Contributors

Contributors

Olivia Brandwein is a senior art studio major and French minor. Her work often includes unconventional materials and humor.

Lune Bush is a queer, nonbinary writer from Los Angeles County. They’ve previously shared their work through attending open mic nights, most memorably at the Last Bookstore in Downtown LA. They combine personal narrative style with short poetry in an attempt to express the nuance of daily life.

Marissa Carl is a junior double majoring in psychology and Spanish. She has read all of the Pretty Little Liars books and is currently in the process of re-reading them. She hopes her silly little poem will make you smile :)

Will Conley is a theatre and English major with a longstanding passion for poetry. Their work has appeared in the Mount Holyoke Review once before, and they have performed in numerous poetry slams. They are grateful for the opportunity to share their work with everyone.

Lila Goldstein is an English major with a notorious track record of not turning in writing assignments. Her poetry has appeared in Open Call Magazine and the first issue of the Mount Holyoke Review, and she is a playwright for the MHC Student Theater Festival. Lila is also a proud member of MHC Glee Club and MHC English Handbell Ensemble.

Sandra Grace is a senior who has been writing ever since she can remember. She is studying English and sociology and is a member of the varsity lacrosse team. Sandra hopes once she graduates in the spring that she can transfer her love for writing and creativity into a full-time career.

Madeline Grossman is a junior studying Italian and psychology at Mount Holyoke. Her interests include Italian literature and history, along with the psychology of development and adolescence. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her dogs and embroidering whales.

Jackie Hahn is a critical social thought and English major at Mount Holyoke College. She is interested in exploring the intersections between her Korean identity and her sexuality. She likes cats and coffee.

Midge Hartshorn is a queer, disaffiliated member of the Mormon church who turned to the medium of blackout poetry as a method of reclaiming the religious texts and iconography that shaped their early life. This piece is composed of pages torn out of the set of scriptures they used personally as a teenager. Midge is currently studying mathematics and astronomy at Mount Holyoke College.

Lee Heintzelman has been writing both poetry and prose for as long as they can remember. They are an English and film media theater double major, and love anything to do with storytelling or words.

Rebecca Kilroy is a junior double majoring in English and Spanish. Her work has appeared in previous issues of the Mount Holyoke Review as well as Laurel Moon, Capulet Magazine and The Copperfield Review Quarterly. She is the co-president of Write Here, Write Now, an on-campus writing group. In spring 2021, she was a Prose Editor for MHR (which is how she knows they’re awesome).

Jean Klurfield is described by her sister as a lover of words (soft or harsh as long as you’re good with them), old things (antiques that transport you), her hair (she sees her own heritage in every twist and tangle), the outside (only when it is not real, rather magical and sunlight), and ladybugs. She sees sweetness in scraped knees, rosy cheeks, and a hot chocolate to warm you up.

Declan Langton is a senior (2022) English & French major at Mount Holyoke. They grew up in New England and write about small towns and small spaces within expansive landscapes. Currently, they are working on a capstone project about lighthouses and serving as Editor-in-Chief of Mount Holyoke News.

Liz Lewis is a senior English major at Mount Holyoke. In addition to being a Prose Editor at the Mount Holyoke Review, she is Managing Editor of Content for the Mount Holyoke News. In her free time, she likes to draw, write, and make mac and cheese.

Avery Martin is a senior at Mount Holyoke College as well as a runner, a climber, and a maker of many things. They like to write about the complexities of living in a body in the world.

Oakley Marton is a first year at Mount Holyoke College. They have also contributed to De Paul’s BlueBook of Best Illinois Highschool Writing and Hey Alma, the Jewish feminist news site. They’re involved on campus with the Gaylord Book Club, the Neurodivergent Student Association, and also occasionally run their own book review blog, https://justaddbooks23.wixsite.com/ oaktreereads/blog.

Layne McArdle is a senior at MHC studying philosophy. She has been writing poetry for years and this is her first time being published in the MHR. She loves Ditto and cooking for her friends.

Grace McMurray is a first year at MHC and started formally writing poetry in high school as a therapeutic practice to express her thoughts and feelings. Her work is heavily inspired by the little things hidden in everyday life and the emotions that they evoke.

Qiao Se Ong is currently a first-year student and is passionate in using the arts to capture the complexities of the relationships we share with people and places.

Amelia Ostling is a third semester senior at Mount Holyoke College with an ever-looming graduation date: December 13th, 2021! *cue suspenseful music.* She dreams of publishing a graphic novel, adopting a cat, buying out her entire Etsy wishlist, and traveling to rural Texas to see the stars—she just has to pass her classes first.

Gina Pasciuto is a junior studying English and theatre arts. Her work has previously appeared in journals such as Snapdragon and Lemon Yellow Press. When not writing poetry, they can generally be found on stage, in a practice room, or on Twitter (@spockshock) having funky little thoughts about Star Trek.

Ava Provolo writes poems, as well as dabbles in writing comedy for television. She can usually be found talking excitedly about music or embarking on another cooking/baking adventure. She is motivated by the alluring quality of parmesan cheese.

Elle Provolo has enjoyed creative writing since her third grade teacher told her she had potential as a writer. Her poems, in many ways, are attempts to explore her complex feelings. She loves dancing in her room and the simplicity of a plain cheese pizza. Regis Reed is a graduating senior of Mount Holyoke College, currently finishing his degree in English. Though published previously in the Mount Holyoke Review, this is his first time submitting prose work, and he is excited to be branching out from poetry. He thanks Morgan for telling him to submit, as he has a terrible memory and forgot the deadline. He hopes you enjoy this collection.

Gabrielle Rodriguez Gonzalez is not a poet. They’re trying though, and they hope you like it. You can find them on instagram @bittersweetbratt.

Morgan Sammut is an English major and computer science minor interested in interactive fiction. They love weird writing, fencing, & crocheting. They also did the layout for this lovely magazine you’re currently reading!

Silvie Schlein is a junior at Mount Holyoke College and was born and raised in the upper west side of NYC. She is currently studying English and chemistry and squeezes in art classes whenever possible. She doesn’t have much experience with creative writing, but recently discovered a passion for short fiction.

Danyah Shaikh is a first year student. This is her first publication in the Mount Holyoke Review.

Sarah Smith is a Frances Perkins Scholar at Mount Holyoke where she is studying music. She resides in Easthampton with her roommate and their two cats, Earnie and Gilbert.

Jen Thornquest is a Frances Perkins Scholar attending Mount Holyoke College as a returning student in the “great do-over” of 2021. Previously a DJ, the microphone was her favorite power tool to engineer social settings, but without large group gatherings, Jen’s days are full of collecting 40 years of lost thoughts, as a writer.

Halle Wyatt is a first year student who grew up on an island in the Puget Sound. She spends much of her days reading and writing stories about love.

Qingyang (Sunny) Wei was born and grew up in Wuhan, China. She is a mixed-media undergraduate artist currently studying art and psychology at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. She works with various artistic mediums including painting, multi-media sculpture, collage, digital art, printmaking, and more. Sunny had worked on metal sculpture with video projection and had collaborated on the exhibition Citing Memory: Reimagining Archives Through Art with ten other Five College artists last December.