Seble Alemu

Seble Alemu
Media Staff

(she/her/hers)

Seble is a fourth year majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience and minoring in Biology and Data Science; she aspires to do biostatistics in the public health sector. Seble loves capturing snapshots of brightness and joy with her art, which she hopes to carry into Iris. 

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a portrait of chanel craft tanner

The women know the answer

pumpkin bread cut into slices

Caroline stepped in the slush again and swore.

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–”

a person in the middle of space / clouds

remember your daydreams of losing control?

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.

two women's faces looking at each other

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

Clasped hands against a fractured pink background

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

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 holding on in spite of the cold.

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.

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? Where was the middle ground?

on a blue-green background, pale hands squeeze juice from a bright orange into a cup

she’s ripe, holding her / pieces together / by tearable strings & / bruisable skin

an eyeball made up of pink, orange, and white worms on a dark blue background with waves and stars

Sometimes I think there are worms in my eyes.