by Winnie Xu Illustration: Relief in Noir by Alisha Agarwal “Look here sweetie, smile!” It’s picture day. The cameraman gestures for me To see myself I bowed my head out of habit, Anticipating shame, disappointment, I look at the photo...

Kavinda Wijayaratne She woke up that day as if to start anew. She left her town halfway across the country for this city. She was willing to go out and give it a shot to go to college here. Moving...

Rebecca M Walton   Similar to a spider’s web and its labyrinth of connections A variety of paths, as it crawls in all directions Up, down, left, right, fast, slow, then still A cortical network elicited an action, with or...

Rebecca Walton It is normal to have your heart race When you foresee an unpleasant outcome Like a heavy, pulsating weight in your chest And you don’t know where it came from Stress is a natural, human condition With a...

Elizabeth Luxenberg Irwin stands in the center of his living room wearing wrinkled light blue slacks and a white button down. Sunlight shines through the window onto a pile of papers strewn a top the wooden desk. Irwin stares at...