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Within the poem, “loving a woman who can only find her favorite gay bar once she’s drunk” by Sarah Morris, the reader gets to enjoy a different, refreshing topic that you don’t really get to see in the rest of Levitate Magazine: LGBTQ+ related writing. This poem is a bold topic that is written through Continue reading

We are so excited to announce that Levitate Literary Magazine Issue No. 3 will be released on Tuesday, May 14. Come help us celebrate at the Read/Write Library, 914 N. California Avenue in Chicago, 6 pm! Contributors will join us to read from the issue, and there will be an open mic as well. Refreshments Continue reading

I am Mexican-Puerto-Rican-American. It took me a while to understand what that really meant, behind the literal meaning of my nationality. Latinx culture and, in my case specifically, Mexican and Puerto Rican culture is rich, and my journey to this realization was long. Growing up, I went to Spanish Mass with my grandparents on Sundays, Continue reading

As we near the end of our submissions period, we are especially anxious to see high quality submissions in poetry and visual arts. Please see our guidelines for more information. Continue reading

My favorite contemporary poet as of currently is Ocean Vuong. I remember going to Barnes & Noble with my younger sister and as she went off to the young adult racks I immediately ran to the lone bookshelf labeled poetry and started browsing. It felt like the shelves consisted solely of classics and a dozen Continue reading

  Angelica Villagomez is a junior attending The Chicago High School for the Arts, or ChiArts. She’s a Visual Artist, or VA, who majors in Drawing and Painting. Villagomez and I first met in our freshman English class, and since then our friendship has bloomed. Though I’ve known Villagomez for some time, we have not Continue reading

When I first auditioned to Chicago High School for the Arts, two and a half years ago, Ms. Boyer Brown, the head of our Creative Writing department, asked me during our interview what was a skill I needed to work on. I instantly told her that I was always ready to write but never know Continue reading

Welcome to the holiday season! For some people it really is the most wonderful time of the year. But if you’re feeling how I feel right now then it’s a different story. You feel frustrated with the world and are in desperate need of a nap. And what’s the worst part of it? You’re probably Continue reading

I knew I wanted to be a storyteller when I found Greek mythology at a young age. Yes, it may have been in a children’s series, and yes, I may have done it to please my very Greek grandfather, but there was still a richness to the legends beyond the retelling. The explanations of Helios Continue reading

When many of us begin to write, it’s a private activity–we scrawl poems and stories and hide them away. But stories are meant to be shared, and after a certain point, it’s hard to improve significantly without sharing your work and getting feedback on it. Putting your work out there can seem incredibly daunting, especially Continue reading