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It is with both surprise and great satisfaction as we find

ourselves here typing this editor’s note at the epilogue of

our story as the co-editors of this Literary Magazine. In

truth, we are a group of eight with various discrete paths

which we are preparing to journey on as students and

individuals. The connecting thread for this group is that

writing is onof our strongest and preferred modes to

express ourselves. It is the reason we culminated our pieces

in this publication that you are holding here today, crammed

with our own flights of emotions and thoughts, layered and

enfolded in the questions we ask ourselves and each other

as we explore this magazine’s theme of self.

 

The three sections of this publication correspond to the

divergent senses of self we experience through mindbody,

and soulFirst and foremost, the mind section of this

magazine entails a journey of personal reflection concerning

the past--these include personal essays, poetry and prose on

tangible events that relate to ourselves, and introspective

pieces contemplating upon our individual lives. Transitioning

into body, we find more research-oriented works, focusing on

the present world’s many issues, as well as critiquing art

forms such as films. The final section, soul, paints the

imagined future, with fictional pieces representing the theme

of recuperation.

editors' note.

This year, we spotlighted Cathy Park Hong, a Korean

American poet, author, and professor, as a distinguished

writer and advocate to shed light on. Named on the Time

00: The Most Influential People of 2021 list, Hong has

explored her personal struggles with identity through her

biographic writing, as well as depicting current global issues in

her more fictional works—an embodiment of the themes of

this Literary Magazine.