Vol. 4 / Winter 2023-2024
Welcome to WHR Vol. 4, featuring Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction & Playwriting, and Short Films & Podcasts by Rutgers University Writers House students.
Poetry:
Daria Turner / Three Poems
Anne Ming / Orange Peels
Olivia McArtney / singularity syndrome
Ianna Mutumba / I Hail
Sue D. Nim / 1 Year Plan
Gianella Rosado / Two Poems
Joshua Edmunds / Four Poems
Allison Gellerstein / Two Poems
Tshahi Mombrun / Garden State Plaza
Emily Trujillo / Two Poems
Javier Correoso / Past the Hills and Over the Mountains (Three Poems)
Abigail Usiyevich / Tide to go instant and effective stain remover
Fin Rozentuler / Untitled
Makenna Boutin / Snowstorms
Carleigh DiPasquale / Twenty-Eight Days
Kayla Gonzales / The Career Fair
Alex Bernstein / Chittick Elementary School
Sowmya Somaraju / Mangoes
Joel Pesantez / Handle with Care
Nia-Angelica Grant / Tales
Aliza Kedar-Mehl / what it means to be Jewish
Yasmeena Elmahdy / Scarves
Naziyah Rahman / A Shukr-Coated Life
Tori Greiner / Two Poems
Serena King / Babysitter
Brooke Simmons / Two Poems
Romulo Vite / Cinema Paradiso
Joshua Jacob / Untitled
Akiva Gershan / Post Rain
Sarah Lordi / Silence Speaks
Jocelynn Hunter Dow / Duet Poem
Sophia Reich / mirrors up in smoke
Rachel Mihatov / Look at This Inkblot and Tell Me Everything You See
Audra Witte / The Neighbor’s Garden
Robert Lewis / It is all bringing me down
Mox Engelman / To Whom It May Concern
Pakhi Pagare / What You Never Noticed
Ellie DeMan / i think i’ll shave my head
Sophia Melendez / Maravillas de la Ofrenda
Rachel Baker Lugo / Two Poems
Shruti Shah / give me a minute
Fiction:
Ryan Fallon / Sadie
Julia Hirschfield / Please, Hurry Leave Me
Andrew Davies / At the Doorstep
Javier Correoso / I Like Them Cold
Ashley Ring / Holding Shaking Hands
Francesca Dodaro / Grapes to Wine
Lori Khadse / Forever Yours
Amanda Spinweber / Space Cowboy
Halima Niazi / The Phantom Theater
Trent Algayer / What if We Pushed Over the Washington Monument
Shreya Nilangekar / Glass Box
Luke Beebe / The Stranger’s Shadow
Isabella Niedzwiecki / Life on the Other Side
Saniya Tasnim / Is Home Where the Heart Is?
Kyra Kluge / What’s a Mother to Do
Diana Mazariegos / Do I Wanna Know?
Daniel Morrison / Jim Holtzman
Sadie Boatright / On the Back of the Breeze
Nonfiction & Playwriting:
Cami Tortajada / Alma Mater
Rachael Prokap / The Frog-Pond
Sabrina Chang / 5″x7″ Index Card
Erin DiLorenzo / Yellow and Blue and Also Red
Pamela Rodriguez / Ophelia in the Flesh
Laura Lassen / Nude
Romi Vaturi / Time Capsule
Jasmine Liu / My Life as Told Through Shoes
Simon Edelman / Untitled
Evan Zilber / Toilet Paper
Avleen Mudhar / Musical Harmony
Adams Perez / Greyhound
Short Films & Podcasts:
Katherine Miller / Preferred Version: Less Than Five Hours
Shatakshi Ranjan / The Product of Procrastination
Starry Aviles-Espejo / Nothing
Alyssa Chierchia / “Alyssa’s Stance on Love”
Louis Mejorada / The Power of Composition
Anne Lee / Passerine
Luke Solomon / True Crime Parody
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Writers House Review is proud to present “Documenting Your World,”
a special series of short films by Writers House students.
Boyish / Mai Chiaet
I Wish You Knew / Raylyn Rivers
Running in the Dark / Andrew Davies
Love is Weird / Jayson Torres
How to Have Your Own Art Gallery / Catherina Cordero
There it Was, There it Goes / Ummekulsum Alishah
I Feel Alone / Emily Balseca
Instant Ramen / Adrian Mozquera-Ibanez
Vulnerabilities / Kaliyah McKnight
Our Brower: A Dining Hall Autopsy / Mason Springer-Lipton
Safe Staffing Saves Lives / Jamie McIntosh