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…
Mirror for Me
By Olivia Charis ’25 Contributing Writer Fleeting shiny surface, but he still mesmerizes me I can see my dad’s reflection when I look at him He makes me want so many things I wonder how it would feel To salvage the possibility of all his potential To untwist all his nonsense into sense Imagine every…
DOWN Reads
This week features recommendations from Tyler Watts ’25, our wonderful Creative Director. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin This book is gonna hurt. Short enough to read it in a day, but trust that in the weeks that follow you won’t be able to get it out of your head. So much is revealed about relationships,…
Home monologue
By Esha Ahktar ’25 Contributing Writer Of all the mornings we spent together, I most clearly remember the sunlight. Her pink and orange curtains seized the dawn sunshine and threw it across her bedroom, lighting up our faces as we procrastinated starting our days. I remember the stack of perfectly curated books from Verso and…
unauthorized syllabi: four
a biweekly column by michelle ampofo ‘25 managing editor ✶✶✶ 1. The following will be written in twelve points. 2. I turned in an essay the other week, which my professor said was too fragmentary and that my arguments “needed more connection.” Readers should not be left confused after reading your papers; every point should…