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Book 5 Drawing 6, 2019

In the Dark

June 14, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Louisa Armbrust

We live in a world that strives to consume the entirety of our time and attention. Work, play, social media, and the 24/7 news cycle cry out for our attention at all hours of the day and night. Our ability to seek refuge in a place where all that can be ignored, turned off, and tuned out is vital to our very self-preservation.[…]

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Image 1, Miguel, 2019, Archival Digital Print, 30inx20in

Acabando Nos Vamos

June 13, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Noel Becerra

The personas we apply to the occupations that we take for granted everyday are inseparable from the job itself because of our own indolence towards learning anything different. This series pairs the two perspectives that represent how Latinos are traditionally characterized[…]

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Vulnerability Has No Boundaries

June 11, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Jakki Daley

Within this project I have conveyed this through the color, lighting, clarity, and positioning in the images. These images are meant to have meaning, as well as have thoughts projected upon them by the viewer not dependent upon words or timeframe.[…]

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Santa Gabriela, 2019, 100% Cotton Photographic Tapestry, 60”x80”

Mi Religión

June 10, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Gabi Magaly

I draw from my experience within this toxic culture and provide a call to action for the women who don’t have a voice to feel empowered and for the men with a little too much to say to be softened. The imagery I use within my work references the everyday accessible household items that are traditionally associated with my Mexican-American household[…]

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The Selfie: A Physical-Digital Hybrid of the Human Face

June 9, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Sophia Maggio

While I know all of these people deeply, I was most interested in my ability to render them anonymous to both myself and my audience. This led to an array of floating heads that, like anonymous online spaces, capture—and then distort[…]

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Sentiments in Clay

June 8, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Hallie Maxwell

In works like, The Hands of Time, I convey the delicate nature balance between life and death. In life, death is constantly brushing our fingertips. And yet, in death, our connection to life makes it so that we never truly die.[…]

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Dreams and Fantasies

June 8, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Mohammad Shirvanizadeh

Today’s human beings feel comfortable with their non-historical past, but during an ideological process and in deep connection with social events, the nature of these dreams changes and they are abstract.[…]

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Sex After Rape

June 6, 2020/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2020 / Zarra TM

I have found ways to navigate sex—and trauma—anew. The following series explores the pain of sexual violence as well as the rediscovery of my body.[…]

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Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published the second Friday of every month.

Today’s course:

Being A Girl is Hard

November 28, 2025/in Blog / Shawn Elliott
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Diagnosis: Persisted or Silent Inheritance

November 7, 2025/in Blog / Paula Williamson
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The Queer Ultimatum Made Me Give My Own Ultimatum

September 26, 2025/in Blog / Lex Garcia
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Midnight Snack

Take a bite out of these late night obsessions.

Tonight’s bites:

The Lilac and The Housefly: A Tale of Tortured Romanticism

October 24, 2025/in Midnight Snack / Nikki Mae Howard
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Dig Into Genre

May 23, 2025/in Midnight Snack / Lauren Howard
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The dreams in which I’m (not) dying

April 25, 2025/in Midnight Snack / paparouna
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Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every third Friday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

Two Poems

April 10, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Poetry / Jax NTP
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English Translation

March 27, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Poetry / Carrie Chappell
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Origins

March 13, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Flash Prose / Rose Torres
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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk
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A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail
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Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran
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Word From the Editor

Editing issue 28, I felt something similar to the way I feel near water: I dove into my own private world. The world above the surface kept roaring, of course. The notifications, deadlines, the constant noise was always there. But inside the work, inside these poems and stories and artwork, there was a quiet that felt entirely mine. A place where I could breathe differently.

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