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Memoir & Personal Essay, Nature & Travel Writing, Video & Visual Arts
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On the Intersection Between Teenage Sexuality and the Objectivity of Women Across Races
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Morning Shade
Whale, Well
A list of problems that increase in scale as we progress throughout the week. In a sense, they all reflect the world growing heavier to bear, an incessant drowning of some sort.
City Girl
This piece talks about my relationships with nature and my parents in order to explore my feelings toward living in New York City.
Where Are the Children?
We wrote stories based on old nursery rhymes, giving them a new twist. Ivy’s story “Where Are the Children?” is a reimagining of “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” which Kathleen has illustrated.
She and the Remnants of Plants
Exploring themes of mental illness specifically within the Asian-American immigrant community and isolation, She and the Remnants of Plants centers around a teenage girl’s relationship to plants and death.
High School Students Across the Country Start Projects During Quarantine
The article centers on five high school students in the US who are pursuing their hobbies to create projects that are bringing people around the world together during the pandemic.
King of Kings
Who decides what a text means? And how much can be lost in translation?
The Side They Never See
Captured in a moment of pain, this poem was a way for me to release my emotions onto the page. I hope to show anyone who encounters this piece that they are not alone.
Deadly Militia
A short story that portrays the life of a young child soldier during the Congo War.
The Ocean’s Depths
Based off of my love for the ocean but fearing what is underneath the waves.
Stages of Isolation
This co-written poem reflects our journaled memories of the year 2020, as well as our conversations with each other about our lives in lockdown.
A Passenger’s Library
An exploration of ghostly subway rides during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spring Sunday
I first started out with just a rush of memories of the garden, then I organized those memories into seasons and turned five pages from my collage journal into representations of those seasons and memories.
A Generational Blessing
Oftentimes I tend to focus on generational curses, the bad traits I’ve received from my family. My piece reflects on this and the generational blessings passed down.
Zoom to the Moon
While writing this essay, my goal was to keep things lighthearted and tell an entertaining story that also shared a bit of my personality and interests.