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Belmont University 2023 ✎ Concert reviews, editorials, & creative writing
On Thursday, December 12, the Nashville-based band WILLIS stepped onto the iconic Blue Room stage. Not a single band member seemed daunted by the sold-out show - in fact, the energy of the crowd bolstered them and brought out incredibly skilled performances from each musician.
Violet Chachki had an important question for the audience as she opened Allie X's Weird World Tour: "Who here is straight?" She was answered with the cheers of no more than five people.
This Wednesday, the Basement East was filled with concertgoers adorned in neon green and black, some sporting middle parts and playful, penciled-in 'staches. None other than the hyperpop artist Dorian Electra could inspire such chaotic and colorful energy from their adoring fan base.
This poem was published in Issue 14 of Same Faces Collective, which released April 2024.
My short story “Fruit Flies and Angels” won the McDonald-Pinter Prize for Best Writing in the Belmont Literary Journal. Also available to view via the BLJ website link.
My short story “Fruit Flies and Angels” won the McDonald-Pinter Prize for Best Writing in the Belmont Literary Journal. Also uploaded as a PDF. (Artwork by the talented Anwaar Muhsin)