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By: Lauren Zhu Art by: Kaitlyn Anderson sweat sticky, untangle my  soap slickened hair with your ghost fingers the water...

By: Sam Kang Art by: Lilla Bozek The House I am Korean American, But not Korean. Pungent kimchi, passing judgment on its crunchiness...

by Sydney Mann art by Chloe Cordasco Eastover, South Carolina, had not seen wolves since the paper mill company had come to town and...

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By Chloe Cordasco Art by Akshee Chopra cw: references to sexual assault, addiction after Kazim Ali A car starts in the parking lot,...

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By Tiffany Chang Art by YaYing Yu Author’s Note This spring, I decided to spend my leave term on campus doing research to prepare for my...

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By k.m.a Art by Emily McInnis You wake up later than you wanted to. Pulling yourself out of the grogginess that comes with getting up...

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By Migwi Mwangi Art by Camille Yang There was also that extra-ordinary Saturday. Caught in a downpour by the creek, Handathaa covered...

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By Migwi Mwangi Art by Camille Yang i want to tell you something i want to tell you something because you are my friend and friends, tell...

By Eda Naz Gokdemir Art by Sophie Williams When she wakes up, she finds a crack on her chest that does not belong there. She recognizes...

By Serena Suson Art by Sabrina Eager Yesterday in 2015 We sang in a bedroom More home than my own There we are Downstairs Learning...

By Serena Suson Art by Sophie Williams My blood is pure I boast my aspect To my family and my peers Take turns showing off my skin I once...

By Ella Grim Art by Milanne Berg In the doldrums of winter, everything is laid bare, dissected. Ships confuse candles for lighthouses; No...

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By Ana Noriega Olazabal Art by Kaitlyn Anderson Content Warning: Misogyny, Substance Abuse, Homophobia. 5:56 am. It’s another one of...

By Ari Rojas Art by Sophia Gregorace He’s got this chicken scratch handwriting. Hieroglyphics would’ve been more clear. Squinting won’t...

By Ella Grim Art by Milanne Berg I Silence has a voice. It speaks of itself. Those who hear it are the silenced, and the silenced have a...

By Hayden Elrafei Art by Aryma Moore CW: imagery suggestive of anti-queer and anti-trans violence. Intruder. In this locus of...

By Serena Suson and Sadie Weil Art by Chloe Jung Honoring their 69th anniversary in operation, the all-male Society of the Missing Rib...

By Sophie Williams “Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song is a thought you can feel.” E. Y. Harburg...

By Anonymous Art by Gaia Yun WINTER’S DAY It’s as simple as going out in the cold, when your skin prickles and the cold pushes it’s way...

By Reva Dixit, Sabrina Eager, and Ishika Jha Art by Sabrina Eager Reva: Purple Sabrina: Blue Ishika: Green It’s the most heartbreaking...

By Anne Johnakin Art by Shena Han Author’s Note: Neurodivergencies and mental illnesses are misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed for those...

By Alexandra Salyer Content Warning: Blood, Gore The sickening snap of teeth slicing through bone hastened my pace as I flung myself down...

By Caty Brown Art by Sophie Williams I think often of touch. Often of heat, goosebumps, and the pressure that accompanies the path of a...

By Anonymous Art by Sophie Williams the way the cloud looked in the sky floating like a gentle hand with fingers extending to rub the...

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By Anonymous Art by Kaitlyn Anderson I tried to imagine the taste of her skin in his mouth, him biting into a ripe plum. A thing to take...

By Ana Noriega Art by Sophie Williams Note from the Author: The songs included at the bottom of each poem are meant to work as music that...

By Maya Khanna Art by Kaitlyn Anderson These vignettes were all written based on the style of the New York Times series, “Tiny Love...

By Maanasi Shyno My parents wait with me in ICE for a whole day They say we can’t just leave to India for the funeral without permission...

By Sophie Williams Art by Sabrina Eager TO-DO to grow shame, echoed on either side of the breast-bone, and, while chopping green apples,...

By Amanda Sun Art by Kaitlyn Anderson How to unburn a candle. When a candle drips, down, on, my table I try to give the wax back to...

By Caty Brown Art by Camilla Lee Author’s note: Over the past year of my life, the world has asked a lot of me. I’ve felt like tree...

By Jen Capriola, Elaine Mei, and Abby Burrows Cover art by Isabel Burke (@theflightlessartist) There are so many different conditions for...

By Maya Khanna These vignettes were all written based on the style of the New York Times series, “Tiny Love Stories,” which are written...

By Jimena Perez and Irina Sandoval Art by Kaitlyn Anderson Living by the 105 Freeway is growing used to the sounds of cars, trucks,...

By Jaymie Wei Art by Sophie Williams I follow my best friend through the six-foot-tall flowers both of us grazing their stalks with open...

By Abby Burrows and Elaine Mei Cover art by Isabel Burke (@theflightlessartist) “If grief is the price of love, I am unable to pay.” (NYT...