Dear reader,
Jane Austen once wrote: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single person in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of The Statement’s annual Literary Issue.” Actually, she didn’t. But we think it’s true. In this issue, you’ll find everything from love, sex and science to almonds — yes, almonds.
We hope these poems and short stories open your mind to the creativity and imagination that live on our campus and within our writing.
Welcome to the Literary Issue.
We hope you enjoy.
Short Stories
A Peculiar Love for Nuts, by Ben Rappoport
First Day, by Monica Kim
Poetry
Catalyst, by Keegan McGuire
Scientist, by Nikki Haggerty
Tigress, by Zoya Gurm
Crematory, by Zoya Gurm
Black or Deep Violet Plumage, by Zoya Gurm
In a Piece of Space, by Miles Grofsorean
Blue and Green Love, by Janicton Frame
Ode to the Grandmother in Me, by Maria Robins-Somerville
Youth, by Lauren Ranucci-Weiss