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  • Your Outfit Based on Your Levitate Submissions

    Are you a whimsical poet or a flashy journalist? Find out through our outfits created based on which genre you submitted to us. Continue reading

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  • Meet the Editors I: Liam Benham

    by Rin de la Pena In the first part of this series, lead poetry editor Liam Benham and I talk feelings, children’s poetry, and what makes a poem a poem. Copyright Todd Parr 2000 RDP: So, Liam, tell me, what’s a book you remember reading either now or as a child that you think really Continue reading

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  • Why We Chose It: Burned Out

    “Burned Out” is a creative nonfiction piece by Marcela Torres that revolves around the feeling of being burned out and the effects this feeling can have on mental health and creative motivation. The author uses personal experiences and a strong narrative voice. Throughout the piece, she expands from to personal to a critique of the Continue reading

  • Why We Chose It: Seven Days of Forever

    After I read “Seven Days of Forever” by Nikita Fishman I immediately wanted to read it again. I knew this poem needed to be read by others because it left such a profound emotional impact on me and how I see the world. I deeply admired how Fishman used imagery to display the passing of Continue reading

  • Why We Chose It: America’s Child

    The poem “America’s Child” by Emalie Anne Marquez deftly portrays the struggles and alienation of youth from immigrant families in America, a topic I personally relate to. As I read the poem, I immediately felt the rhythm of each line, as if each word was perfectly designed to fit the next. This rhythm paired with the Continue reading

  • Why We Chose It: Cold Noodles

    “Cold Noodles” by Sascha Matuszak is an intimate, melancholy, and beautiful story about a boy named Liu Peng whose town has just been through a major earthquake. Following the disaster, the government has issued fliers telling everyone in his town that they will have to move because they will be tearing down the old family Continue reading

  • Why We Chose It: Boy

    Sepideh Saremi’s engrossing story “Boy” transports readers on a personal journey into the mind of a brand-new mother struggling with difficult feelings and introspection. After giving birth to a white male with blue eyes, the protagonist, an educated brown woman, finds herself reflecting on her identity and cultural expectations. Saremi expertly combines themes of intergenerational Continue reading

  • Why We Chose It: Yacht Rock 101

    From the first page of “Yacht Rock 101” by Langston Prince, I was hooked by its farcical reality and contrarily authentic relationship. This short story follows nineteen-year-old college freshman Chord and his tumultuous relationship with his Yacht Rock 101 classmate, Jude Pickett. Chord is immediately smitten by a disinterested and unavailable Jude– he quickly falls in Continue reading

  • Why We Chose It: The One who Finally Arrived

    While reviewing and accepting work for Levitate, I try to be as honest and firm as possible with my decisions, and this story in particular had my best review. “The One who Finally Arrived” is a short story written by Doug Smith, who is a teacher and author, about one of his patient stories from Continue reading

  • Why We Chose It: Saturn, Inverted

    Saturn, Inverted by Trinnity Sistrunk, revolves around Francisco. He and his friend, Thomas, are discussing a job opportunity that would require Francisco to be away from home for six months. Francisco hesitates because he doesn’t want to leave his 17-year-old daughter, Katherine, alone for a long time. Thomas tries to reassure him, pointing out that Continue reading