Contributors Page
Allyson (Alex) Lee
University of California, Santa Barbara 2023
Art
I like creating works that play with the unreal and with what we don't know. I'm drawn to all things nonsensical, from eerie off-putting creatures to dreamlike scenarios.
Year to Year
Gouache on bristol, 8" x 10"
Issue 05 Cover
Digital
Andrea Garbowski
Northwestern Michigan College 2021
English
Andrea Lianne Grabowski is a queer writer and white settler on Anishinaabe land. She is currently the editor in chief of NMC Magazine, and often can be found peeking in the windows of abandoned farmhouses. Her writing — regardless of form or genre — holds themes of metamorphosis, queerness, family, radical politics, religious trauma, and living in the Midwest.
the last time my father drives to Ann Arbor
A poem grieving the last family road trip before my father’s frontotemporal dementia prevented him from driving.
acacia shadow bears dusty witness
A poem inspired by climate crisis resistance.
Denise Zubizarreta
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 2022
Art
Lately I've been focused on the past and the future. During the pandemic I started my tarot deck design and it allowed me to open my mind to a new future path. I've been focused on developing that deck into a fully immersive installation utilizing as many mediums and techniques as possible. This has really solidified my process for me and has allowed me to engage in the scholarly research as well as the need to create something that connects me to the viewer and the reader.
Bohiti Tarot
22 Card Major Arcana Deck - Focused on the Taíno and Puerto Rican figures throughout history.
Eliana Lee
Colorado State University 2022
English
Trying to process some of the insanity of the last year through writing has allowed me an outlet that feels like healing. I believe that writing through disempowering experiences can grow into sources of strength.
eve means life
Poem
Elwi (Morgan) Borsum
Montana State University-Billings
Art History
My art is for myself, but I hope others can look at it and feel something personal. Something they feel deep in their hearts and say "I get it, someone else gets the struggles I have. I exist and feel seen."
Heaven's Bottom Feeder
Digital, 36 in x 26 in
Strange Nights With My Strange Self
Digital, 36 in x 33 in
Kaela Keller
Arizona State University 2022
Animation
My name is Kaela Keller, and I specialize in visual development and illustration. I enjoy designing characters and narrative scenes, as I love to tell stories through my work. I hope to inspire others with the visual tales I create, and have a rockin’ time doing so!
A Merry Dance
Digital
Lily Sampsom
Colorado State University 2025
Undeclared
hi! I’m lily. I’ve been writing poetry since i was an unsatisfied middle schooler. Now I’m older and more satisfied and still writing whenever i feel called.
The Wreckage
Poem
The Garden
Poem
Lizzie Tjahja
University of California, Santa Barbara 2023
Environmental Studies
Design is intersectional and interdisciplinary, which is something that I find so fascinating. Through my work, I am trying to find a way to make design more personal and relevant to how we experience life. I am constantly thinking about ways for design that promote sustainable practices which I believe can be achieved through an intimate understanding of form and function, the environment, and cultures formed by people.
Do You Know Who I Am?
Collage, 9"x12"
Lo Celeste Riddle
Bowling Green State University 2022
Creative Writing
Lo Celeste Riddell is a writer from Ohio. She primarily writes about themes of family, gender, lesbian identity, and a longing to revisit childhood. When she isn’t writing, she’s usually reading about fashion history. Above all else, she recognizes writing as her first love.
Ferry Ride
Poem
Lucille Wright
Colorado State University 2023
Art, History
Lucille Wright is an artist studying at Colorado State University. She is currently practicing in Paros, Greece, studying the classics and painting her ass off. Her focus is on electronic art, but a little poetry never hurt anybody.
Breaking
Electronic art
For Kate
Electronic art
Rudy
Poem
Poem for Gianna (I only wanted to love you and not be blamed)
Poem
Niko Vu
Arizona State University, Tempe 2022
Printmaking
I'm Niko Vu, an interdisciplinary artist who values nothing more than the act of learning and experimentation in the process of making. I wish to tell stories with as much fluidity as the lines I create.
At the seams
Digital; 6x8
Nupur Shah
University of Mumbai 2021
English
I believe in writing that translates into doing language that tries to touche the untouchable and tries again to convey that experience, and so I write as to be able to transform nouns into verbs and verbs back into adjectives.
Mad, Mad, Mad
Poem
Peyton Farnum
Colorado State University 2024
Art
I am an artist with a love for color, a sporadic sense of self, and an affinity for all things wildlife. I am currently finding my artistic groove in the world of printmaking, but I am on a perpetual quest to find the practices that satiate my fantastical curiosities and make me question what I know as an artist.
Scarlet Crown
Acrylic, 16"x20"