our editorial team



Eliana
Brown

Editor in Chief / Creative Director 

Eliana Brown is a senior at New York University studying Journalism, English Literature, and Creative Writing. Her work has been published in L’OFFICIEL USA, MEUF MagazineWashington Square News, Her Campus, Eleven and a Half Journal, and Aspirations. More often than not, she can be found at a concert somewhere.
Isean
Bhalla

Editor in Chief / Criticism Editor / Creative Nonfiction Editor / Web Designer

Isean Bhalla is a senior at New York University studying Public Policy, English, and Creative Writing. They primarily write autofiction and criticism; their work has been published in The Harper Review and the N.Y.U. American Public Policy Review. Their favorite novel is Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu and their hobbies include playing the piano and watching too much soccer.

Olivia
Olson

Poetry Editor

Olivia Olson is a senior at Steinhardt studying Media, Culture and Communication and Creative Writing. She’s from New Orleans, holds a great passion for music, and she’ll happily give you song recommendations with elaborate explanations upon request. Her work can be found in Washington Square News and WNYU’s Static.


Lauren
Stanzione

Poetry Editor

Lauren Stanzione is a senior at NYU from New Jersey majoring in english and minoring in creative writing. She enjoys poetry about cities, bread, and train rides. Her work can be found in PARK Magazine, Kelsey Review, Washington Square News, and West 10th.

Adam
Feng

Poetry Editor

Adam Feng is a Master’s Student at Oxford University studying Ancient Philosophy. They spend most of their time buying more books than they can ever read. Their other hobbies include exploring underground tunnels, paying for overpriced soft drinks, and not attending class.
Maggie
McCutcheon

Fiction Editor

Maggie McCutcheon is originally from New Hampshire and is usually hanging out with her pets at home listening to podcasts or daydreaming about the mountains. Her hobbies include skiing, mountain biking and trying to find the best gluten free desserts in NYC. You can find her work published in Ski Magazine as well as The College Voice.
Sam
Earley

Fiction Editor / Web Designer

Sam Earley is a senior from Los Angeles, California. He is majoring in English with minors in Creative Writing and Psychology. He writes about America in all its shapes and sizes and multitudes. You can primarily find his work taped to the walls of his room, in various levels of completeness. Sam enjoys reading and collecting books (two different hobbies), as well as photography, road trips, and always doing two things at once.
Levi
Skipper

Creative Nonfiction Editor, Fiction Editor

Levi Skipper is a senior at CAS majoring in Politics and minoring in Creative Writing. From Northeast Los Angeles, he loves to write silly stories, eat pancakes for dinner, and play cards. He wants to have a big beautiful house and some better-fitting jeans when he is older.
Mae
Pirani

Art Editor

Mae Pirani is a junior at CAS majoring Art History and double minoring in Creative Writing and Urban Design. She is an editor at Ink & Image, NYU's Art History research journal. Her interests include crocheting bonnets for her friends, people watching, wearing primary colors, and wandering the East Village.
Nadia
Zawil

Art Editor

Nadia Zawil is a writer, artist, and baker who resides in Brooklyn, NY. Her mediums include but are not limited to printmaking, multi-media sculpture, performance, and poetry. She tends towards exploring identity and emotion in her work, often using her mixed heritage and lived experiences as inspiration. You’ll find a journal on her at all times, often full of half-fleshed scribblings of her next work, as well as at least one condiment. Nadia enjoys the culinary arts, symbolism, and frequenting exhibitions in the city, as well as the local music scenes, absurdist film, and revolution.
Maya
Monteleone

Senior Copy Editor, Criticism Editor

Maya Monteleone is a senior at New York University studying English Literature and Art History. Her interests include visiting museums, singing, and admiring the 1961 typewriter she got on eBay. She is also a Copy Editor for West 10th.

Lili
Raynaud


Copy Editor

Lili Raynaud is a sophomore at NYU studying Journalism, Politics, and Creative Writing. In her free time, she enjoys going on walks, eating Asian food, and wistfully reading Proust on the Metro-North. She does the New York Times crossword every Monday, and tends to write poetry about the same thing twice. Her work can be found in Same Faces Collective, A Partager Zine, and The Weasel!
Charles
Iovino


Copy Editor

Charles Iovino is a junior studying Creative Writing and Psychology at the College of Arts and Sciences. He spends his time watching The Mets and stressing about how strangers will judge him based on the book he's reading. He likes to write short fiction and help edit others' work. He comes in two varieties: original and blond.

Hazel
Singh


Copy Editor

Hazel Singh is a junior at Gallatin studying Storytelling, Literature, and Creative Writing. She’s lived in 4 countries before, including 7 years spent in Kenya. She spends her time watching Arsenal Women, obsessively listening to the same song for a week, stressing about how to reach her AMC-allotted 3 movies a week, and checking out books from the library. She’s an Editor for Literacy Review and STE(A)M Zine, and enjoys writing prose when not dealing with writers’ block.