17 – Index

Writing

1. Spaghetti Boyfriend by Emma Anderson
2. Remember Summer? by Anonymous
3. Connection at First Sight by Annie Barry
4. House fire, only one victim, what was she saving? by Annie Barry
5. she took my poems by Annie Barry
6. The Heaven We’ve Been Slouching Toward Is Not the Heaven by Haley Renee Born
7. Still Life by Haley Renee Born
8. Supine by Sofia Calavitta
9. Behind the Glass by Olivia Danner
10. Plight of the Introvert by Kayla Doubrava
11. Silverfish by Kayla Doubrava
12. carpet girl by Yasi Farahmandnia
13. poem for my killer by Yasi Farahmandnia
14. Beast by Hiba Faruqi
15. Shadows Need Light by Hiba Faruqi
16. Blink by Sydney Fessenden
17. Trip by James Fitzgerald
18. Forgotten Memory by Ada Heller
19. Life Slow Mo by Ada Heller
20. Little Red by Ada Heller
21. Without Heaven by Ada Heller
22. All Things Terribly Lovely by Hannah Holliday
23. Fancy a Game of Darts, Anyone? by Olivia Humphrey
24. Goosebumps and Gummy Bears by Gillian Knaebel
25. Maybe it was the Wind by James Knoflicek
26. Museum of Broken Street Signs by Meghana Lakkireddy
27. African Violets by Callan Latham
28. Five Fingers To Count a Hand by Callan Latham
29. Where I’m From by Emme Mackenzie
30. Friends by Alexa Newsom
31. 34B by Jillian Otero
32. Stage 4 Homesickness by Caden Pearson
33. Amateur Magicians by Amanda Pendley
34. Baba’s Garden by Clara Rabbani
35. Capoeira by Clara Rabbani
36. The Stories They Tell by Clara Rabbani
37. Disconnect by Samiya Rasheed
38. In Orchards of Lemon Trees by Kate Rose
39. mother and earth by Katja Rowan
40. silence by Katja Rowan
41. It Was Ricky by Anna Schmeer
42. Youth by Anna Schmeer
43. Letters from College by Megan Schrek
44. Secrets Scrawled on the Astragal by Brett Seaton
45. Dream State Slip-Gown by Isabelle Shachtman
46. Driftwood by Isabelle Shachtman
47. Mayland by Isabelle Shachtman
48. Your Baby by Saadia Siddiqua
49. Coconut Kid by Neha Sridhar
50. A Walk by Rachel Stander
51. The Trees and Us by Rachel Stander
52. the code of separation by Katie Stanos
53. To Mom: Inspired by Ocean Vuong’s Poem “A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read” by Katie Stanos
54. Starless Planet by Paiton Stith
55. Treading Water by Katherine D. Westbrook
56. alleluia by Olivia J. Williams
57. Peanut Butter Sandwiches by Elizabeth Yost

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About this issue

This issue of elementia is dedicated to poet Rudy Francisco, and to the theme of connection an apt theme as this issue was published in 2020 amidst stay-at-home orders and a growing pandemic. It contains 59 pieces of writing and 75 pieces of art.

As the editors of issue xvii note:

"Our goal with this magazine is to give a platform to a wide range of diverse authors and artists, and as editors we were especially aware of that this year. We wanted to challenge our notions of connection, to push ourselves to see past our own experiences and to take the time to understand this theme through new eyes. In the end, that’s what reading and writing is about: communicating and understanding new ideas and experiences."

The editorial committee for the seventeenth issue consisted of teen selectors Annie Barry, Haley Renee Born, Yasi Farahmandnia, Olivia Humphrey, Elizabeth Joseph, Gaby Kill, Gillian Knaebel, Emme Mackenzie, Patty McClain, Olivia Miller, Peter Mombello, Isabelle Shachtman, Saadia Siddiqua and Neha Sridhar; teen designers Haley Renee Born, Yasi Farahmandnia, Rachael Lawler and Wenhan Sunr; as well as library staff Becca Carleton, Cassidy Coles, Emma Fernhout, Cassandra Gillig, Kate McNair, Jennifer Taylor and Mickey Willard.