CURRENT ISSUE (SPRING 2025)
Index of Authors
About
Submissions
First Press Reading Series
Nominations
ATHENA
SEARCH
PAST ISSUES
CURRENT ISSUE (SPRING 2025)
Index of Authors
About
Submissions
First Press Reading Series
Nominations
ATHENA
The National Literary Magazine of Woodbury University.
SEARCH
PAST ISSUES
ISSUE FIVE (SPRING 2020)
Foreword from the Editors (Spring 2020)
Featured
April 27, 2020
"Thief" by Romana Iorga
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Blue Plums, 1971" by Lynne Thompson
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"How Could I Explain Gentrification to Someone from Mainland China?" by Teresa Mei Chuc
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Diptych for Hong Kong’s Dragon Gates, while the Students Protest" by Candice Kelsey
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Behind That Wall is the Sea" by Sarahana Shrestha
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"The Berlin Wall" by Deborah Bacharach
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Ghazal" by Danny Rivera
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Pearl Diver" by Ami Hendrickson
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Skimming Stones" by Rebecca Harrison
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Separation" by Danny Rivera
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Buckets of Ashes" by Ann Neuser Lederer
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"I Will Search for My Daughter's Bones" by Cyndie Randall
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"What Grows Beneath the Ground" by Kunjana Parashar
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Child Mortality" by Joanna Cleary
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"the great moon hoax" by Cameron Gorman
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Undoing" by Murielle Muller
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"[The soaring early morning a hand]" by Christer Boberg
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Blank Modern Art Sonnet" by Joanna Cleary
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Dysphoria Myth" by Seth Jani
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
Featured
April 27, 2020
"Psalm 139:14" by Catherine Garrett
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Patterns" by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Worry Lines" by Kara Goughnour
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
“#ANXIETY” / “#NECK” / “#SORROW” by Heather Sweeney
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"facebook as a grave" by Cameron Gorman
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Pavement Animals" by Sarah Taylor-Foltz
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"On the Edge at Dog Beach" by Cece Peri
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Mermaid" by Juliette Sebock
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Almost-Boomerang, Alight" by Kathryn Ross
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
“The Day You Take the Christmas Tree Down” by Carol Berg
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Brown Woman" by Laurie Reiche
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
“After the Gale” by D. R. James
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"When the Bough Breaks" by Catherine Garrett
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"relative moonlight" by Cameron Gorman
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Sibling Rivalry" by Lannie Stabile
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Leda as Swan" / "Swan as Leda" / "Leda and Swan" by Danielle Rose
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Leda's Dream" by Meryl Natchez
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"This from a Rib" by Candice Kelsey
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Please, Woman" by M. Ocampo McIvor
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"For A, On Deck of an Arctic Cruise Ship" by David Spicer
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
Featured
April 27, 2020
"What Is Dreamed Can Not Be Made Solid" by Charlotte Hamrick
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Hoot" by Francine Witte
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Anniversary" by Lynne Thompson
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Best Day of the Year" by Thelma Reyna
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Coming Off the Nightshift" by DS Maolalai
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"The Heroin Addict on 77th and Aurora with the Cardboard Sign" by Deborah Bacharach
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Pot Roast, Unburnt" by Lannie Stabile
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Forrest Gump" by Grace Song
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Life Blue Morning" by DS Maolalai
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Yellow is time’s favorite color," by Kathryn Ross
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"In Memoriam" by Juliette Sebock
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Vanished Passport, Wiltshire County, England" by Cece Peri
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"If I Lived In This World" by Mary Ellen Talley
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
“Dear Sylvia Plath” by Carol Berg
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
“Collateral Damage” by Suzanne Craig-Whytock
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Bats" by Laurie Reiche
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"An Equation" by Seth Jani
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"Madame Butterfly" by Kai Tumaneng
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
“talking with my students about language” by Teresa Mei Chuc
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
"The Chinese Barefoot Doctor’s Manual" by Meryl Natchez
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020