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Allowable Diversions
A Friend explores the morality of hunting.
Timothy Tarkelly
Poetry
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"it comes a gentle / but insistent pressure..."
Morrow Dowdle
From the Editor's Desk
Writing Opp: Quaker Arts
We’re looking for submissions for our September 2022 issue. Entries due June 20, 2022.
Martin Kelley
Reflection
Why Self-esteem Is Overrated and What We Should Nurture Instead
What if instead of nurturing self-esteem, we nurtured a capacity for awe?
Kat Griffith
Features
There Is No “I” in Heavenly Host
What in the name of God is this?”
Dawn Vogel
Student Voices Project 2021
Parents Are People Too
It’s a strange statement, as it seems so obvious. But throughout this pandemic, I’ve learned what it actually means.
Anna Weinberg
Student Voices Project 2021
We Would Still Be Here
The following is an expanded version of Madison’s poem that appeared in the May 2021 print edition.
Madison Rose Maas
Student Voices Project 2021
Privilege Is to Be Appreciated
Simple. That’s one way you could sum up the entirety of the 2010s.
Ruhan Khanna
Online Features
Thank You for the Wrens
The power of another person’s voice coming through Zoom.
Emma Givens
Online Features
Lotus
A teen navigates the uncharted territory of her first family death.
Ila Kumar
Student Voices Project 2020
Cat Rescuer
Before I was in kindergarten, I started rescuing cats with my mom and my babysitter. We found a group of…
Jade Louis Clarke McKay
Student Voices Project 2020
The Dangerous Turn
Most school days, when one of my parents picks me up, we have to make a turn out of the…
Austin Setzler
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