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2021
The Messenger

The objective of The Messenger is to encourage the appreciation and exploration of the creative arts on the University of Richmond campus. Since 1876, The Messenger has celebrated student work by publishing submissions in a literary and visual arts magazine. More information on the magazine, as well as past publications since 1987, can be found on messengerur.wordpress.com.

Complete Issue

Artwork

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Rockfalls Drive
Casey Murano

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Sleeping Infant
Charles Mullis

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volatile
Pamira Yanar

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enlightened?
Pamira Yanar

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close
Pamira Yanar

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Foraged
Gabby Kiser

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Stranded
Nathan Burns

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An Ogre Lives Here
Olivia Lomax

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Left at the Z
Casey Murano

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beholder
Tereza Hernandez

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Slow Gallops
Casey Murano

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Warped Reflection
Nichole Schiff

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Aha Makav
Casey Murano

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Flores
Georgi Warren

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morning fog
Tereza Hernandez

Awards

Fiction

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Control
Jassiem Konrad

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Branchland
Riley Fletcher

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My Mother's Books
Riley Fletcher

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Taxes and Forms
Conner Evans

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Furnishings
Cole Richard

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Lila
Riley Fletcher

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Shane
Conner Evans

Poetry

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the rupture
Naomi Mitchell

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20 minutes
Jassiem Konrad

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mama
Layla Cobrinik

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Have Faith
Kaelyn Reid

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Sonnet 3
Charles Mullis

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first generation
Lucia Orlandi

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Undiscovered
Naomi Mitchell

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god of lightning
Kaelyn Reid

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resented year
Megan Brooks

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Minor Arcana
Lillian Tzanev

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Thoughts Beside the James
Benjamin Mathios

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Memorious
Claire Silverman

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Home
Colette Creamer

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Mopon Musings
Colette Creamer

Prose

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A Letter from the Editors
Gabby Kiser and Molly Kate Krieder

The Messenger

Spring 2021

Staff
Editors-in-Chief
Gabby Kiser
Molly Kate Krieider
Associate Editors
Ray Barr
Lucia Orlandi
Social Media Chair
Clarisse Liclic
Treasurer
Margot Austin
Art Editors
Margot Austin
Clarisse Liclic
Olivia Lomax
Georgi Warren
Design Editors
Tra My Anderson
Tereza Hernandez
Olivia Wierum
Pamira Yanar
Poetry Editors
Dunja Beslac
Brooklyn Griffin
Grace Hill
Claire Silverman
Prose Editors
Charli Chen
Riley Fletcher
Liam Lassiter
Meredith Moran

forward

onward so as to make progress; toward a successful conclusion. “There is a way forward and yes it is with a broken heart but it is our own way collectively convened, pondered, Shared.” Alice Walker