Vol. 52 - Spring 2025

Poetry 

the paradox of creativity - Gabriella Florencio

The Alchemy of Quiet Despair - Abudia Ata

Ancestor Play - Griffy LaPlante

Every Village Has Its Madman - Angeliki Cintrón

Hamartia - Melanie Roman

Beginning of Terror - Eman Sadiq

Pour Mon Oncle Chéri - Eman Sadiq

The First Time You Cooked - Maisha Islam

A Mosaic of People - Maisha Islam

Dakota (Waited History) - Tatianna Dugue

Fabricated Faith - Tawanda Wallace

Lingering Heat - Chelsea Wong

You’re an Enigma - Chelsea Wong

Kershaw Tornado Watch - Rayn Page Valleau

I Am Shirtless on My Fathers Armchair & He's Eyeing the Crossbow - Rayn Page Valleau

The First Time I Died - Cat Perry

Dummy - Cat Perry

Mama’s Screams - Pamela Laskin

Permission - Alyce Shu

Chhahari - Shlesha Basnet

Poverty in America - Lewis Wright

Homebound - Juana Wong

Walking the Thin Line - Seamus Scanlon

A.A. By the Shore - Luke Sebben

Waterwheel - Mona Zamfirescu

Solitude - Kay Bell

Fiction

Untitled Novel Excerpt - Jacob Kose*

Three Squash Delivery - Afsana Ahmed**

Collect: Excerpt from Compost: A Romance - Griffy LaPlante

Story Hunter - Malky Gestetner

Admissions - Rachel Shope

HUNTERS - Ripley Mandanis

This Immortal Coil - Ethan Brown

Pink Clog Fantasy - Meg Pickarski

Sutter Street - Jonathan Carrillo

Elisabeth’s Street - Fran Kursztejn

Nonfiction

Here Is a Story I’ve Been Dying to Tell - Cat Perry

Lost One - Lewis Wright

Earning Your Lighthouse - Susannah Pittman

West 4th St Triptych - Emily Polson

Art & Photography

The President’s Expectation - Linda Li

Safinat Al-Amal - Maryam Haque

Slay Queen - Lucia Love

Guardian of the Lost Soul - Lee Jacob B. Hilado

Empire of Light - Adam Bubrow

Shanghai Surprise - Adam Bubrow

Infinite - Brandon Vasquez

Drama

Forgiveness - John Attanas***

*The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing

**Jerome Lowell DeJur Award in Fiction

***Ross Alexander Memorial Award in Drama