• “Poetry is a Lazy Attempt to Tell a Lifetime Story”: Nattie O’Sheggzy on Hate, Healing, and the Power of Words

    “Poetry is a Lazy Attempt to Tell a Lifetime Story”: Nattie O’Sheggzy on Hate, Healing, and the Power of Words

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    “Poetry is one way of lending my voice to the unity of my country.“ Random Imaginations Poetry collection by Nattie O’Sheggzy Nattie O’Sheggzy as a poet finds inspiration in life’s complexities. He has published two poetry collections: Random Imaginations and Sounds of the Wooden Gong. He’s featured in Sandy River Review and Smoky Quartz. Read…

  • Gwendolyn MacEwen, Canada’s Cursed Poetess

    Gwendolyn MacEwen, Canada’s Cursed Poetess

    There is something down there and you want it told.  – Gwendolyn MacEwen Born in Toronto, Canada, on September 1st 1941, Gwendolyn MacEwen grew up in a dysfunctional family. From a young age, she cultivated a passion for writing that soon established her as one of the country’s best writing talents.  However, MacEwen also witnessed…

  • A Talk with Blue Walls: The Poet Behind Quartet Collection “Pomegranate”

    A Talk with Blue Walls: The Poet Behind Quartet Collection “Pomegranate”

    Blue Walls is a 19-year-old Lebanese writer and artist currently based in France for his studies. His work bridges poetry, philosophy, and visual storytelling, weaving raw emotion with a meticulous artistic vision. Deeply influenced by identity, mental health, and the fluid nature of human experience, his poetry crafts immersive worlds where language serves as both…

  • Interviewing Alex, Author of ‘Self Portrait’ for the 2024 Winter Issue

    Interviewing Alex, Author of ‘Self Portrait’ for the 2024 Winter Issue

    “Trans people are important and trans stories and lives matter.” Alex Noah is a queer trans writer. He spends way too much time sitting with his cats and partner watching teen dramas. You can find them shouting into the void on his Instagram @inmytimeaway. Moara Flausino INTERVIEWER Moara is a journalism student from Brazil with…

  • Am I Writing to Find Myself or to Prove I Exist?

    Am I Writing to Find Myself or to Prove I Exist?

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    What does it mean to write? As a poet, a writer, a student, a woman — well, honestly, I don’t know. I simply and physically cannot answer that question. Writing to me feels like the one thing I can never quite own, constantly slipping through my fingers like the sticky slime I used to construct…

  • Activism Through Poetry: How Gerard Sarnat Uses Verse as a Form of Protest

    Activism Through Poetry: How Gerard Sarnat Uses Verse as a Form of Protest

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    Gerard Sarnat MD has authored HOMELESS CHRONICLES, Disputes, 17s, and Melting Ice King. Gerry is published by Gargoyle, Newark Public Library, Blue Minaret, Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Brown, Yale, Pomona, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Main-Street Rag, New Delta/ North Meridian/ Northampton/ Brooklyn/ LA/ Buddhist Reviews, American Journal Poetry, Poetry Quarterly, SF Magazine, NY Times. gerardsarnat.com “I must…

  • Read Culterate’s Winter Issue (2024)!

    Read Culterate’s Winter Issue (2024)!

    A Note from Culterate’s Editor-in-Chief Childhood. Biggest heartbreak. Medea and Jason. Did Khufu build the Great Pyramid? In this issue, we took a different approach by not being confined to a single theme. Anything that calls to you, write it and share it. These authors have done so brilliantly, as you will soon see within…

  • Sofia Ida Cestari on Writing, Eloquentia, and Artistic Passion

    Sofia Ida Cestari on Writing, Eloquentia, and Artistic Passion

    “We are humans before artists and we are made to have many interests and passions, they literally make us.” Sofia Ida Cestari is an Italian writer and editor. Fluent in Italian, English and Spanish, she currently resides in Spain and studies English Literature. She focuses mainly on poetry and screenwriting but also loves journalism. She’s…