18 – Index

A woman's face, painfully bound and distorted in red string
Cover art: Beauty is Pain by Alex Braley

Writing

  1. 252 by Emma Anderson
  2. A Piece Of Me Died On the 1 Train by Anonymous
  3. Alone in a Cabin I Think of What Led Me Here by Ayesha Asad
  4. Let the Rain Keep Falling by Ayesha Asad
  5. Of Questions and Answers by Ayesha Asad
  6. St. Jude by Grace Ashley
  7. Affidavit with Language from Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (Leaves of Grass, 1st ed., 1855) by Lukas Bacho
  8. Comrades by Lukas Bacho
  9. Duplex: Headwater by Lukas Bacho
  10. 男扮男装 by Lukas Bacho
  11. claymation in six scenes by Christine Baek
  12. Life as a Forgotten Piece by Savanna Bright
  13. cheat codes by Sofia Calavitta
  14. Bleached by Pranathi Charasala
  15. I Am Not Afraid To Die by Chloe Chou
  16. 1980s Coke Party by Billie Croft
  17. Bodhisattva by Billie Croft
  18. Riyadh by Billie Croft
  19. inheritance by Elliot DelSignore
  20. neighbor’s shopkeeper bell by Yasi Farahmandnia
  21. private poem by Yasi Farahmandnia
  22. 31 lines for 31 days of knowing you by Olivia Humphrey
  23. mother's guilt by Stephanie K
  24. The Sculptor by Mariam Khelashvili
  25. Father by Gaby Kill
  26. It was just red by Gaby Kill
  27. Silence by Gaby Kill
  28. Sweetheart by Gaby Kill
  29. these ink-stained hands by Kristy Kwok
  30. Reflections by Callan Latham
  31. Cigarette Constellations by Avalon Lee
  32. Oasis by Samantha Liu
  33. reversion & recurrence by Samantha Liu
  34. taxonomy of two girls by Jessica Liu
  35. A Bicycle Accident by Cheyenne Mann
  36. Skinned Apples by Cheyenne Mann
  37. I'm Balding by Kechi Mbah
  38. the wind that brought my body back by Eva Parsons
  39. An automaton teaches you how to code anorexia by Julie Pham
  40. a story in the perspective of the love interest by Julie Pham
  41. Clamshell by Sophie Esther Ramsey
  42. On Nudity by Laya Reddy
  43. Waiting for Invisibility by Avery Russell
  44. Artificial Dreams by Isabelle Shachtman
  45. The Beard by Rachel Stander
  46. A Blade of Two Owners by Emma Steenhard
  47. Body by Elena Unger
  48. Venus's Apprentice by Sarah Walker
  49. aunties' feet by Octavia Williams
  50. where sweat accumulated by Olivia Williams
  51. Off to Prom We Go by Peggy Yin
  52. For my mother by Arden Yum
  53. goodbye by Arden Yum
  54. ice cubes by Arden Yum

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About this issue

This issue of elementia is dedicated to poet and essayist Franny Choi, and to the theme of bodies, something our editors found themselves considering quite heavily during the continued quarantine and pandemic. Published in April 2021, it contains 55 pieces of writing and 69 pieces of art.

As the editors of issue xviii note:

"Our goal with this magazine is to open conversations about bodies. Whether tackling human bodies, bodies of water or governmental bodies, we wanted to create a space where voices across all spectra could express themselves. We pushed ourselves to go deeper than the physical body and to explore personal truths that are inherited from past generations and seldom shared with others. Especially this year, having the motivation to create art was difficult to find, yet artists and writers created works that stood out and reflected where they stood along their journey."

The editorial committee for the eighteenth issue consisted of teen selectors Emma Anderson, Kayla Doubrava, Yasi Farahmandnia, Gabbie Granoff, Olivia Humphrey, Elizabeth Joseph, Gaby Kill, Gillian Knaebel, Stephanie Kontopanos, Emme Mackenzie, Olivia Miller, Peter Mombello, Emily Natanova, Misha Rai, Isabelle Shachtman, Saadia Siddiqua and Neha Sridhar; teen designers Emma Anderson, Yasi Farahmandnia, Rachael Lawler and Wenhan Sun; as well as library staff Cassidy Coles, Emma Fernhout, Cassandra Gillig, Joseph Keehn, Kate McNair, Tiffany Rinne, Jennifer Taylor and Mickey Willard.