Spring 2020
Truth
I. Identity – Age 3, Jordan In a booster seat in the back of the car, I pondered, overwhelmed by the idea That people were from places And that I never knew of such a thing ‘Where am I from?’ I asked ‘You’re Palestinian,’ she said ‘Just Palestinian?’ ‘Just Palestinian.’ And that was that. II. … Read More Truth
Champagne
Morning Dew Morning Dew is a band at Northwestern comprised of students Albert Kuo, Eddy Maday, Siobhan Esposito, Sammy Sobel, Joe Nedder, Darsan Swaroop Bellie, and Tyler Felson. This band of jazz studies students blends elements of jazz, R&B, pop, and rap into a fresh new sound.
Marengo, IL
Gabriel Corona
i’m trans for context
Michael-Ellen (Mikey) the dream of everyone who looks like meis to forget dicks exist.my girlfriend’s ex not-really-bf wears a dangly earring now.i hate it!!! he’s straight.and he’s got a dick.i mean, so do i but it’s the silicone kind you can forget on the stovefor your roommate to find the next morning(sorry alec). when i’m… Read More i’m trans for context
Hive #12
Michael-Ellen Walden “These colonies are testimonies,” he tells me: Daddy sees God in honeybees. We don’t know why our hives keep dying. Robed in clean keeper’s mesh, he serves theapiary sweet water to stave off starvation. Hereveres their humility. If you sit to the westthey’ll let you watch them eat, taste and see,a persevering people,… Read More Hive #12
A Sonnet for Childhood Fears
Michael-Ellen Walden I’d clench my teeth while strange men paced my floor,attempting to convince them I was dead.I’d sense somebody opening my doorAnd hear the grinding echo in my head.I’d save all of my bravery and renownFor when I’d place my feet on Dad’s bureauAt eye teeth and incisors, I’d look downAnd whisper secrets… Read More A Sonnet for Childhood Fears
Tanning Time
Lauren Loesberg Lauren Loesberg is a writer and director whose work focuses on the complexities of the female experience in nature and society. She’s a senior at Northwestern University with a degree in Radio/TV/Film as well as a minors in Dance, Integrated Marketing Communications, and Acting for the Screen. She previously held… Read More Tanning Time
See How It Trembles Inside
Marcela Adeze Okeke Pop and I had been riding over the few hills of Lake Shore Drive listening to Prince moan about his family’s failures and dove tears, when he lifted his hands high above the steering wheel. Singing his own accompaniment, Pop pushed his chest out to the distance as if he was… Read More See How It Trembles Inside
Tide in 2 Parts
Marcela Adeze Okeke I. We lie / jagged / on the rock / to see stars / that already sung / our / funeral hymns / seen us coil / a reversedfern / eaten as we seep / our throats clamped / & scratching from all / the crash / rang from our mouths /… Read More Tide in 2 Parts
Flood
Noah Rabinovitch I first learned the story of Noah’s ark in Sunday school. They told me: “The people of Earth were very, very, bad. So, God sent down water.” I was told the water did not kill, but clean. I thought about how filthy the water behind my home was, how it smelled, how it… Read More Flood
