Spring 2021
Volume 16, Issue 31
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Table of Contents
Editors’ Letter
In which Sam and Nell say goodbye and hello.
Art from Amon DeVane and Vincent Zhu
Works from the print issue, viewable in high-quality digital format.
Voices
Ally Chase, “A Lizzy-Shaped Space”
The closeness and hope of female friendship.
Visual Processes
Liam Ashbrook, interviewed by Clara Rosarius
Literary Fare
Lilyanna D’Amato, “The World From Below”
The best children’s literature sees the world from below; revisiting it as an adult is an act of returning to oneself.
Cultural Miasma
Lila Templin, “Unequal Footing”
Navigating Oberlin’s latent culture of wealth.
Four Poems
Desmond Hearne Morrey, “The Mathematician and the Ant.”
Temporal Reflections
Gillian Sutliff, “Halloween”
Terror and tedium in New York.
Diagnoses
Sam Schuman, “(Re)Creating the Past”
The distinction between “correct” and “true,” or what we talk about when we talk about “history.”
Jemma Johnson-Shoucair, “The Lucas Effect”
Hubris, tragic boredom, and the groundbreaking digital effects technology behind one of the biggest letdowns in 21st-century cinema.
Contributing Artists
Ava Chessum, Amon DeVane, Katie Frevert, Stella Mulroney, and Vincent Zhu
Wilder Voice 