SARAH LAWRENCE REVIEW

VOLUME XLV 2023 issn : 1075-1166

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Cover art by Dariya Kozhasbay

The Sarah Lawrence Review is published annually by the students of Sarah Lawrence College. Any student, undergraduate or graduate, may apply to be on the staff. The emphasis is on current student work, although alumni and staff submissions are always welcome. All work is considered anonymously, so manuscripts should be sent with the author’s name on a separate cover. Manuscripts are not accepted during the summer. All rights revert to the author upon publication.

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SARAH LAWRENCE REVIEW

Sarah Lawrence College

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Staff

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Berna Da’Costa

Liza Rosen

FICTION EDITORS

Maeve Aickin

Lucille Whittier

NONFICTION EDITORS

Imogen Drake

Riddhi Kuthiala

Aurora Sharp

POETRY EDITORS

Theodore Heil

Auden Hubbard

LAYOUT & VISUAL ART EDITORS

COPYEDITORS

Katherine Echeverri

Skyler Young

Abby Cohrs

Saskia Gori-Montanelli

Aleks Omylak

PUBLICITY EDITOR

CONSULTING EDITOR

Justin Liang

Jamie Lenehan

EDITORS’ NOTE

Editing the magazine this year has been a dream come true. It was humbling, synergetic, exhilarating, quiet. We sprawled out on the floor in the publication space and let the mosquitoes in, sent each other some of the most boring texts of all-time like, hey, what do you think about the two pieces I just put at the bottom of the new spreadsheet?, and we became a little delirious debating comma placement past midnight, everything was a little funny, but in the aftermath, we made something. It has been a real privilege.

The student work coming out of Sarah Lawrence is difficult to characterize—it’s incisive, strange, poignant, undaunted. It dances on its own. We think student publications are special because they showcase the work of young artists in bloom, just coming into their powers. We write, get blood on the floor, flood the house—same thing—then try to do it better.

We are interested in art because we are interested in truth and beauty. We circle it like hungry animals, dig in, let the juices drip down our chins and stick. We believe the body of work on these pages is like a beautiful meal for a skinny lion, so eat.

We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to our contributors, our smart and sensitive editorial dream team, our writing professors, the old American Beech tree near Marshall Field, the perfect ratio of honey and lemon in a morning cup of tea, sunny winter days, and sisters. We are thankful to everyone who submitted their work to the Review. We are thankful to everyone reading it.

We hope you like this weird and beautiful thing you have in your hands. We hope you wear it out.

With reverence, solidarity, and love, Berna

and Liza Editors-in-Chief