Volume 33: 2022-2023

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A photograph of a French landscape, taken from the window of a moving vehicle. The huge white letters of MARSEILLE are in the center of the piece. Blurred vehicles pass underneath the signage, and a light blue sky is clustered with gray clouds.

You Were Mine

Burke Codemo

"I look at August, and I see the universe..."

Team Amy or Team Jo : An analysis of Little Women

Emma Margaret Thompson

"Amy?! I had thought incredulously. Me? An Amy?"

Just a Spoon

Dylan Melnick

"He rested his hands upon the splintered thing, the derailed remnants of an eerie depiction..."

An illustration of a woman at a three-quarters view looking towards the upper left corner of the image. A pink ray of light filled with floating rose petals shines on her face, coloring her skin in shades of maroon with blue shadows. The woman appears serene, with her eyes closed and mouth parted. The artists describes the piece as, "A woman praying as ray of light, colored in a pink hue is shone in a room filled with blue shadows. Rose petals fall from the sky, towards her face that is lifted upwards at the source of the light."

Flowers

Dylan Melnick

"He awoke to the soft sun rays blanketing his bare chest..."

Four playing cards made from handmade paper consisting of pulp made from blue button-down shirts. The cards are fanned out, with a red four of hearts in the forefront. It is followed by a red eight of diamonds, a red nine of hearts, and a black ace of spades as the final card. The pulp texture from the handmade paper is present on the surface of each card. They are placed against a beige background.

When the Old Man Calls

Chloe Jorns

"Roads cut deep through marshland..."

Painting. Abstract painting of blue and gold blocks, smudges. and other shapes. An abstract painting of various strokes overlayed one another on a light blue background. There are various shades of blue strokes going in random directions. There is a strong element of gold throughout, with some of the strokes dripping and others having no discernable shape.

Encounter at Washington Square Park

Riley James Nold

"Two men sit on a bench, never talk, then walk away..."

This is a photograph of a man with peace signs and a vape in his hand. The light and color on his face is smeared and the colors are saturated. The smearing makes the image appear to be in motion although the man in the photo is stationary. The man is wearing a black jacket and white shirt. He has black pointy hair as well.

Hero’s Journey

Rikaia Ross

"I am the one with the sword..."

A digital illustration in which a woman with bluish-gray skin stands, poised to cut the wings off a bright blue and black butterfly. She wears a simple white dress with ruffles along her shoulders, and the skirt is streaked with a deep red. Her eyes are wrapped in bandages, with a dark red seeping through where her eyes would be and beginning to drip down her cheeks. Around her, more of the bright blue butterflies fly around in the dark blue background, slightly illuminating the space around them with their glow.

The Collector

Attalea Rose

"But the newspapers. They're screaming, and the butterfly wings flap against their pins..."

A photograph of seagulls in flight. The camera is positioned directly below the six birds, capturing the slanted sideways V they make in the deep azure sky. The stark whiteness of their feathers contrasts jarringly against the background.

The Lunchbox

Attalea Rose

"Sand had beat against the blue-tin lunchbox..."

This is a photo taken from the inside of a blue car. The photo is of a plume of smoke in the distance and there is a black sedan and a blue volkswagen bug being directed by the police away from the smoke. In the distance there is a Memphis Police Car in the distance under the streetlight. The sky is a light blueish, grey and the street is brown.

Catfish Pond Woman

Bianca McCarty

"There are ponds in the Mississippi Delta..."

The People I’ve Blinded

Attalea Rose

"I asked him if it was okay to use the expired teeth whitening strips..."

Jeremy’s Birthday

Attalea Rose

"The too-humid air reeked of sunbaked plastic folding chairs..."

A illustration in a sketchbook of a broken marionette puppet, of mostly grays and blacks, sitting on a brown table. A large gaping wound in the doll's chest opens to reveal a rose of dark red petals, deep green leaves, and white highlights. Petals fall from the rose into the lap of the puppet. The doll's head is tilted toward the right, limp, and her black hair is tied in a loose bun with strands falling in front of her face, slightly covering the upside-down crescent moon symbol on her forehead. There are broken strings hanging from the wrists and head of the marionette. The sketchbook is pictured on a background of light pink and white lace fabrics, with a pop of bright yellow flowers with green leaves on the left side.

The Whittler

Attalea Rose

"Chips flew away as he worked, the thing slowly taking shape..."

Encounter At Sea

Keyanna Dixon

"Beau took another deep breath as he stared out at the endless sea."