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Litmag’s mission is to nurture the creativity of the students, staff, and alumni of UMSL by providing a space to showcase the diverse literary and artistic talent on our campus. We aim to provide an inclusive, professional and high-quality publication free of charge to UMSL and the local community.

Dear Reader, Welcome! I am so excited to introduce to you the 2025 edition of UMSL’s Litmag. It was a privilege to serve as the Editor-in-Chief for this year’s publication, and I would first like to acknowledge the diligent hard work of the Litmag staff. From the call for submissions to the printing of the journal, our team worked tirelessly to deliver a quality experience, one which Litmag always strives to provide. We all participated in a blind selection process of each piece presented in this issue, and were thus blinded by the passion and beauty of each piece and their artistic merit. Our goal for this edition of Litmag was inspired by the magnificent, confusing phenomenon that is humanity. We envisioned an edition of Litmag that was full of love, life, strife, and grit; when you read this journal, we want you as the reader to be inspired by the energy within its pages, and we hope that it lights a fire inside you. The state of the world as we know it is confusing. We have struggled, fought, and some of us have died to preserve our quality of life, our honor, and our autonomy. There are those of us that are at risk of being erased. At risk of being silenced. But it is within publications such as Litmag where we find solace. It is within art that we’ve found our purpose. We find like-minded individuals who see the world as we do, and who feel the exuberance of life as we do. To be human is to create, and to create is to live. So live. Take pen to paper, paint to canvas, camera to target, and stake your claim in this world, because the stories, art, and experiences we share through our creations can never be erased. They can never be silenced. We are the change. Dear reader, with honor, Andrew Jacob Pashia. Editor-in-Chief

Publication Date

2025

Disciplines

Creative Writing

Litmag 2025

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