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CONTENTS COVER Dancing Over Coals, Thi Nguyen Letter from the Editors 05 ART Arielle Rizal 02 Human Expression: Depth of Simple Emotions, Jonathan Lin 12 Finger Laces, El Yang 16-17 All Too Well (10 Minute Version), Roanna Pham 20 Hope, Kaylee Wibowo 30 Chickadee, Tvesa Vathulya 42 Prismatic, Tvesa Vathulya 42 Isolation, Emma Pham 48 Red, Saji Paul 52 Sunflower, Saji Paul 53 PHOTOGRAPHY Jackie Ruan 06 | 21 | 46 | 58 | 65 5:16 PM, Ariadine Antonio 07 Amelia Spink 08 | 13 | 54 | 56 | 70 Shadow, Ariadine Antonio 10 Madison Lin 11 | 15 | 31 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 72-73 Ariadine Antonio 18 Melanie Estrada 21 | 36 | 69 Enya Liu 22 | 47 | 67 Anjani Nabar 23 | 33 Juliana Bernal 24 | 49 | 55 | 62 Aquarium, Ariadine Antonio 25 San Luis Obispo, Jackie Ruan 26-27 6:15 AM, Ariadine Antonio 28-29 Concussed, Bridget Juul 32 A Sunset Over the Beautiful Waves, Grace Caradonna 34-35 Henry Amrhein 37 Joey Childs 40-41 | 68 Evening Drive, Sameet Das 44-45 Tahoe Sunset, Sameet Das 49 EJ Brown 56 | 71 Buzz, Issy Oligher 57 French Braid, Thi Nguyen 62 Yucatán Mexico, Jackie Ruan 63 Enchanted Woods, Enya Liu 64
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POETRY 06 Questions, Julia Baust 09 I Am From, Arnav Mishra 12 Reality, Jett Huynh 14 Guilt, Mando Gonzalvez 19 11:11 PM, Keri Parker 21 Revolution, Vanessa Chang 22 Autumn Tears, Tatiana Gunawan 26 Floating Rock, Guhan Karthik 28 Dearest, My Dearest, Alex Wong 29 April’s Fool, Alex Wong 34-35 The Sunrise, Madison Lin 36 Where do they go?, Lily Hyun 36 Now that they’re gone…, Lily Hyun 43 Unedited, Benjamin Mui 44 Final Farewell, Anya Danes 46 To be a child, Melanie Estrada 47 To the End and Back, Jonathan Cabael 47 Reverse, Benjamin Mui 60 I Need No God, Lily Hyun 61 The Banshee, An-Po Chen 64 Riddle: Who Am I?, Roanna Pham 65 A Leaf’s Life, Sofia Katsioulas 67 Listen, Keira Biala 70 masked smile, Thi Nguyen FICTION 50-51 The Home of Stories, Nishant Perla SIX-WORD STORIES 37 Jonathan Lin 57 Pascale Zanon 69 Shane Nguyen JOKES 25 William Dryden MUSIC 24 Sean’s Theme, Alex Call 24 Something in F Major, Alex Call 24 Something Spooky, Yixuan Qiao 24 Dance in the Midnight Sky, Alex Call 24 Hummingbird, Mando Gonzalvez
