By Suraj Singareddy ’25 After “Red Wall” by Yi Lei, translated by Tracy K. Smith and Changtai Bi I plant violets in my ears Their splitting stems birth green tongues – digging, screwing, bursting like kudzu through my tympanic membrane middle ear isthmus eustachian tube nasophraynx oral cavity poke their heads out bushels unfurling in…
By Suraj Singareddy ’25 Managing Editor * Yellow petal lake Blossoming, dissipate Waves from rippled trunk ** Ground changing colors As the branches become bare Switch heaven and earth *** Matted paper stained Split grass bleeding onto it Bits of heart parchment **** All too different Pushing time onto — grazed blank Can it be…
By Suraj Singareddy ’25 Managing Editor “Queerness is a longing that propels us onward, beyond romances of the negative and toiling in the present. Queerness is that thing that lets us feel that this world is not enough, that indeed something is missing.” – José Esteban Muñoz, Cruising Utopias When people look back on their…