Category: Piece

Casual Friday

August Moore-Manakas August Moore-Manakas is a junior in Weinberg with a major in Cognitive Science and a minor in Art Theory and Practice.

The Taste of Blood

Wylde Laden My lips, fresh cracked from the cold patterned like a concha, shining with the snow the light touch of the world on my fingertips slowly fading from my grasp and turning blue – the color of your eyes, the color of Everything, the wind, which sounds like you blowing hot food, which sounds… Read More The Taste of Blood

Dream About the Pyramids

Kieran Mulligan I’m me in this dream and the crocodiles are back and we’re all at the Kroger shopping. The sign says “cheap scrap” and the scrap is cheap, since you can get a dozen for four and four for a dozen, fresh off the heap either way and still and cold like a dead… Read More Dream About the Pyramids

Echoes in the Glow II

Joss Broward Joss Broward is a sophomore at Medill, studying journalism, IMC and political science. Glued to his camera since before high school, he loves exploring multiple photographic niches and refuses to pick just one. His work can be found across a range of Northwestern clubs, departments and publications, where he continues to experiment with… Read More Echoes in the Glow II

Yield

Juliana Hung There was never a teacher x             speaking about the feeling of experiencing x             an end in slow motion. A Tesla crashes into x                           our Toyota hip¹, leaving a x     … Read More Yield

First Time Reader

Naomi Ko She stages. Metal doors sing a cacophony of screeches as they open, chubby feet already toddling forward, kissing the ash carpet of Floor Five. The mother falls behind, novels from a trip to the stacks towering, sweating sentences. (It is too late.) Stubby fingers stun the length of an eggshell wall with grease… Read More First Time Reader

Fiji Water

Juliana Hung Fiji Water¹ 1. Three hundred islands in the sun, a            the hum of the lali drum a                           bumps us towards a wooden welcome of a                       … Read More Fiji Water

Vessel

Jemma Wygodny Jemma Wygodny is a freshman in McCormick studying Manufacturing and Design Engineering and ATP. In her art, she is interested in portraying reflective surfaces as physical manifestations of self-reflection. Keep up with her work on Instagram: @jemmawart.

Growing Up

Alyson Font 5 I am so close to the glass window that I can see my freckled face stare back at me. My breath soon creates a fog over the glass – beads of precipitation covering my inquiring gaze. The heat is suffocating. The sweat from my legs causes my skin to stick to the… Read More Growing Up

Box Elder

Lucinda Madsen She towers tall above the hammocked peace, her labyrinth branches piercing through the sky in claim. In sapling youth, she had to vie for space to stretch her limbs out first and seize the light to muscle down. Now she can cease the hustle. Now her waist grows thick, the ply of flesh… Read More Box Elder

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