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Category: Spring 2024

girl i’ve always been

Posted on: May 10, 2024 Last updated on: May 10, 2024 Written by: melaniezhang
By Pritheva Zakaria   i got mental wrongs  and ticking time bombs  but that’s the girl i’ve always been    it’s never your destiny  to end up with me  rather, the girl right next to me    i like to…
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The Pearl in the Hill’s Lap

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Priyanka Kuckian She walked on a floor of White petals, a crown of Thorns around her ankles. Drops of blood. Turned waterfalls puddles in Empty vistas, finite horizons Stretch on endlessly. Each Step a deathless death. Until in the…
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The Blood of Christ

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Serena Phillip   Be the person that every boy wants to date  and every girl wants to be, her mom repeats.  Little did she know how gay her daughter was.  People like to be around people that are happy— …
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14th Street

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Franklin Dong My left eye has perfect vision                                                     My right eye is basically blind …
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A Family Inheritance: New York City and Cosmopolitanism

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Catherine Kenny It is 9:00 on a Monday night, and after a day of three classes, work, and the ever-impending doom of finals on the horizon, all I can think about is what to have for dinner. I cautiously…
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Stretchmarks

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Sam Donndelinger     How drunk are you?” I laughed into the night.  Spinning down the hill in the dark, riding on his handlebars, the brownstones lining the sidewalks, it was easy to pretend I lived in the historic…
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day of judgement

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 10, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Pritheva Zakaria   the day my grandfather died  it snowed for the first time    sitting under a tree  you read hymns from the quran  and remember you used to have three in your pedigree    when it gets…
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NATALIE DIAZ

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Sidney Stubbs   Natalie Diaz once wrote “She was more orchard than loved” Six words set upon me like starving dogs to a bone I have always been more orchard than loved Pluck at my bushes and take Apple,…
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Hollywood’s Illusion of Inclusivity: The Minority Sidekick Cliché

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Zora Kings In the world of Hollywood cinema, tropes are the unsung stars of the show. These recurring themes shape our favorite films and TV series, from lovable romances to chilling horrors. While some tropes are considered classics, such…
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Scraping at Oxford

Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883
By Lex Garcia Of course the main problem with the nightclub was not the music, not the smell, not the pissy bouncer, all of which were annoyances; no, the main issue was the people. These were not the people one…
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