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