Category: Piece
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.
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
An Aegean Prayer
Eric Pak An Aegean Prayer After Ocean Vuong and Lydia Wei I celebrate my tenth birthday by shuffling towards my father’s body planted in the sand. Appa do you remember me? … Read More An Aegean Prayer
Scrap Metal
Eliza Tucker A few miles out from Route 82 in the low glow of dusk, two men descended on Bell Lane Church in a quiet fury. Having grown up in Clanton, Alabama, Jude and his younger brother Petey knew the church well–they had snickered during sermons and pulled faces at each other from across their… Read More Scrap Metal
Leaving the nest
Adelaide Ray Young Adelaide Ray Young is a senior Theatre major from Colorado. She is a screenwriter, director, and actress interested in research based screenwriting and the overlap of psychology and film. Her project “With Bird” is sponsored by The Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab for the Promotion of Mental Health via Cinematic Arts.
