Mosaic 2022

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unceremoniously sent off by the daughter he barely recognized in his state of intoxication. Resigned, I retreated to my room, spending hours perfecting the contents of each letter, the monotony of ritual taking my mind off the glass criminals who had stolen my father out from under me. —

Plugged In, Francesca Postigo ’22, digital

The night before his surgery songs wafted through the open blinds of my room, prompting me to rouse myself from writing and tentatively

peer outside. He danced: drunk, delirious, free, his torso swaying to the drawn out notes. Arms waving about, a liquor bottle in his left hand lazily spritzed liquid across the porch. As he spun about in tempo he caught me peeping, and motioned for me to join him with a droopy smile. The cold concrete stung the soles of my feet as I stepped onto the patio to face him. He said nothing, but gently grabbed my hand and led me in a dance. I closed my eyes, the salt-filled air of the coast gently washing through

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Prose, Grandpa’s Cha Siu Bao .........................Anya Siu ’25 Photograph, Gabriella.......................................Isabelle Nagy ’22................Inside Back Cover Art, Car Drive ...................................................Francesca Postigo ’22..................Back Cover

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Poem, Young Flower.........................................Leah Brewer ’24

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Art, Photo London ...........................................Andriana Low ’25

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Art, Reaching....................................................Reyna Sanchez ’22

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Prose, Spectre..................................................Helen Yenson ’22

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Poem, Golden Girls ..........................................Elena Oh ’23

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Art, Plugged In .................................................Francesca Postigo ’22

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Prose, The Weight of the Lead..........................Evie Andrews ’23

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Art, Bloody Tears ..............................................Francesca Postigo ’22

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Art, She Promised ............................................Tylor Mehringer ’22

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Poem, Living Wraith..........................................Kiska Corrigan-Hoaglin ’22

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Prose, Autumn Rainfall .....................................Rain Hu ’22

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Prose, My Lovely Wendy Darling.......................Savannah Hardy ’25

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Poem, Fall-s Assumptions ................................Emily Harris ’22

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Art, Sass in the City ..........................................Anaezi Nwokeji ’22

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Prose, She Was Never Truly Running Away.......Andriana Low ’25

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Poem, Such as a Bird.......................................Charlotte Ehmann ’23

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Poem, Golden Hammer ...................................Kiska Corrigan-Hoaglin ’22

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Poem, Built by You ...........................................Anonymous ’22

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Art, Phoebe Bridgers ........................................Francesca Postigo ’22

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Prose, Arcadia..................................................Helen Yenson ’22

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