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This article was a finalist in the 2022 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition.
John Davis rolled over...
This article was a finalist in the 2022 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. The article was first published in the magazine Salvation South. Click...
This article was a finalist and winner of the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition.
“Disturbed,” a...
Content Warning: This article references self-harm and eating disorders.
This article is a finalist in the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to...
This article is a finalist in the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition.
By Thais Carrion
Director...
This article was a finalist in the 2020 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition.
Two local artists decorated...
loose harvest
In another life, I was edible
flowers. I wore a fitted baby tee
that said tubular. It came to define
me. Fingerling sounds dirty—name of a...
Eulogyafter a song by Tool
If I can’t cry for you, how can I cryfor myself? Someday, they’ll find you,lightning burned tongue, wings long pawned,liver...
Preserves
I have an urge to preservetoday, boil the remaining fruitsto their sticky sugars, remove
the pits and seeds, smash fleshadd pectin and lemon juice, pourand...
