“Do it yourself:” what does the phrase bring up for you? Is it an aesthetic signifier? Something hashtaggable? Maybe you understand D.I.Y. as a repurposing act? Or is it radical creation distinct from institutional pollutants? Alternatively, is it even possible to ever totally divorce creative material from its original context? There is not one correct answer to these questions. What DIY is, by its nature, is for you to define for yourself.
Two Poems
Andrew Herm (’15)
“Reconfiguring Mecha-Women: Gender Dynamics and Spectatorial Engagement in Japanese Mecha Anime“
Adria Wang (’25)
“Documentation of the DIY exhibition Quickie“
Livy Snyder (’21)
“National Myth, Folklore as Techne, and the Rhetoric of Black Heroism“
Yasmine Anderson (’16)
Six Poems
Hampton Henderson (’25)
“Becoming-Corpse and Nonhuman Embodiment in Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall”
Kendra Allman (’25)
“A Meditation on Defenestration and Infidelity“
Nessa Ordukhani (’25)
“Slow-Boil, Medium-High Heat“
Jade Hurley (’25)
“Your Generosity Conceals Something Dirtier and Meaner: Interview With the Vampire, Anatomy of a Fall, Succession, and the Devastation of a Failed Marriage”
Danielle Momoh (’25)
“D.I.Y.”
Eleanor Clark (’25)
“Sexual Orientation, Directionality, and Intersections in Herman Melville’s Billy Budd“
Levens Herbert (’24)
“Three Poems“
Johanna Dong (’25)
“Report from site 12.869.537.NH. 41°47′32′′N 87°35′59′′W.”
Buck Bell (’24)
“Five JPEGS”
Michel Brun (’25)
“‘Four Poems on Creation and Self’ and Translation of Baudelaire’s “‘Élévation‘”
Luke Briner (’26)
“‘Emma Woodhouse, Handsome, Clever, and Rich’… and Jewish? Clueless’s Transformation of Jane Austen’s Emma into the Jewish American Princess‘”
Allison Kanter (’25)
EDITORIAL TEAM
Editors
Levens Herbert
Liam Kilby
Editorial Fellows
Luke Briner
Christian Bumala
Johanna Dong
Hampton Henderson
Timothy Lo
Nessa Ordukhani
Roma Uzzaman
Trevor Wells
Graphic Design
Nessa Ordukhani (Cover design)
Brooklyn Rue (Original Logo)