CW: Mention of Rape Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! I first read Sarah Dessen’s Just Listen sometime between my eleventh and twelfth birthday. I remember devouring books one after another then, finishing maybe…
What “Creativity” Means to Me
Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! For as long as I can remember, I have always avoided anything “creative” – visual art, creative writing, and so many other activities I may have enjoyed were…
Violent Masculinity in Action Movies & Culture
Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! Now that I am older, I see with different eyes. I adored action movies when I was young. I lived for them, for the sweeping scores and elaborate…
Soul Connections: How I Found My Courage Through Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being
By Jamie Tortorello-AllenEditor for Songs of SurvivalAuthor of volcano and my mother collected angels, featured in Songs of Survival, Vol. I Iss. I Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! As my birthday approached…
Finding Catharsis in Poetry
By Sandy ChilsonDirector of Marketing and OutreachAuthor of chocolate, featured in Songs of Survival, Vol. I Iss. I Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! I’ve always found it easier to write letters or send…
Chanel Miller’s ‘Know My Name’ and the Power of Writing
By Katy MullinsEditor for Songs of Survival Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! In June 2016, Buzzfeed published a victim impact statement penned by the so-called ‘Stanford Victim’. At that point still anonymous, the…
What’s the Narrative?
Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! Beyond my personal journal, I’ve never really been one to foster my own creative writing skills. Of course I study English Literature at school and have loved reading…
Welcome to Songs of Survival!
By Alyssa HendersonManaging Editor of Songs of Survival Have a story you’d like to share about survival? Submit your piece, whether it be poetry, prose, art, or photography, to our literary journal, Songs of Survival! If you’re new to Songs of Survival, thanks for stopping by, we’re so glad you’ve found your way here! Since…