MASTHEAD SPRING 2023 EDITION

Cover Art:  There was no smoke, no sign by Carleton Whaley

Contributors

poetry  

“Why Pronouns?”    Mik Ponds-McCrae
the shape of her lips    robyn brooks
venus armata     robyn brooks 
resurrection    robyn brooks 
the murder in newfields    Gail Crowe
gemini    Gail Crowe
Portal Through my Mother’s Body    Sarah Mae Afriam 
Triple Bypass    Linda G. Hatton
Junior Ornithologists    Owen Thomas
Finding my Mind in Rochester    S Michael Shrawder
LARPing IRL (II)    S Michael Shrawder
American Haiku: Winter.   S Michael Shrawder
changing the clock    Daniela Thome
(take it in any direction you want)   Daniela Thome
No Way Out    Robin Nardi
Akkkademiks Eat Trees For Lunch– People’s Park for the People    Tiny Gray-Garcia
grant dance    Tiny Gray-Garcia
Poem for F– and All the Rest    Carleton Whaley
Still Life in The New Year    Jude Rosen
The Grief Season    Astra Pierson

critical commentary     

I WANT MY MONEY BACK: AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBIN DIANGELO    ASB
Michelle Obama and the Unbearable Heaviness of Becoming    Kate Jessica Raphael

nonfiction  

Being Read Is a Privilege (A Reflection on Goddard’s MFA Commencement)    Kate Jessica Raphael
Streaking in the Quad    Katie Bauer

fiction  

Brown Bags    Andi Van den Berge
Falling Away    Alicia Maria Smith

dramatic writing  

Bodies of Water    Gemma Irish
Time Bomb    Brendon Alekseii
Shells, Rocks, Sea Glass    Megan Tripaldi
If You Stood in Front of Me, Would I Recognize You?    Eric Zwieg

 

SPRING 2023 Staff

Editor in Chief
Brooklyn Baggett

Associate Editor
Mik Ponds-McCrae

Associate Editor
Brendon Alekseii

Submission Editor
Caila Grigoletti

Lead Copy Editor 
Astra Pierson

Copy Editor
Jaz (aka Pamela Kareen Banks)

Copy Editor
Tristin Rutherford

Lead Poetry Editor
Suparna Choudhury

Poetry Editor
ASB

Poetry Editor
Katie Bauer

Poetry Editor
Megan Tripaldi 

Lead Critical Commentary Editor
Katie Bauer

Critical Commentary Editor
Owen Thomas

Lead Nonfiction Editor
Andi Cortes

Nonfiction Editor
Jude Rosen

Nonfiction Editor
Juhanna Rogers

Lead Fiction Editor
Sarah Mae Afriam

Fiction Editor
Owen Thomas

Fiction Editor
Luca Williams

Fiction Editor
Linda Ackerman

Lead Drama Editor 
Sarah Weiler

Drama Editor
Daniela Thome

Drama Editor
Tristin Rutherford

Lead Visual Art Editor
Sarah Weiler

Visual Art Editor
Hannah Klinkhammer

Lead Hybrid Editor
Kate Jessica Raphael

Hybrid Editor
Daniela Thome

Hybrid Editor
Hannah Klinkhammer  

Social Media Editor
Gail Crowe

Website Editor
Brooklyn Baggett 

Website Editor
Kate Jessica Raphael  

Website Editor 
Hannah Foreman

Web Content Editor
Brendon Alekseii 

Production Design Editor 
Brooklyn Baggett 

Associate Production Editor
Jude Rosen 

Associate Production Editor
Gail Crowe