It was my goddaughter’s confirmation party. We were all at her house. It was her parents, brothers, sisters, her sister’s boyfriend, me, the homies, Monique, Renea, Sheila, Kaylan, and some other people. We were all watching a movie and then we started to eat some beef and rice. It was really good. After eating, we [...]

In the third issue of The kNOw (our most recent issue), you’ll find Anna’s article on page 20. She writes about the special father-daughter bond she has with her dad. The article is written from her first-person perspective, but you’ll be surprised to learn that the original vision behind the article was a play/skit she [...]

“An Evening Jog” By Anna Gil Warm, but windy. She was doing her normal jog around her block, when out of nowhere, a red nose pit bull came out of the shadows barking away. She didn’t pay attention to the barking until she saw the dog, and when she saw the dog, she took off [...]

I beat myself up today. I blamed myself for every little bad thing that happened to me, or to anyone else. Knowing entirely that none of it was directly my fault, I blamed myself anyway. I took everyone’s pain, including my own, and didn’t let go. If anything, more than anything, I wanted to hold [...]

A simple photograph can hold wonders. It can carry some of the most jubilant memories a person may have, or it can recall some of the most tragic. Even though we are in the age of cell phone cameras and digital cameras, there will always be intrinsic beauty in the simplicity of a photo, taken through a roll of film, developed in time.