Note from the Editors
Dear Reader,
What follows through the two buttons below is the first issue of the thirty-eighth volume of Ignatian, a curated selection of works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Each literary work has been carefully paired with a work of visual art in a way we hope creates a beautiful synergy of written word and visual art piece.
We cannot go any further without thanking the many people who made this issue of Ignatian possible. Our first thanks must go, as always, to the Ignatian staff that brought the issue to its final state. The quality of the issue reflects the quality of our staff, and we are extremely proud of both. In particular, we thank our genre editors, Reina Barbosa, Francesca Cortellessa Hale, and Charles O’Keefe, for their discerning eyes and judgement. We also extend our gratitude to Amira Walker, our events chair, Lacey Bunn, our publicity chair, and Jude Boland, our design chair, for their support of the community behind Ignatian. The contributions of our graduate advisor, Megan Baker, and this year’s faculty advisor, Omar F. Miranda, must also not go unnoticed. Thanks also go to our English department program assistant, Kimberly Garrett. Lastly, we are beyond grateful to the authors and artists featured in this issue for sharing their art with us all.
We hope you find the same enjoyment in reading this issue as we did in making it.
Daliah Bawarshi and Jade Han, Editors in Chief
Issue cover art by Nicholas Skaldetvind
Genre cover art by Thomas Vogt
Nicholas Skaldetvind was born in New York.
Thomas Vogt is an aspiring poet, photographer, and city planner in Sacramento, California. He enjoys capturing the “everyday” through a pen, a lens, or behind a mug at your local coffee shop. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Quibble, Radar Poetry, Burningword, LIT Magazine, and others. He can be found at bsky.app/profile/tele-vision.bsky.social and @___television
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