Vol. 42 No. 2 (2025): Northridge Review: Spring 2025

The Spring 2025 edition of the Northridge Review.

Published: 2025-04-10

Full Issue

• Northridge Review: Spring 2025

Prose

• For Those Left Behind

  Ysabella Gonzalez

  • For Those Left Behind

• Rapid

  Durena Burns

  • Rapid

• Jojo

  Daphne Merchan

  • Jojo

• Sunflowers

  Brandon Robak

  • Sunflowers

• The Sky Bleeds Pink

  Kayla Luis

  • The Sky Bleeds Pink

• One More Lap

  Jose Callejas

  • One More Lap

• Wishing Well

  Arche

  • Wishing Well

• The Cipitio (and his Haircut)

  K. Alexander Perez

  • The Cipitio (and His Haircut)

• Plagiarized Corpus

  M.M. Valencia

  • Plagiarized Corpus

• The Bulldog Cafe

  Tristan Eisenberg

  • The Bulldog Cafe

• The Fallout

  Max Gershon

  • The Fallout

• The Deadline

  Emma Sterling

  • The DeadLine

• Six Shots

  Kiara Braden

  • Six Shots

• Manor de Invierno

  A.I. Flores

  • Manos de Invierno

• When You Listen

  Casey Matthess

  • When You Listen

• Hades

  Emma Carroll

  • Hades

• My Father's Ranch

  Susana Hernandez

  • My Father’s Ranch

• Sunday Morning

  P.J. Smith

  • Sunday Morning

• Roderick Travis Bennett and People Alike: A Tribute

  Victoria Hoang

  • Roderick Travis Bennett and People Alike: A Tribute

Poetry

• Angel, before you fly down

  Sophia Centurion

  • Angel, before you fly down

• Touches of Winter

  Amy Barnes

  • Touches of Winter

• Because my name blossoms my bisabuela

  Angelina Leaños

  • Because my name blossoms my bisabuela

• Chipped Wood

  Guadalupe Miranda

  • Chipped Wood

• Tear Stains

  India Thompson

  • Tear Stains

• Vanilla Perfume

  Braeden Percy Huereca

  • Vanilla Perfume

• No Escape

  Grace Muller

  • No Escape

• Artsakh Be Strong, Be Brave, We Will Return!

  George Gevorg Kalajyan

  • Artsakh be brave, be brave, we will return!

• Dum Dum

  Sean Ahern

  • Dum Dum

• Nochebuena

  Angelina Leaños

  • Nochebuena

• The drip finally stops

  Sophia Centurion

  • The drip finally stops

• Romanticizing a Slap in the Face

  Sophia Centurion

  • Romanticizing a Slap in the Face

• Weeping Over Words

  India Thompson

  • Weeping Over Words

• A Poet By Any Other Name

  India Thompson

  • A Poet By Any Other Name

• Tides of Time

  Max Laska-Sandleman

  • Tides Of Time

• I would not be a poet

  Amy Barnes

  • I Would Not Be A Poet

• L’Homme au Masque de Fer

  Arche

  • L’Homme au Masque de Fer

• Ghosts of the Streets

  Guadalupe Miranda

  • Ghosts of the Streets

• save your death

  Angelina Leaños

  • save your death

• Sailing Off The Edge of The World

  Brianna Darlene

  • Sailing Off The Edge of the World

• The Breaking of China Plates

  Morgan Darian

  • The Breaking of China Plates

• Twin Suns

  Sophia Centurion

  • Twin Suns

• The Saints of Juicy Fruit

  Sean Ahern

  • The Saints of Juicy Fruit

• The Hounds of Hell

  Brianna Darlene

  • The Hounds of Hell

• They Tried To Bury Us

  Angelina Leaños

  • They Tried To Bury Us

Drama

• If It’s True

  Drew denDulk

  • If It’s True

• Theseus and Icarus are Waiting

  Drew denDulk

  • Theseus and Icarus Are Waiting

• The Doll That Didn’t Die

  Nilgoon Askari

  • The Doll That Didn’t Die

• Côte+d’Azur

  M.J. Lopez

  • Côte+d’Azur

• Little Bird

  Gudalupe Miranda

  • Little Bird

Art

• Tennis Shoes

  Jennifer Yung

  • Tennis Shoes

• Lavender Lenses

  Melissa Termini

  • Lavender Lenses

• Reluctance

  Jennifer Yung

  • Reluctance

• Keep Clear of Moving Parts

  Jennifer Yung

  • Keep Clear of Moving Parts

• Ma

  Jennifer Yung

  • Ma

• Lily

  Gabrielle Halim

  • Lily

• Mystical Gardens II

  Estefania Farias

  • Mystical Gardens II

• End the Siege

  Romina Estrada

  • End the Siege

Microreviews

• In the Not-So-Distant Future...

  Nicholas Godoy

  • In the Not-So-Distant Future –a microreview

• Times Mouth: A microreview of the novel that gave time a physical body

  Cali. R

  • Time’s Mouth: A Review Of The Novel That Will Sweep You Into A Body Of Time— a microreview

• Fragmentation and Reunification in Justin Torres’s Blackouts

  Michael Fagnani

  • Fragmentation and Reunification in Justin Torres’s Blackouts

• Diamond Bars 2 by David A. Romero: Book Review Book Review

  Caroline Urbina

  • Diamond Bars 2 by David A. Romero: Book Review