Cover Art: Ava Carr

The Issue 9 cover art is a monoprint from Ava Carr's printmaking series Dreams, which was first published in the 2021 issue of Brainchild, Kent State University Honors College's literary and arts magazine for undergraduate honors students in the Mid-East Honors Association. Learn more about Brainchild and read the current issue online.

From the artist: My name is Ava Carr and I am a Fashion Design honors student at Kent State University. I'm passionate about art and love to experiment with a variety of media, from which came my printmaking exploration. I am especially excited about the synthesis of fashion and art and seek to see this fusion in my career. 

View Carr's portfolio.

​​Editor's Letter |  Laura Maylene Walter

Poetry

 The Dorm Room Sign I Stole When I Was 18 Shows Up in Every Bathroom Selfie  |  ​​SG Huerta
Laundry Day  |  Mallory Rader
They Came with the Night  |  Ellen June Wright
nobody remembers the birdman  |  Timothy Fox
Reciprocation  |  Michael Eaton
notes to Lake Erie after the storm  |  KJ Cerankowski
The Night is Always Female  |  Despy Boutris
I researched this poem, I promise  |  Mary Rose Manspeaker

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Prose

What's Wrong with Our Brains  |  Philip Jason
Sama and the Fish  |  Subhravanu Das
They Will Melt Away Anyway  |  Yiru Zhang
The Hungry Ghost  |  Eliot Li
On Reflections  |  Caroline Miller

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Mentorships

Bitter Herbs  |  Alanna Shaikh (poetry)
Erarrat's Apples  |  Karim Ragab (fiction)
What He Planted  |  Joanne Lozar Glenn (nonfiction)

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Youth Outlet
Writers in Residence

Cleveland, Ohio | Anonymous
Untitled | Anonymous
NW Ohio  | Naveah

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