A poem about Ophelia and the thoughts running through her mind.
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Alice Rosenberg
(she/her) Mentee
Alice Rosenberg is a poet, playwright, and performer from Manhattan, NY. She has adored writing for as long as she can remember and recently attended the Young Writers Workshop with the Kenyon Review. Her writing has been recognized by the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards, the annual Girls Write Now anthology, and The Empty Inkwell Review. When her Muji pen isn’t buried in her red, soft-cover, Moleskine notebook, you can find her stage managing, producing, and directing with her high school theater company, interning at a literary publishing agency, or reading Virginia Woolf.
Favorite Authors & Artists
Niki de Saint Phalle and Patti Smith
Artist‘s Statement
Amidst global conflict and personal fears, I often find myself returning to my roots. My writing spans my childhood, inscribing my dreams and memories on the page in hopes of making sense of our world and finding joy in the mundane.
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The Fountain
“The Fountain” explores the fear of aging and being forgotten through the eyes of Lilian, a 74-year-old New Yorker who makes a surreal discovery on one of her countless boring afternoons.