the cover of the indicator. some objects are splayed against a brown cover.

The Indicator

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PROSE

  • Spiced Apple Cake
    By MACKENZIE DUNSON
    The last thing my mother made for me was an apple spice cake. She always took pride in it because of the expansive apple tree that was the luminary of our backyard. It has always been the most beautiful thing about our house. The branches reaching for the sky, leaves and breath filling my own lungs, its fruit filling my stomach, and its blossoms filling my mind….Continue Reading Spiced Apple Cake
  • CHRISTMAS GIFT
    By SARAH WU
    I learned to be wrapped from a young age. Underneath a Christmas tree, I sat below their pine bottoms. Dangling lights brushed my forehead. Taught how presents should be dressed in lovely colors. Taught to be an object, paper wrapping hiding the curve of the natural body within…Continue Reading CHRISTMAS GIFT
  • konbini 
    By MIKIKO SUGA
    Every summer is a tradition of disappearing. There are times to be corporeal, and other times to dematerialize. It may simply be a matter of traversing impermanent boundaries, where one simply consumes what is in front of them. There is no need to contemplate too deeply, because something is always at risk of breaking if I do. …Continue Reading konbini 

POETRY

an image of a girl inside a blueish, wrinkled circle

Featured Fiction

CLARA CHIU
But I can feel your impatience. I am narrating this to you, Mother, so that you will remember me for more than a memory. — What is your obsession with letters? you would say. This is what you said when I told you I was going to spend the rest of my life studying words.

Saudade

Art Gallery

Learn more about our previous art pieces here!

digital art of ghost cats staring off into space, with a painted starry night
Art by Xenel Islam ’27
an image of arms holding a person
Art by Xenel Islam ’27
an image of a girl in a red dress surrounded by toy objects
Art by Sofia Yadigaroglu ’26
little creatures and sunflowers in space
Art by Shayna Klainberg ’25
a collage of eyes and small creatures in a bright yellow-green space
Art by Shayna Klainberg ’25
a watercolor image of a foot stepping on turtles
Art by Sarah Wu ’25
a watercolor image of a caterpillar
Art by Sarah Wu ’25
a purple/pink image of a person staring into the outline of a target
Art by Richa D’Mello ’26
digital art of a person holding herself. she has purple hair.
Art by Tiffany Liang ’27
a pen sketch of two hands cutting an apple in half
Art by Rachel de la Cruz ’26
a collage of images. certain words contain "how to build" & "fake" & "truth"
Art by Rachel de la Cruz ’26
a piece with a person's head half submerged under water and various letters/stamps
Art by Lola Ginsberg ’27
digital art of a person turning away
Art by Kyla Biscocho ’25
a collage of different photos cut together surrounding a person at an island of a lake
Art by Emily Kim ’25
a black and white image of white and black circles floating in space
Art by Ella Lin ’27
ghost-like people in a black and white image
Art by Ella Lin ’27
digital art of a carpenter person
Art by Desmond Shea ’25
a picture of waves/hands
Art by Cece Amory ’24
a finger that is spreading out an image of two people running together
Art by Tiffany Liang ’27
a gray sketch of an alleyway between buildings
Art by Amy Zheng ’26
a black and white image of small things closely drawn together
Art by Alma Clark ’25
an image with two people holding hands against an autumn scenery
Art by Alisha Xu ’27

Featured Poem

LILA SCHLISSEL
The best thing about having
two eyes wriggling around in your
head like minnows is that they
have already learned to blur
and your retina is cracked and crumbling

roADKILL
image of a body depicting pink organs laid out on red markings

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