Preface and Publication

Preface

Isabella Briggs, Literary Editor-in-Chief Maggie Else, Art Editor-in-Chief

Everything that is lost must be found and all that is found was once lost.

Like a forgotten ski pole, long-overdue library books, melodies, the constitution of one’s mind, a hula hoop, a childhood pet’s collar, or your winter coat with a heart burdened by adhesions rotting in its pocket.

We’ve gone through a tumultuous few years. Whether you’ve emerged for better or for worse, you are changed; we are changed.

Here we have assembled misfit masterpieces that we invite you to sort Here we have assembled misfit masterpieces that we invite you to sort through. Find something that speaks to you; leave a bit of yourself in these pages in exchange for something new.

For all that is found was once lost and everything that is lost must be found.

Table of Contents

Contents

2 Staff Page 3 Preface and Publication 60 Editorial Policy and Colophon

Literature

06 “ aw”, Lila Bacas ‘22 08 “A Clean Slate”, Rachel Shkolnik ‘23 12 “Motionless”, Rachel Shkolnik ‘23 13 “Athenaeum”, Isabella Briggs ‘22 14 “curiosity killed | satisfaction brought”, Darian Briell ‘22 16 “Moonlit Meeting”, Lexy Russell ‘23 21 “Left Behind”, Sara Schultz ‘22 23 “Fiber Optics”, Lila Bacas ‘22 24 “Amazon Revtiew”, Payton Pan ‘22 27 “First Flight”, Emerald Xu ‘24 28 “Storied Woods”, Lexy Russell ‘23 30 “ e Forest’s Piano”, Gabriela Roberts ‘23 32 “1/31/97”, Lila Bacas ‘22 37 “Swirling”, Lexy Russell ‘23 38 “Feedback”, Naia Smith ‘24 41 “ e Guitar”, Emma Wise ‘23 43 “A Waltz Between Lovers”, Sara Schultz ‘22 44 “ e Bridge”, Darian Briell ‘22 47 “Encounter”, Isabella Briggs ‘22 47 “A Memorial of Forgotten Memories”, Sarah Garman ‘23 51 “January 5th", Nicole Lu ’22

52 “ e Shadows Against the Light”, Sara Schultz ‘22 55 “Zodiac Garden”, Emerald Xu ‘24 56 “Salvator” , Brian Hwang ‘22 and Ryan Tiedemann ‘22 59 “Speck”, Jenny Zhang ‘24

Art

7 “Weight of Despair”, Vicky Yan ‘24 9 “Skiing”, Alexandra Reed ‘23 10 “Anning in Wonderland”, Anning Cui ‘22 15 “Bad Luck”, Maggie Else ‘22 19 “Room 4”, Abby Mummert ‘22 20 “Clarice”, Miriam Talalay ‘22 22 “Frog”, Samantha Sesum ‘23 22 “Frog”, Samantha Sesum ‘23 26 “If You Want Forever”, Anning Cui ‘22 29 “Symbiote”, Miriam Talalay ‘22 31 “Arsonist’s Lullaby”, Abbey Hochrein ‘22 36 “Zombie”, Hussein Ismail ‘23 39 “New Year”, Lily ai ‘25 40 “Inner Workings”, Miriam Talalay ‘22 42 “I Just Need Some Air”, Lily Hemmeter ‘23 45 “Frozen”, Payton Pan ‘22 46 “ e Sermon Between Two Gulfs”, Hussein Ismail ‘23 48 “Jelly sh Graveyard”, Sunny Shen ‘24 50 “Churches”, Abby Mummert ‘22 53 “Friend”, Maggie Else ‘22 54 “Bleeding Heart”, Anning Cui ‘22 57 “Banana sh”, Abbey Hochrein ‘22 58 “Searching”, Payton Pan ‘22