Author: helicon
Parentification*
Lakshmi Sunder My mother asks me to wash dishes. I oblige her, only because I can listen to “Waiting Room” by Phoebe Bridgers. But it doesn’t end up playing, goes instead to some song about December. It’s already January. My last year of childhood has slipped down the drain. The water remains cold this month.… Read More Parentification*
Antigone Canadensis
Emily Hancock Antigone canadensis 1. She is born with her eyes open—this startles him. Babies are meant to be pink and wrinkled and angry; wailing, eyes shut tight. But her eyes are open. Deep brown, like his. He had been hoping for a son, secretly. They are easier, he thinks. Trainable, like dogs. Girls are… Read More Antigone Canadensis
a taste of limerence
Eleni Tecos Eleni Tecos is a second-year studying Journalism, History, and Design. They are a dynamic queer artist and writer who enjoys intertwining visual art and narrative to explore themes of love, loss, and limerence. See more of their work at their website, etecos.myportfolio.com.
Table of Contents
a taste of limerence Eleni Tecos Antigone Canadensis Emily Hancock Parentification Lakshmi Sunder Hairline River April Li I like america & america likes me Bazil Frueh Canon in Suburbia Sophie Konde On a golden disc, some 15,147, 117, 891 odd miles out in space at the time of writing. Tabi Parent portrait of Judy Garland… Read More Table of Contents
Masthead
Helicon Staff 2023-2024 Lily Glaubinger, Editor-in-Chief Mika Ellison, Managing Editor Skye Tarshis, Programming Editor Aarya Mehta, Publicity Editor Brian Bouldrey, Faculty Sponsor Prose Staff Sophie Konde, Editor Adele Bois Jordan Carr* Levy Deckard Justin Dynes Emily Hancock Juliana Hung* Georgia Kerrigan Ashwin Krishnaswamy Patrick Leu* April Li Linsey Liao* Elizabeth Lowry Claire Lu Asha Mehta*… Read More Masthead
Editor’s Note
Welcome to Helicon Literary & Arts Magazine’s 2024 Staff Issue! For over forty years, our magazine has published the art and writing of Northwestern’s undergraduate student body. Over the decades, this community of writers, artists, and poets has greatly inspired our staff, and in this issue, I am deeply ecstatic to share some of our… Read More Editor’s Note
Heirloom Recipe
Eric Pak 1. Visit the market past the bamboo stalks where azaleas cling to thin air and swindlers grift the crowd. 2. Among the distant chatters and leaking floors, pick out the Napa from the vendor with calloused hands. 3. When you reach home, wash the Napa with water, careful not to… Read More Heirloom Recipe
Mama and Papa
Cydney Hope Brown Mama and Papa Inspired by the Life of Septima Poinsette Clark* My father was born a slave, you know on the Joel Poinsette plantation near Georgetown, South Carolina As a young man, he had to walk the white man’s children to school every morning They learned to read but he could barely… Read More Mama and Papa
Untitled
Emily Gordon Emily Gordon is a senior studying Mechanical Engineering and Design. She enjoys bridging the gap between technical realism and creative freedom.
Seasonal Offerings
Thrinav Sathya “Well, really, there’s only one man in this world who is capable of killing me. And as I’ve decided to delay my inevitable suicide, for all intents and purposes, now, there are zero. ” – the assassin known as Seasonal, recorded in a self-evaluation report to the Syndicate, August of 2019 From… Read More Seasonal Offerings
