Table of Contents


Editors’ Note

Prose

Anonymous | to a struggling young person of color in godforsaken, covid-time new york
Jeremy Sherman | Dopamine in the Metaverse
Natalie Berger | The Girl Who Floats
Charlie Saylor | Pearl of Sandwich

Poetry

Dorothy Adu-Amankwah | The Anatomy Lab; Mama’s Hair
Vanessa Rock | Mind Body & Soul
QiNan | Ghost in the Shell
Anna Stacy | I hope this email never finds you
Shaoli Chaudhuri | Same
Bryce Rowan | EchoChambers: A Common Gathering Ground
Olivia Moscicki | Anatomy Lab 1: The Back
Mary Vanderwoude | Since What Seems Like Forever
Jueria Rahman | Hope Shines Through Shades of Grief

Photography

Leonid Tarassishin | Double Treat; Dance
Ezekiel Olumuyide | The Lost Community: Seneca Village
Connor Tukel | Duck Shop in Elmhurst; Sinai Fruit Cart
Lora Liharska | Fall Lake #1; Fall Lake #4; Fall Lake #5
Janet Coleman-Belin | Composure; The Illusion of Separation; Wild, Honest Rainbows
Jeffrey Okewunmi | A quiet morning in Cuba
James Fleming | Starting Anew; The Inexplicable Splendor of Life
Solomon Friedman | Greatest Show; East Harlem Summer; Covid Winter Respite
Funmi Oguns | Sonder
Benji Kornbluth | Global Language of Basketball
Derek Kao | Lost in a Prom Dress
Adam Marks | Black and white and merry 1-3
Brielle Cardieri | Untitled #1; Untitled #4; Untitled #5

Visual Art

Annika Gillam | Coping; I Feel a Little Foolish for Dreaming
Charlotte Pierce | Blood Blister; You are Your Mother’s Masterpiece; Silence 1; Silence 2
Deysi Barzallo | Inhale
Jason Brody | Chairish; Finding Center
Makoto Ogawa | The Communist Couple; Dressing Room Mirror
Zahava Presser Michaelson | Abba and The Girls