when my father says “watch your waistline” / i listen. / […]
“Bottle Glass” By Francois Peloquin
The seagulls had woken him, but it was the children walking beside him along the shore who took the brunt of his rage […]
“Metaphor, Metonymy, and Metanarrative Space: Negotiations of Truth in a Vlog ” By Josephine Hass
Questions about the role of truth, authenticity, meaning, and authorial intent are not new to art and art criticism, yet the upswell of new forms made possible by new technologies cast these questions in a new light […]
“hóngbāo” By Amy Wang
Hóngbāo is the representation of modern society and the importance of “saving face” in Chinese culture […]
“Queering Contemporary Art: Death and Grieving” By Ariel Elise
The death and mourning of a loved one is an experience that is not exclusive to conventionally prescribed groups of people […]
“Invertebrate” By Jacqueline Chan
The word is invertebrate – / spineless, columnless, boneless / creature bound by shell […]
“My Father’s God” By Katrina Martin
When I call my father, I call my mother first. I can hear her bustling around the kitchen as we speak, stomping across the floor with heavy, purposeful footsteps and the phone clutched to her shoulder […]
“Tsundoku” By Leo Yamanaka-Leclerc
My grandmother slept / in an alcove in her living room wall, / early-century façade solidified amidst the war […]
“Lunarian Dreams to Court” By Ivy Tang
This piece is a spoof of traditional courtly presentation. The elites in this culture, anthropomorphic creatures (left), assess the masked boy’s presentation of his “ideal world”, while a masked mother figure looks on (right)[…]
“The St. Leon Wind Farm” By Alex Day
We pulled off the highway / because I didn’t know how to turn / the windshield wipers on in my grandpa’s truck[…]
“Night Terrors and Sinister Daydreams: Oneiric Doubles and Psychologies of Moral Management in Jane Eyre and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” By Mabon Foo
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde both explore instances of duality that negotiate issues of morality and self-control within the Victorian psychological conceptualization of dreams. By exploring popular psychological trends of the era and discussing their influence on dream studies and morality, a framework shall be developed to discuss the mental struggles in the novels[…]
“For Me, It’s My Nose” By Katrina Martin
I recently read an article about why I should get a nose job. It was written by an illustrious Instagram influencer who had recently undergone the knife[…]
