Vol. 43 No. 2 (2026): Northridge Review: Spring 2026

Published: 2026-04-22

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Prose

• Two Coffees

  Bee Phipps-Lincke

  3–5

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• The Muse

  R. William Vincent

  16–19

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• Corn Syrup Dragon

  Siobhan Quille

  24–36

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• You Are Not My Eater

  Daniella Donis

  44–47

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• Keep Counting

  Aren Pariyani

  62–72

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• Worlds Between Worlds — Ch. 1: Viper's Den Viper's Den

  Max Levin

  80–87

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• Memo For Stratonauts

  Jerica Cuevas

  92–93

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• All Humans Bleed the Same Blood; Why Don't You?

  Shiyanne Stuart

  96–99

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Poetry

• Iceman

  Sean Ahern

  1

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• Mice Dreams

  Joseph X Casillas

  6

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• Well Wishes

  Emma Sterling

  7–8

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• Boxed In

  Lyn Eisen

  9

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• < poetry >

  Damián Jaime Galván

  10

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• Ode to My Hair

  Emma Sterling

  12–13

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• Heavy Traffic

  Joseph X Casillas

  14–15

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• Remember

  David Carr

  20

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• Kill for Peace

  Brianna VanDomelen

  21–22

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• Caravana Roja (Red Car)

  Damián Jaime Galván

  42–43

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• Grad Students Don't Get Chick-Fil-A

  Joseph X Casillas

  48–49

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• Following the Coyote

  Mario Vanegas

  50

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• Faith

  Sean Ahern

  73

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• Nubes de Mermalda (Clouds of Marmalade)

  Damián Jaime Galván

  74–75

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• Ma Soeur des Tournesols Le Jardin de Monet À Vétheuil, Claude Monet, 1881

  Emma Sterling

  76–77

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• bundled and bound by limbs and hope

  Lauren Baljian

  78–79

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• Apple Gospel How To Draw An Apple

  Megan DeFrancesca

  88–90

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• A Bloody Kiss

  Camryn Smart

  94

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• Rain Dance

  Damián Jaime Galván

  95

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Drama

• All That Glitters Is Just Water

  Kimberly Barba

  52–61

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• The Fountain of Youth

  Diego Molina

  100–101

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Art

• More Maui Hotties 16"x40", Acrylic on Canvas, 2025

  Veronica Gutierrez

  2

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• Dream Classroom Watercolor on sketchbook paper, 10 x 7 inches, 2025.

  Melissa Termini

  11

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• Mutual Understanding

  Grace Muller

  23

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• New Orlean Nights 12"x16" Acrylic on Canvas, 2024

  Veronica Gutierrez

  43

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• The Allen's Hummingbird The Unexpected Star of the CSUN Campus

  Em Richter

  51

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• $crap$ II 18" x 24", Acrylic on canvas, 2025

  Veronica Gutierrez

  91

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• Red Car

  Stacy Cruz

  102

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Microreviews

• Violent Love and Loving Violence in I. S. Jones's Bloodmercy

  Emma Sterling

  38–41

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NSRT

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  Ceramic Diet Coke

  Hannah Markovic

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  The Hanged Man

  Michael Costa

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  Freedom of Speech 2

  Shamila Zahidi

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  Concrete Birds (with lyrics from Home Now by Michele Ryan)

  Georgia Kate Ryan

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  On the Insistence of Joy

  Mallory Fink

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  The After

  Raymond Skinner

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  Glissant | Opacity

  Elijah Jeruh Gaskins-Geller

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  Ceramic Gatorade

  Hannah Markovic

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  Trans Rights

  Michael Costa

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  A Labor of Everlasting Love

  Veronica Gutierrez

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  The Tension Between Escape and Connection

  Giselle Gonzalez

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  I.C.E Melts

  Melissa Arias, Rebecca Sanchez, Diana Joya

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  C0NNECT10N

  Sammi Trainer

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  read.

  Ella Lockwood

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  Ceramic Asahi Can

  Hannah Markovic

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  Crocodile Smile

  Randy Flores Romero

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  Tragedy

  Chiharu Uchida

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  Still there, but not there…

  Chiharu Uchida

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  HOPe

  Chiharu Uchida

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  UTRECHT

  Rachel Hyman

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  Ama a Tu Prójimo

  Darius Motaghy

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  The Soul Never Dies

  Sarah Breiche

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  Drug Advertising Should Be Illegal

  Jonah Lybarger-Monson

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