Author: helicon
Nothing more than rolling skies
Vrinda Anurag Gupta Nothing more than rolling skies. Beaded, bound, wrapped around abound in lands that bask in shrouds. Shrouds of scalding, sweating, rich. Every moulting light a lasting gift that wraps me tight in arms of bliss. A blazing blanket, this heavenly honey flowing languid sweetening sweat to a sherbet banquet— my hunger whet,… Read More Nothing more than rolling skies
Filling the Chalice
Anna Tkebuchava Anna Tkebuchava is a sophomore in Weinberg studying Cognitive Science and minoring in physics.
I Like Everything Under the Sun
Khyla Bussey Took me a while to store enough magazines grandma’s old ebony and editions left behind in the student center, cut them into unrecognizable scraps, compile myself in unwanted colors, a remaking as a sunflower, searching for the face of starshine smiling and remembering life might be of Genesis, despite the serpents (or more… Read More I Like Everything Under the Sun
Girl with Guidance
Ava Moore Ava Moore is a sophomore math major(maybe)/ATP minor. She is from South Dakota, and her art is usually inspired by home. In her free time, she likes to dance (ballet, hip-hop, modern).
kathaa / कथा / the saga
Kaavya Butaney not everything makes a good story, my love. we repeat the same lines, traverse smooth palms one more time to see if this was all fated (spoiler: it was), we walk across the same canyons and trip down dark alleyways, bruce wayne always loses his parents and odysseus always returns to penelope. the… Read More kathaa / कथा / the saga
Under the Stars
Leila Chavez Leila Chavez is a first year Environmental Policy and Sociology student from Olympia, Washington. She has a passion for the outdoors and loves capturing nature through artwork.
Table of Contents
Under the Stars Leila Chavez kathaa / कथा / the saga Kaavya Butaney Girl with Guidance Ava Moore I Like Everything Under the Sun Khyla Bussey Filling the Chalice Anna Tkebuchava Nothing more than rolling skies Vrinda Anurag Gupta Black-crowned Night-heron, Reflecting Collin Porter American Interstate Roy Zhu Centerline Sydney MacGilvray Dream Matthias Neumann Burial… 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
When I first joined Helicon Literary & Arts Magazine, it was the fall of 2020. On-campus housing had been canceled, classes were entirely online, and as a freshman, it was nearly impossible to meet anyone. This magazine was one of the first places I found community at Northwestern, and throughout my four years on its… Read More Editor’s Note
floods
April Li at ten years old you were left at the dinner table when the floods came. your father had picked your mother and sister up, one under each arm, and run to the school. when he returned and saw you still sitting there, all he said was why are you still here? forty years… Read More floods
