there was volume one

This inaugural issue focuses on an array of universal themes such as race, motherhood, and loss. Rather than catering to one overarching theme, volume one showcases the experiences of many diverse individuals.
Genres include
  • visual art
  • fiction
  • poetry
  • experimental
  • flash fiction
  • personal/narrative essay
  • creative nonfiction
  • literary criticism
Highlights
  • 50 contributors of diverse backgrounds
  • 42 writers & 8 artists
  • 65 stories
  • ​Made with hope, sweat, and coffee (lots of it)

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