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Notes from Kichijōji

A collection of short poems written as a stranger in Japan.

Fiction & PoetryCallie Bri KeelsJanuary 31, 2020travel, japan, The Strange, cultureComment

January blues

I know soon everything is going to change. But I’ll be okay. It’s just another new year.

Diaries & EssaysNikthya GonzalezJanuary 31, 2020The Strange, Teen writers, JanuaryComment

Perfect Strangers

Stranger, maybe we only spoke once but that was enough to write you a love poem.

Fiction & PoetryMia CaputoJanuary 29, 2020The Strange Comment

a scene I witnessed in a dream (II)

my entire life, an ephemeral chimera, a scene in a dream.

Fiction & PoetryValentin Espey-DavisJanuary 28, 2020The StrangeComment

Away I Go

We can't change the past but the future is ours to create.

Photos & VisualsNessa UyJanuary 24, 2020The Strange, photographyComment

Never Boring

Making my photos weird has helped me grow and establish myself as a serious artist.

Photos & VisualsTillman JamesJanuary 21, 2020The Strange, photographyComment

All the Lonely, Secretly Enormous Ways I Feel Desire

My desire, and hence heartbreak, can be many things.

Diaries & EssaysAndrea PanaliganJanuary 12, 2020The Strange, Desire, Essay Comment

Mindless Dancing

Poetry about the thrill of dancing with nothing on the mind.

Fiction & PoetryLucia FrancoliniJanuary 12, 2020Poetry, The StrangeComment

Editors’ Letter

January 2020: The Strange

MiscellaneousUniquely AlignedJanuary 9, 2020The Strange, Editors' LetterComment

2019: A Year of Film in Review

The best movies of the year.

EntertainmentKatherine DeBerryDecember 31, 20192010s, film Comment

Why Am I So Obsessed with Self-Transformation?

With all the people I’ve been and continue to be, I’m beginning to figure out who I really am.

Diaries & EssaysAndrea PanaliganDecember 30, 20192010s, essay, self-transformation Comments

Let's Go To The Movies

An essay on some of the best movies from the 2010s

EntertainmentSavanna ChadaDecember 30, 2019movies, 2010s, 2010, 2020, film, lalaland, moonlight, booksmart, ladybird, avengers, starwars, growingup, teenagers Comment

Little Women Taught Me How to be a Real Woman

This story—of women, of sisters, and of the space they fill in this world—will always be present in my life.

Diaries & Essays, EntertainmentVivian ChambersDecember 29, 20192010s, little women, film, women Comment

Mourning the Decade

A playlist to help you transition to the 2020s.

EntertainmentVivian ChambersDecember 23, 20192010s, playlistComment

Summer in the City

A New York City inspired film photography series

A Decade Through Portraits

Have you changed for the better?

Photos & VisualsHaydon MayerDecember 19, 20192010s, decade, photography, diaryComment

2019

collage series: next year we are changing from caterpillars into butterflies.

Photos & VisualsKylie LangleyDecember 11, 20192010sComment

Bliss

All I wanted my audience my see is the peacefulness and bliss of that day at the beach.

Photos & VisualsGrace DickersonDecember 11, 20192010s, photographyComment

Empath

An oil painting with psychological symbolism.

Photos & VisualsGillian HoDecember 10, 2019art, painting, oilpainting, empath, teenartists, 2010sComment

Eastside Baxters

Lucy is seasoned at having a perfectly composed photo of her taken.

Photos & VisualsCole BaxterDecember 4, 20192010sComment