In this week’s blog, I want to discuss one of my favorite novels from my childhood that still continues to be one of my all-time favorites as well! Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz is a novel that discusses two boys growing up in El Paso, Texas over the course …
The Broken Plate is a literary magazine that seeks to uplift and talk about voices that often go unrepresented.. We want to draw attention to these voices and the people behind them as well as the lives that have shaped them. In Heavy: an American Memoir, Kiese Laymon talks about his life and his experiences. …
The Broken Plate is a literary magazine that looks into the fragility of human lives and how, over time, people grow and pick these pieces up to become stronger than before. This idea of slowly growing and developing over time is a common theme in many novels, and Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison is not exempt from …
It’s safe to say the human condition is a rich source of multi-faceted, in-depth exploration. We’re constantly struggling to make sense of ourselves, those around us and the things that tie us together. Writing is a powerful way to explore these concepts and experiences which shape us and our understanding of the world. The Broken Plate is dedicated to providing a platform for those different voices. One thing I always …
When I placed Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree on my Christmas list, I was unaware that its page count surpassed 800, oblivious of its maps and timeline, ignorant of the glossary and character index. I also did not anticipate the companionship and thrilling escapism the novel would provide me. I first happened …
The Broken Plate is a literary magazine that seeks to provide a platform for individual stories. Each individual has a story, and we live in a society that privileges certain stories over others. This is true, especially in the literary world. However, The Broken Plate seeks to combat this by amplifying voices with particular attention …
Here at The Broken Plate, one of our core ideas is that of the fragility of the human condition, but in the ability to put those pieces back together into beauty and art. In my personal reading, a book that many friends were highly recommending to me was Marieke Nijkamp’s This Is Where It Ends …
Each week, members of The Broken Plate‘s staff will write blog posts recommending books, stories, poems and art that they find arresting and interesting. This can be anything that they find pertains to the mission that we stand for, as long as we feel that it is work of merit that fits with the brand and …
Aaron Dwyer is a writer of both prose and screenplays, including the short film “Home Sweet Home,” which was featured in the 2020 Frog Baby Film Festival. They consider themselves an emerging poet because their last published poem was written for a Celebration of Young Poets volume in the second grade and had something to …
Skylar Joseph is a photographer from Fort Wayne, Indiana that specializes in music and family photography. As a full-time guitar technician and studio photographer, their time is heavily occupied by day to day work. In their travels they have found therapy in snapping pictures on the road of various subjects. You can find their work at com …
Rebekah Hoffer is a double major in creative writing and Spanish who has recently become far too engrossed in crocheting – something to add to the long list of evidence that she’s actually sixty years old, despite appearing twenty-one. Her work has been published in River Teeth Revisited, The Odyssey, and Ball Bearings Magazine. Rebekah is also a …
Bridget Donnellan graduated Ball State University in December of 2020 with a double major in creative writing and French and a minor in linguistics. This is her first publication, and she plans on pursuing an MFA in creative writing in the future. In her free time, she likes to hang out with her cat Eiler, …
