Evette DavisMay 11, 2020A Needed Intimacy: Élan, Spring 2020One my favorite pieces in Élan's spring edition is Noland Blain's "When my Mother Calls Me to Say She Quits Being my Mother." It takes a...
Catriona KeelMay 8, 2020Vulnerability and Truth in the Spring Online EditionIn Élan’s 2020 Spring Online Edition, there are many pieces that reveal a vulnerability in these artists’ background and where they come...
Jasper DarnellDec 10, 2019How I connect to “When I Spoke With Obatala”I connect with this piece, specifically, for a lot of reasons. This piece revolves around a conversation from a grandfather to a grandson...