Student Showcase: Laura Dzwonczyk
White Gloop Judgment It was inevitable. I should have known that, one day, I’d receive the bugged-out stare, the strange look, at my face, back down at my sandwich, then […]
Student Showcase: Alaina Symanovich
Stains As a girl you feared dropping the communion tray more than anything. Not the one with the wafers, of course, but the wine tray, the one with the million thimble-sized […]
Student Showcase: Nick Miller
Electric Nothing Inside the house with the red door, Oliver sits in lowlight counting the take out loud. Each bill he skims off the stack and sets onto the table, […]
Student Showcase: Kayla Candrilli
Faggots Fairies, faggots, fairies. I believe in fairies, have ever since Peter Pan. Tinker with this, tinker with that. Break the line no matter the cost. The way their wings spread, […]
Student Showcase: Elise Gruber
Legacy My brother says, it’s probably easier for people who are the same race to date each other, and baby, I was this close to telling him how right he was, […]
Student Showcase: Carlos Chism
The Secret Under the Big Tree She’s the reason you look forward to recess every day, the reason you quickly finish your lunch even though you’d rather savor that peanut […]
Student Showcase: Dan McCool
Shocking In an unexplained fit of hopefulness I’d decided to get “Always walk tall” tattooed on my leg. A reminder to myself to keep obeying my skin no matter what. […]
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