Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize – 2023
The Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize is sponsored by the English Department at CCSU. It was created by former English professorContinue Reading
Category: Literature
Sleeping Giant | John Muro
As a child, I kept waiting for youto rise from your deep, uneasysleep, dumbstruck and stumblingtowards a foreign sea justContinue Reading
Starboy | Rishika Parmar
Leaning against the brick wall, Robert smoked a cigarette. He raised his head up, staring at the wisps of smokeContinue Reading
Glue | Ryan Peruta
The bottles of synthetic malbec twanged against each other in her shopping bags as Dr. Langley Nakamura slumped through theContinue Reading
Taking A Chance | Flavio Arapi
My Dad’s advice from this morning replays in my mind. You can’t spend your life dwelling on what could haveContinue Reading
Lavender Rose Brown | Theodore Ebana
We planted Jae deep enough so, when the time came, the new him would have no issue crawling out ofContinue Reading
Letter to a Stranger: To the Man Who Hit Me with His Truck and Drove Away | Isaiah Bernazal
It was a Thursday night in September of 2022. I felt a gentle breeze in the air as I walkedContinue Reading
Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize – 2022
The Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize is sponsored by the English Department at CCSU. It was created by former English professorContinue Reading
Take Exit 22 Onto The Mobius Strip | Henry Jordan-Reilly
There is no difference Between aspiration and impatience, Between a bright and a daunting Future. Months are not months. TheyContinue Reading
Purity | Madison Culpepper
I grab a bottle of soapand a new spongethen lock myselfin the bathroom.I drop to my knees,next to the moldthatContinue Reading