Byline: Tess Solomon

Latter Genesis

“I don’t make that the answer, because, though mine a fraction of yours,/belief still blossoms when it isn’t too cold.”

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The Sculptures that Surround Us

Brief descriptions of artistic objects you walk past on Princeton’s campus.

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Induction

“But looking at this sunrise, I realized I had missed the magic of so many past ones with my expectation.”

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Telescoping Morning

“In the succeeding entries, we telescope our mornings by recounting and recasting. Each succeeding morning of a series is composed in exactly half the number of words of the previous. Diminish with us below.”

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Turning Twenty

“What was so different about turning twenty? It means I have passed something. That is to say, I have disappointed already. Former promise has resigned itself.”

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Letter from the Editors

A statement to our readers in solidarity of the Black Lives Matter movement

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The Empathetic Potential of Fiction

Examining the relationship between feminist literary theory, authority by experience, and the potential of the human moral imagination.

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Thanksgiving

“We pass it every year, the way the parade passes. Then we arrive home with the last notes of the song, evidence against our staying power, our packaging, upon return, found intact.”

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The Anonymous Tastemakers

“During a discussion of symbols in my writing seminar, a classmate referred to the sweatshirt, which they were wearing, as ‘a semiotic wonder.'”

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Vigil

“I watch what hovers like genie smoke – the grief –/near ancient tombs of white marble with grey veins,/or gravestones on a desert hill,/images that filter vaguely out of the words we use to mourn./Are you awake?”

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After A Fashion

A profile of Kotami and its founders, Sofie Kim ’20 and MC Otani ’21.

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Tess Solomon ’21 Reflection

“I hope and expect those feelings will only increase as I watch where it goes in the next forty.”

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