Editors

Editor in Chief

Alycia Calvert

Managing Editor

Shannon Hearn

Fiction Co-Editor

Sam Corradetti

Fiction Co-Editor

Jesse Gilleland

Poetry Co-Editor

Jordan Franklin

Poetry Co-Editor

Ella Flores

Creative Nonfiction Editor

Suzanne Richardson

Cover Image

“Presidents Room” by Wong WanYee, Ann Wong (b.1996) obtained a BA in Visual Arts from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2020, and she currently lives and works in Hong Kong and Sweden. Wong uses different media to record and reflect on trifles in life. In her works, she explores the possibilities among media by duplicating, extracting, covering or simplifying individual elements and then combining them in a specific way.

From the artist: Living in the same city, we brush past familiar strangers every day, without conversation, without eye contact. Yet, we share the same space, aware of each other’s existence, day after day, continuing each other’s urban life experiences.

When an individual or a group tries to disrupt the systematically managed space by not adhering to its norms, appearing or using the space in an “inappropriate” way, it may create a gap in our monotonous lives, prompting us to rethink the relationship between urban space, strangers in the city, and the mutual influence. Through the medium of painting, I depicted the tug-of-war between the repetitive personal actions in daily life and the urban space.

Editor's Note

… and this issue would not exist without the continued guidance and support from our former EIC, Dr. Hannah Carr-Murphy. We miss you desperately, and cherish your creative legacy with every word!