Home

This Issue

two sheets of colorful fruit stickers on an orange and white background

I think about how quickly the weather changes.
Ella Powell

a small yellow bird on a blue, cloudy, and windy background

do you see that bird? the songbird. the one perched on top of that willow oak. right there.
Lindsey Smith

half of a man's sculpted and strikingly handsome face colored in shades of purple, pink, orange, yellow, and green, all on a gray background

On my screen are uploaded images of teens pleading for cosmetic advice.
Faith Leslie

a person in the middle of space / clouds

remember your daydreams of losing control?
Carley Frajda

Boat on blue water

“So much to see, so much to do. So what’s wrong with taking the fast lane? You’ll never know–”
Jackie Bond

candles and popcorn

a soft knock on the door: a question
Jordan Coleman

a yellow lightswitch on a purple wall

Before I leave, please let me tell you a story
Susannah Baker

pumpkin bread cut into slices

Caroline stepped in the slush again and swore.
Grace Traxler

graduation cap and gown

What was the Golden Era of Black students here at UVA?
Simone Minor

a portrait of chanel craft tanner

The women know the answer
Bailey Middleton

golden fish and a letter

Let me tell you a story. 
Miriella Jiffar

golden fish and a letter

Let me tell you a story. 
Miriella Jiffar

a portrait of chanel craft tanner

The women know the answer
Bailey Middleton

graduation cap and gown

What was the Golden Era of Black students here at UVA?
Simone Minor

pumpkin bread cut into slices

Caroline stepped in the slush again and swore.
Grace Traxler

a yellow lightswitch on a purple wall

Before I leave, please let me tell you a story
Susannah Baker

candles and popcorn

a soft knock on the door: a question
Jordan Coleman

Boat on blue water

“So much to see, so much to do. So what’s wrong with taking the fast lane? You’ll never know–”
Jackie Bond

a person in the middle of space / clouds

remember your daydreams of losing control?
Carley Frajda

half of a man's sculpted and strikingly handsome face colored in shades of purple, pink, orange, yellow, and green, all on a gray background

On my screen are uploaded images of teens pleading for cosmetic advice.
Faith Leslie

a small yellow bird on a blue, cloudy, and windy background

do you see that bird? the songbird. the one perched on top of that willow oak. right there.
Lindsey Smith

two sheets of colorful fruit stickers on an orange and white background

I think about how quickly the weather changes.
Ella Powell

a message tied with a red string floats in a glass bottle through blue water

A ferry cuts through the water on a crisp, foggy evening.
Susannah Baker

two women's faces looking at each other

Move-in day: Ruby and Jane’s Dorm room
Jordan Coleman

Clasped hands against a fractured pink background

don’t discard the pieces. make a new mosaic. 
Carley Frajda

a brown and shadowy forest feauturing a buck whose antlers are shedding staring directly at you

Deception’s Pass State Park is quite beautiful, but it also has an eerily haunting quality.
Ella Powell

blue water with gentle waves

I dream of the stars as I stare at the sun,
Simone Minor

three women hold hands in a circle, with floating pink flowers surrounding them

My sisters have always been my best friends.
Jackie Bond

a pale hand reaches up to pluck a green and red apple from a tree

As much a poem about the arrival of spring as it is about budding hope in the face of despair, Mary Oliver’s “Spring” captures the quiet beauty of
Cassie Dallas

a snail holding a letter in yellow grass.

Our writers venture deep into the unknown
Miriella Jiffar

The Perfect Man in a black t shirt and a blue / purple background.

So now I just show up — pepper spray tucked into the bottom of my purse — and pray that I don’t end up on the next episode of Dateline.
Jackie Bond

a drawing of the Peanuts character Snoopy (a white beagle with black ears and a round black nose) smiling with a small red heart floating above his head

Has your TikTok, Instagram Reels, or dare I say YouTube Shorts feed been taken over by a beagle? Mine too!
Carley Frajda

two orange and yellow figures in the glow of a warm orange sun, one a man sitting and the other a woman standing to his right

This is what watching the Before trilogy of movies feels like to me, and this is what it feels like to watch them with someone else. 
Grace Traxler

a smiling ballerina in a white tutu dances, with other ballerina figures dancing in the background

Why were the only options to either go professional, be forced to not take my hobby seriously, or leave it all together?
Lindsey Smith

the back of a the dark red figure of a woman hanging her head facing something bright in the distance

She looks in the mirror and every week seems to feel extra weight digging into her heels.
Simone Minor

Hot Topic