Acknowledgements

Penumbra would like to thank Stan Prints for their exemplary work and support. Our gratitude and thanks also go to the English Department for being the foundation from which Penumbra has grown. Thank you to Dr. John Wittman (Department Chair), our former advisor, Timea Ewing and Tula Mattingly for their invaluable guidence and support of the journal. This publication would not have been possible without the hard work, dedication, and artistic vision of our Co-Editorsin-Chief, Autumn Andersen and Andrea Wagner. The Penumbra Staff would like to give a thank you to our faculty advisor Jarred White for promoting innovation and a work ethic in our staff that allowed us to bring the journal to life. We would also like to thank our graduate students, Brittany Groves and Essence Saunders, who provided invaluable assistance and guidence. We would like to extend our gratitude to those not mentioned for their continuous support throughout this entire process: thank you for helping to make Penumbra possible.

Cover Art: “Pregnancy” and “Nurturing” by Peipei Li

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