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Volume 16

Proudly published December 2023.

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Defining Moments

Defining Moments By Maggie Backus, 1st Year ETA When learning new languages has been a source of wonder since childhood,…

Between Belonging

Between Belonging By Iris Hyun-A Kim, 1st Year ETA [Featured Image by Victoria Thiem] During my grant year, I attended…

Motherhood

Motherhood By Brittany Scardigno, 1st Year ETA My host mother always touches my hair. She looks at my face, brings…

At Summer’s End

At Summer’s End By Ky Pontious, 1st Year ETA In Florida, the year passes in a humid haze. We eagerly…

Sunday BEEF

Sunday BEEF By Iris Hyun-A Kim In the Netflix original series BEEF (minor spoiler ahead), there is an iconic scene…

River Child

River Child By Leah Yan Doherty, 1st Year ETA [Image by Victoria Thiem] I They say I floated softlydown the…

Mangoes

Mangoes By Martha “Cati” Pudner, 2nd Year ETA Wrinkled fingers shakily slicing, Flies swarming the samples, Blotches of angled sun…

A Finger Trap

A Finger Trap By Martha “Cati” Pudner, 2nd Year ETA There are not enough chairs in our cafeteria, but two…

Landscape Reflections

Landscape Reflections By Noé Toroczkai, 2nd Year ETA These paintings came from meditative moments in my travels within Korea where…

Twenty-one Twenty

Twenty-one Twenty By Brittany Scardigno, 1st Year ETA 2-1-2-0* The keypad lock on your apartment door beeps with rejection for…