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. They spend their free time reading Proust, playing the piano and watching too much soccer.

Liv
Olson

Poetry Editor

Liv Olson is a senior at NYU studying Media, Culture and Communication and Creative Writing. She’s from New Orleans, Louisiana, and she’ll happily give you song recommendations with elaborate explanations upon request. You can find her work in FRONTRUNNER Magazine, Static, and Washington Square News. She also co-hosts a radio show titled Czech Please! which plays Czech jazz and alternative music on WNYU 89.1FM.


Lauren
Stanzione

Poetry Editor

Lauren Stanzione is a senior at New York University studying English and Creative Writing. She is from New Jersey, the suburban part with a lot of cows and corn fields and amazing Italian-American bakeries. Her hobbies include getting lost in cities, deep thoughts on trains, cooking pasta, and repeatedly listening to the same five songs. Her work can be found in Oakland Arts Review, Fellowship of the Unmoored, MoveonUp Music, Vagabond Multilingual Journal, Brio, The Weasel, PARK Magazine, West 10th, Kelsey Review, Washington Square News, and Northern Lights.

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 but now resides in Colorado. After graduation she began work as a Marketing Manager, but her real job is here at The Weasel. She gravitates toward character-driven, human-focused narratives with a touch of the unusual, drawing inspiration from writers like Dorothy Allison, Katie Kitamura, George Saunders, and Kate Chopin. With a love for short stories you will find her in varying stages of multiple novels but she will not put down a collection until it has been finished. You can find her work published in Ski Magazine, The College Voice and most consistently in her mom’s inbox.
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.
Andrea
Ladino


Copy Editor

Andrea Ladino is an NYU senior from New York. She is majoring in English Literature and minoring in Creative Writing and Education. She primarily writes criticism and essays about people, places, and things. When she’s not reading or writing, she can be found meandering through a city or watching copious amounts of TV.