Best of elementia 1-15 Index

Letters punched out from previous covers spelling "best of elementia"

Writing

  1. Hot Blood Underground by Ayah Abdul-Rauf
  2. An Ode to My Innocence by Anonymous
  3. It's Difficult by Anonymous
  4. Midnight Light Switch by Anonymous
  5. Tied by Anonymous
  6. Where You've Been by Anonymous
  7. Shades of Pain by AonB
  8. Excerpt from Breed: The Girl of Fire by Sarah Ault
  9. m.A.A.d. City Man by Annie Barry
  10. PTA to AA by Annie Barry
  11. Screaming Secrets : A view from by Jillian Beyer
  12. Deli Shop Blues by Caleb Bishop
  13. Coffee Cups by Maya Bluitt
  14. Little Time by Renee Born
  15. Iconic Narcotic by Anton Caruso
  16. Love Like a Two-Dollar Bill by Zoë Christianson
  17. Living Redwood by Angela Clem
  18. City in the River by Jacob Cone
  19. Sei la mia vita by Abigail Cottingham
  20. Taylor by Abigail Cottingham
  21. The Wish Garden: an excerpt by Andie Davidson
  22. Aphrodite Defiled by Farah Dianputri
  23. Kansas City by Taj’Zhere Dillard
  24. Peace: a 21st century Anachronism by Alicia Dressman
  25. Lichtenburg Love by Rachel Franklin
  26. Masquerade by Rachel Franklin
  27. She Who Destroys the Light by Rachel Franklin
  28. The Difference Between Simile and Self by Rachel Franklin
  29. The Parasite Lives and Grows by Rachel Franklin
  30. Beginning // End by Allison Gliesman
  31. Flowers Exist on the Moon by Maggie Golshani
  32. A Spectacular View by Leslie Goodwin
  33. Being Cosmic Dancers: because what else would we be? by Jaden Gragg
  34. Cakes and Cookies by Jaden Gragg
  35. Surfacing by Jaden Gragg
  36. U, I, and Growing Up by Eric Gunnarson
  37. Cherry Lies by Abby Harrison
  38. Pictures by Carly Hassenstab
  39. Poor Great-Great-Grandmother by Calla Hinderks
  40. Showers by Sarah Hirsch
  41. An Open Letter to Joseph Conrad by Jess Holmes
  42. ballad to the unknown by Claire Hutchinson
  43. red heels by Claire Hutchinson
  44. Sister by JDC Resident
  45. Wordsmith by Maddie Jones
  46. A Letter to My Mother, Who I Love Very Much and Who I Hope Doesn’t Read This by Elizabeth Joseph
  47. Hourglass by Elizabeth Joseph
  48. My Diaspora Poem (Remix), or All I Know is This by Aroog Khaliq
  49. Towelhead by Aroog Khaliq
  50. antithesis of coconut oil by Alice Kogo
  51. Bodies Revealed: A Non-Linear Essay by Candice Ladd
  52. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs by Eunice Lee
  53. Time It Takes to Sober Up by Emme Mackenzie
  54. The Climbing Tree by Ann E. Mclean
  55. Scrapyard Jungle by Alexandra Miller
  56. The Mistake Girl by Portia Miller
  57. Waiting to be Struck by Matthew Morefield Tanzer
  58. Curse of the Huntresses by Isabel Nee
  59. replaced by Emma Nicholson
  60. Marked by Emma Olinger
  61. Bloodlines by Ayush Pandit
  62. Rubble by Ayush Pandit
  63. A Living Anachronism by Amanda Pendley
  64. Coping with the World by Amanda Pendley
  65. room 502 by Amanda Pendley
  66. Clock Work by Kahill Perkins
  67. heaven in the southern hemisphere by Carli Plymale
  68. What am I? by Clara Rabbani
  69. ambition, love, ambition by Samiya Rasheed
  70. Dream Behind the Glass by Anika Rasheed
  71. January by Oli Ray
  72. Untitled by Sarah Rekab
  73. Four Words to Describe Yourself? by Ana Schulte
  74. divination for the divine by Alrisha Shea
  75. Hang a Crooked Star (excerpt) by Brooke Shippee
  76. Guatemala by Brooke Stanley
  77. Faded by Catherine Strayhall
  78. 川明かり by Catherine Strayhall
  79. Choosing to Hurt by Jessica Sutter
  80. Losing Lila by Jessica Sutter
  81. A Candlelight Insomniac by Kylie Volavongsa
  82. The Eyes of Mermaid Dreams by Natasha Vyhovsky
  83. mango juice by Magda Werkmeister
  84. Hollow by Emily Wilkinson
  85. Woman by Sarah Woods
  86. dad by Lauren Yoksh
  87. Multitudes by Lauren Yolksh
  88. Parting Gift by Guanghao Yu

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About this issue

As a celebration of the first fifteen issues of the magazine, this was elementia's first published book. This collection documents elementia's growth from a small magazine first printed on library photocopiers to professionally published magazine. Editors poured over 700 pieces of writing and art published since the magazine started in 2005 to select pieces that presented the diversity of voices found in those 15 issues.

This book was made possible by the efforts of teen editors Annie Barry, Meghan Dillon, Yasi Farahmandnia, Elizabeth Joseph, Isabel Nee, Amanda Pendley, Oli Ray, Emily Sawyer, Neha Sridhar, and Olivia Williams, interviews conducted by Catherine Strayhall, design work from Yasi Farahmandnia, Elizabeth Joseph, Oli Ray and Priya Lakshman and support from Library staff Kate McNair, Jennifer Taylor, Cassandra Gillig, Cassidy Coles, Becca Carleton, and Mickey Willard.