Category: Creative Writing
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My Complicated Relationship With Google Calendar
Written By: Izzy Gavin Graphic By: Jessye Fan Sitting at my dorm room desk, my brain swirls into a web of due dates and assignments, snippets of small talk and looming questions. I search for the exit sign, an escape from this labyrinth; no amount of deep breathing or lofi beats could calm the whirlwind…
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A Love Letter to the Moon: Sincerely, The Universe
Written by: Iliana Tangarova Graphic by: Aruna Muthupillai In awe of the eternal dance Dear Moon, How do I begin to express what you mean to us all? You whose gravitational pull slows my Earth’s rotation, a reminder to inhale, exhale—a breath gentle yet inevitable. Your gravity: the waves rise, they fall, answering your silent…
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I Eat Rolls Like Air
Written By: Joy Wang Graphic By: Temi Idowu “Soon, soon the flesh The grave cave ate will be At home on me.” — Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” 1.) Buy the largest bag you see: I’m unsure of when it first began. I’ve always had a fascination for them, these little microwaved pockets of gluttony and…
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9.8 Meters Per Second
Written by Byron Xu.Graphic by Ashley Mireles.– The Rise and Fall of Kentucky’s Crack-Slinging, Skydiving Cowboy and His CIA-Backed International Drug Ring They found the bear on the mountains of Fannin County, Georgia, next to 15 million dollars worth of cocaine—or what remained of 15 million dollars worth of cocaine after the bear had gotten…
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Epistula
Written by Kayla Hays.Graphic by Ashley Mireles. – To my dearest Aemilia, For an hour I have sat with pen to parchment, and yet not a single word flows. Your last letter left me with too many thoughts—now they all exist inside me, fighting for equal space granted to none. But I will say that which…
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A Film Review of “Us”
Written by Shini Meyer Wang.Graphic by Peyton Cabaniss. – Ripe with relevance, symbolism, and nuance, director Jordan Peele’s second horror hit holds a mirror up to us, prodding at our neglected awareness of the monsters within as individuals and as a society. A theme of duplicity not only saturates the story, but also its structure.…
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The Psychonaut
Written by Sarah Low. Graphic by Peyton Cabaniss. – I found Salome again. I found her in my dreams. Indeed, I am reporting that the entire ‘exchange’ had happened for months. And for the sake of finding your daughter’s remains ever again, I ask that you heed my word and my warning. First, I can…
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A Dark Ride
Written by Niti Majethia. Graphic by Peyton Cabaniss. How to be intoxicating? Make your flaws your very own trademarks. How to be a work of Art? Let your deepest wounds breathe. Let them teach you how to set your inner soul free. How to be raw? Do not tame your chaos. Unleash the true…
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Le spectacle
Written by Eleni Theodoropoulos. Graphic by Peyton Cabaniss. The spicy smell of salep and the sound of frothing milk filled the air between the show tents. Vendors called out their products, bargained, and jeered at you if you ignored them or preferred their competitor’s baklava. Ophélie’s parents lapsed into an argument over by the stained…
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The Unstoppable Jaguar
Written by Bahareh Sharafi. Graphic by Peyton Cabaniss. Originally published as part of the Spring 2018 “Rebirth” Issue. – The astounding motivation of African Americans is why the significant progression that will take place for Black America can only be described in one word: phenomenal. The compassion, the sleepless motivation and the initiation of ambition…
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