ESSAYS


  • Long Live The Darkroom, a Farewell

    Long Live The Darkroom, a Farewell

    Written by Jordan Douglas  Cover image by Valentina Bardakova  As the academic year concludes, I’d like to take a moment to appreciate the creative niche that the darkroom has provided for Champlain College. I have been teaching both the introductory and intermediate darkroom courses for 19 years and have witnessed hundreds of students grow beyond… Read more

  • To Be A Daughter Is To Spend Money

    To Be A Daughter Is To Spend Money

    Written by Clara MacMeekin  Art by Lucas Eglin  As soon as I turned eight years old, I was already tired of being a kid. I was bored of math tests I could never ace and reading comprehension I could never comprehend and having chaperones and not buying all the things I wanted. The only thing… Read more

  • What’s in a Name?

    What’s in a Name?

    Written by Madeleine Minks  Art by Eva Colabatistto  Note: All parties whose names are stated provided their consent for use in this article. Names in my family have a history of shifting like water. Three out of four of my grandparents don’t/didn’t go by their legal name, and the remaining one legally changed his last… Read more

  • Lambskin

    Lambskin

    Poem by Sarah Chack  Art by Lillian Anderson  TW: Gore Her skin is stretched too tightly; she feels it reaching its breaking point as it strains to hold itself together over bones that are soon to be dust-bound, pounded by time. The flesh pulls itself taught, elongates until it becomes a rope about to snap,… Read more

  • April Horoscopes

    April Horoscopes

    Written by Madeleine Minks  Art by Nathan Conti  Happy spring, dear reader! It may start getting warmer soon (I hope), but my reads on your horoscope will still be frigid! Aries: Buying more flowery vintage dresses will not make you happier, Aries. It will actually make you sadder, considering how it will empty your wallet. … Read more

  • Punk Show While the Cattle Sleep

    Punk Show While the Cattle Sleep

    Poem by Julia Cote  Art by Seven Descheneaux I want answers and sometimes I get them, but even then, The truth is only a word.  Maybe I always knew this, but,  I’ve always liked my music Louder than what  Scares me.  Moths in the dark farmland, we Jumped around in light that I watched burst… Read more