{"id":1706,"date":"2024-04-30T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/?page_id=1706"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:47:53","slug":"images","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/images\/","title":{"rendered":"IMAGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>IMAGES is the yearly submission-based student publication created by the ALANA Center in 1988 as a vehicle for creative self-expression for African-American\/Black, Latinx, Asian\/Asian-American, and Native American students. Since 1988, IMAGES continues to reflect the different needs, thoughts, and accomplishments of Vassar\u2019s communities of color. The publication strives to continue as a space of resilience and creativity for the unwavering voices of students of color on this campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 IMAGES Publication now available!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Xuoikwx1_Iio81m5r1_mIVbRaWpUJ8X2\/view?usp=sharing\">Read the full issue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Front-Cover-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Student walking up steps, appearing blurry gradually fading away.\" class=\"wp-image-1737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Front-Cover-5x7-1.jpg 786w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Front-Cover-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Front-Cover-5x7-1-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Front-Cover-5x7-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Front-Cover-5x7-1-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Front Cover<br>Pictured: Rabiah Aziz \u201926 <\/strong><br><strong>Photographed by: Kiran Rudra \u201924<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Back-Cover-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"A blurry image of a person walking down a path.\" class=\"wp-image-1738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Back-Cover-5x7-1.jpg 786w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Back-Cover-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Back-Cover-5x7-1-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Back-Cover-5x7-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Back-Cover-5x7-1-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Back Cover<br>Pictured: Rabiah Aziz \u201926 <\/strong><br><strong>Photographed by: Kiran Rudra \u201924<\/strong><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Rabiah-Editor-1.jpg\" alt=\"Student Rabiah Aziz smiling while taking a selfie with her cat.\" class=\"wp-image-1672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Rabiah-Editor-1.jpg 381w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Rabiah-Editor-1-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Rabiah-Editor-1-119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">IMAGES 2024 Editor: Rabiah Aziz \u201926<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Kiran-Editor-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kiran Rudra smiling at the camera while wearing glasses.\" class=\"wp-image-1671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Kiran-Editor-1.jpg 381w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Kiran-Editor-1-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Kiran-Editor-1-119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">IMAGES 2024 Editor: Kiran Rudra \u201924<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Art Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cols-3 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_0871-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"A painting depicting a woman seated in the center, surrounded by four other women wearing a variety of outfit whilst participating in various activities. Text displayed: &quot;To actively refuse to be silenced by shame, will always be the most radial act.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_0871-5x7-1.jpg 732w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_0871-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_0871-5x7-1-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_0871-1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRemember\u201d by Rabiah Aziz \u201926<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/bird-Alexandra-Tapia-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"A painting depicting a colorful hummingbird perched on a branch, surrounded by a blue sky and an array of flowers.\" class=\"wp-image-1710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/bird-Alexandra-Tapia-5x7-1.jpg 731w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/bird-Alexandra-Tapia-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/bird-Alexandra-Tapia-5x7-1-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/bird-Alexandra-Tapia-1-scaled.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">Painting by Alexandra Tapia \u201926<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/LRD009-Alisha-Arden-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of artist tofusmell, or Rae Chen, at a concert singing in to the microphone. \" class=\"wp-image-1711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/LRD009-Alisha-Arden-5x7-1.jpg 732w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/LRD009-Alisha-Arden-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/LRD009-Alisha-Arden-5x7-1-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/LRD009-Alisha-Arden-1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Art Arden \u201925<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cols-3 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6908-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait painting of  purple grey background of resmebling the mighnight sky with the moon doing down as dots of blue, yellow, red and orange throughout. In the bottom of the image there's a wave of sea blue with a image of a woman with long hair and bareback. \" class=\"wp-image-1712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6908-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1.jpg 732w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6908-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6908-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6908-Areebah-Aziz-1-scaled.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cGroup Swim\u201d by Areebah Aziz \u201926<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6602-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grey clouded background with a woman in the middle of the image wearing a yellow crop top t-shirt with red material draped across her chest, with the back material flowing like a cape as she wears a long green skirt.\" class=\"wp-image-1713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6602-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1.jpg 732w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6602-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6602-Areebah-Aziz-5x7-1-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/IMG_6602-Areebah-Aziz-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201c(South Asian) Woman Flying\u201d by Areebah Aziz \u201926<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Interviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out each interview by reading the full issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cols-3 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Breille-Irahoza-1x1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Breille smiling, looking up while holding a bouquet of flowers with both hands as she stands in front of a group of trees and rocks off to each side.  \" class=\"wp-image-1732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Breille-Irahoza-1x1-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Breille-Irahoza-1x1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Breille-Irahoza-1x1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Breille-Irahoza-1x1-1-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Breille Irahoza \u201924 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Sofia-Nevarez-1x1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Sofia standing in front of a group of green filled trees as she wears a purple long-sleeved shoulder crop top as she smiles into the camera. \" class=\"wp-image-1731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Sofia-Nevarez-1x1-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Sofia-Nevarez-1x1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Sofia-Nevarez-1x1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Sofia-Nevarez-1x1-1-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sofia Nevarez \u201924<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Kiran-Rudra-by-art-arden-1x1-1.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Kiran posing with they're head to the left. Kiran is wearing a white two piece outfit with pink and gold details. \" class=\"wp-image-1730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Kiran-Rudra-by-art-arden-1x1-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Kiran-Rudra-by-art-arden-1x1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Kiran-Rudra-by-art-arden-1x1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Kiran-Rudra-by-art-arden-1x1-1-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiran Rudra \u201924<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cols-3 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Cathy-Bradford-1x1-1.jpg\" alt=\"A head shot photo of Cathy with her body facing the left and her head posing towards the camera as she smiles brightly. \" class=\"wp-image-1729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Cathy-Bradford-1x1-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Cathy-Bradford-1x1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Cathy-Bradford-1x1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Cathy-Bradford-1x1-1-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cathy Bradford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Michelle-Ransom-1x1-1.jpg\" alt=\"A head shot photo of Michelle facing forward as she smiles brightly into the camera. \" class=\"wp-image-1727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Michelle-Ransom-1x1-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Michelle-Ransom-1x1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Michelle-Ransom-1x1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Michelle-Ransom-1x1-1-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michelle Ransom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Montserrat-Madariaga-Caro-1x1-1.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Montserrat facing the front of the camera as she smiles and wears a brown top. \" class=\"wp-image-1728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Montserrat-Madariaga-Caro-1x1-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Montserrat-Madariaga-Caro-1x1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Montserrat-Madariaga-Caro-1x1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/docs\/Montserrat-Madariaga-Caro-1x1-1-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Montserrat Madariaga-Caro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poem Spotlight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the additional poems featured by reading the full issue.<\/p>\n\n\n<details class=\"dropdownizer__dropdown\"><summary>\nAngelitos Negros\n<\/summary>\n<p>By Marissa Desir \u201925<\/p>\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Where are all the black angels?\nSpringing out of oceans\nRising from unmarked lots\nLoss scripted on their departure\nWhere are they?...Cause I know they should be here.\nThe vacancy they leave screams malicious epithets\nfrom the arches of institutions barred entry for centuries\n\nWere they forgotten?\nFierce in their flight, did I blink and miss them?\nMagnetic energy budding between each feather, are they just too divine?\nPerhaps they\u2019re just waiting on another plane,\nwaiting to be acknowledged for their existence.\n\nPlatitudes against reality,\nthe truth stings just as their absence.\n<strong>Where did you put the black angels?<\/strong>\nTheir mortality turned mythology,\npositions on earth laid to rest skyward\nWhere are those taken away?\nYes, Given new form but melanin exists here\nand in the afterlife\n\nMurals upon murals, frescos and reliefs,\nPainter, why do you despise its color?\nThat familiar brush of yours paints faces unfamiliar to mine\nGrandmother, grandfather\nAncestors from the first home\nWhere have you gone?\n\nI feel the breadth of your soul beat like steel drums\nRing like thunder and lay me to sleep upon feathery beds\nYou are here, not because I imagine it\nbut because you were true.\n\nSo I ask Where are All the Black Angels?\nForced past humanity then never depicted humanely\nPainter if you painted with love,\nIf your brush knew the strokes of B-L-A-C-K,\nwhy do I not see them?\nWhy can I not find them?\n\nQuestions of their disappearance\nPosters with their missing faces\nWe will take matters into our own hands and turn grief into reclamation\n\nWE paint with love,\nnot how you claim, but actually for that has always been our domain\nOur profile starts with browns and continues infinitely\n\nWe will bring our black angels home.\n\nRightfully so because their place is cemented in heirs,\nAcross time, in our souls, and the walls of family houses\nOur canvas and archways shall know the contours of their skin.\n\nDraped in gold, spotlighted by majestic sun,\nDefined and empowered\nHow could our angels have been anywhere but the center?\n\nBreaking up the foul ground\nWe will follow the course of our oral history\nMaking picture books of generational stories\nPainting dearly departeds of the first century and those whose sun set recently\n\nNot soon enough, we will know exactly where our black angels are.\nConjured before us because they are us,\nInvite them down from their ancestral plane,\nAcknowledge them with our brush.\n\nWe, painters with souls, brown as skin,\nWill always remember our black angels.\n\nOur kin.<\/pre>\n<\/details>\n\n<details class=\"dropdownizer__dropdown\"><summary>\nUntitled&nbsp;\n<\/summary>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">By Tahareem Ali \u201926&nbsp;\n\nEverytime I come home it feels like I never left.\nI\u2019m fifteen again and that look in my\nMom\u2019s eyes makes me cry and rage.\n\nEyes heavy with sleep before a 9 AM,\nI walk past the same tree everyday\nIts root are strong\nSo it bears the seasons, tall and firm.\nred then naked then green.\n\nSometimes I feel irrationally\nscared of the dining hall.\nAnd my phone.\n\nMy friends are in my shoebox room,\nI introduce my plants and posters.\nLaughter bubbles out of us\neasily in this moment.\n\nThings were only ever beautiful\nbecause I decided that they had to be.\nI\u2019ll whittle away at this space\nuntil I belong too.<\/pre>\n<\/details>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a current Vassar student and would like to receive a copy mailed to your home 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