Winter Issue 2025
warm summer evening
Kaavya Butaney somewhere, in the dead of the night, there is a man confessing to a copper virgin mary, smoking a chain of cheap, stale cigarettes, guiltily finding solace in the unholy while he scrubs himself clean. oh, our mother who art in heaven, forgive me for my trespasses. a block away, there is a… Read More warm summer evening
The Warm Sun
Milo Fernandez In the warm sun my eyes are closed I see the blacks of my eyelids and the red of the sun beaming across the right side of my face through my hair and skin In the warm sun I feel the tickling turf of crab enveloping my head and legs and elbows, brushing… Read More The Warm Sun
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Anna Tkebuchava Hello, my name is Anna Tkebuchava and I am a junior studying cognitive science and physics. In school I learn about the objective and subjective construction of reality, and through my drawings I like to channel the absurd, secret, subconscious undercurrents.
Table of Contents
EEEE Anna Tkebuchava The Warm Sun Milo Fernandez Warm Summer Evening Kaavya Butaney Let’s Watch Anna Tkebuchava god Fatima Jalloh Antlers Megumi Oishi Baby! Baby! Baby! Alijah Hill Knifepoint James Frazier-Wilson Staying Up Greta R. Cunningham OACR Abstraction Angelina Randazzo Recognition Riley Harrison A Week in My Mind in Preparation For an Afternoon in Exotic… Read More Table of Contents
Masthead
Helicon Staff 2024-2025 Mika Ellison, Editor-in-Chief Yong-Yu Huang, Managing Editor Dayeon Son, Programming Editor Aarya Mehta, Publicity Editor Brian Bouldrey, Faculty Sponsor Prose Staff Hye-won Yoo, Editor Justin Dynes Sydney Gaw* Dylan Lanier Patrick Leu* Elizabeth Lowry Anna Maffetone Clara Martinez Sofia Migaly Sydney Rodriguez Maggie Schneider* Beatrice Selch Katherine Yun Poetry Staff Lakshmi Sunder,… Read More Masthead
Editor’s Note
Welcome to Helicon’s Winter Quarter Issue 2025! Winter in Evanston (and some of Fall, and let’s face it, most of Spring) can be a challenge; I hope that this issue, while arriving at the tail end of the season, provides a bright spot amid the dreary days. As usual, we have a selection of poetry,… Read More Editor’s Note
