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Issue II

In the Blood By Elizabeth Villarreal

My father was born in San Antonio, Texas. It isn’t a grand city, but then...

Slow Your Roll By Nikita Dutta

Clarksdale, Mississippi is known for two things. The first is its importance in...

On Writing, On Vacation By Alec Joyner

APPLICATION FOR WRITING COURSES IN ENGLISH COURSE: ADVANCED NONFICTION WRITING...

A Seaside Getaway By Renee Bollier

I press my foot firmly against the gas pedal, giving my car free reign to hurtle...

In Astoria’s Arms By Giovanni Bacarella

Here on the left you’ve got Astoria Park. This space alone is three million...

Portraits of St. Louis By Abbie Moore

When St. Louisans meet each other for the first time, “What high school did...

Gaudeamus Igitur By Diana Saverin

Gaudeamus igitur, Juvenes dum sumus; Post icundum iuventutem, Post molestam...

Peg-Legs and Carnitas By Charley Locke

When I give my college friends a tour of San Francisco’s Mission district, I...

The Back of my Hand By Reed Bobroff

Remembering second grade, when I lathered my palm with glue and closed my fist....

Listening to Paper By Charlotte Parker

I have realized, in this second-to-last semester, that my time at Yale has been...

I Head for the Cliff By Leland Whitehouse

In the Tetons, dawn breaks.  Night does not tiptoe its way closer to sunrise by...

The Beating Heart o’ Dixie By Vincent Mitchell

Mrs. Marrion’s eyes clung to the coffin For some time before deciding To...

Full of Wide Open Spaces By Eleanor Marshall

This essay was originally published in The Yale Daily News Magazine on...

The Flicker of Home By Tao Tao Holmes

This essay was originally published in The Yale Herald on October 5, 2012....

Washington Calling By Caroline Barnes

Washington is calling me. I do not mean, “Pardon me one moment; I must answer...

Into Their Canyon By Hannah Sassoon

On any day of the week except Saturday between March 15th and October 15th, you...

Tight Lines By Ben Goldfarb

I’m standing at the edge of Two Medicine Lake, casting a tiny Copper John...

Our Land By Alec Joyner

come on, jaunt through louavull: gateway to the south. louisville? gateway? from...

Blue Ridge Shangri-La By Ashley Dalton

Last spring, there was a suicide in this pasture. Rodney Patrick*, a native to...

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