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Evanescent

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    Abstract

    Evanescent: A Journal of Literary Medicine is the journal of the Eakins Writing Project, which also sponsors the Drs. Theresa and Charles Yeo Writing Prize. The Eakins Writing Project is supported by the Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention, located in the Department of Surgery of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.

    Contents:

    10 - Editorial Statement

    12 - Lap after Lap by Daniel Dashko

    14 - The Clinical Chart of Joy by Edoardo Manca (Honorable Mention)

    21 - Untitled by Trinh Ta

    22 - The Joy (and Sadness) of the Magnolia Tree by Laura DeLoretta (Third Place Winner)

    25 - Landscape Study by Emily Luckenbach

    26 - Joy without a jacket in the desert at night by Silvi Saxena

    33 - From Storm to Sunrise: Discovering Joy, Krishna Raja

    35 - Halo after the Fall by Amala Shaju (First Place Winner)

    44 - Alternate Names for Light by Keertana Terala

    45 - Reflections of Self by Maggie Stearns

    46 - In These Moments by Nahiya Ellis

    48 - Holding You by Liz Jones

    50 - Purnima Sondhay, or A Full Moon Evening by Rishob Dasguptaa

    54 - A Reflection on Joy: An Ode to Mother by Mary Bouchaud (Honorable Mention)

    57 - What brings me joy by Rita Allen

    59 - Pumpkin Patch 1 & 2 by Pamela Walter

    60 - My Daughters by Terryann Henry

    63 - By Love of Unseen Things That Do Not Die by Trinh Nguyen

    69 - Just maybe by Jennifer Rauscher

    70 - Floral by Annalee Capuano

    71 - Sugar and Salt by Julia Sorkin

    73 - Discovering Joy by Marianita L. Santiago

    75 - Building a House by Natalie Snyder

    79 - Vanilla Cone by Kazi Habib (Honorable Mention)

    81 - Learning to Eat Ice Cream by Allison Walter

    82 - Retracing My Steps by Allison Chang (Honorable Mention)

    86 - Selection of Poetry: “Natural High” by RW Delaney

    88 - Nonlinear Thinking by Eric Rodriguez

    89 - Finding Joy in Breaking and Blooming by Sarah Gulish

    93 - My poem for Jefferson by Zakeena Williams

    94 - Learning Joy Through Sabr by Azzariah Hundley

    96 - In Joy by Jennifer Quinn

    99 - Edison Building Arcade by Karen Kirchoff

    100 - Where Joy Finds Us by Lisa Capparella

    102 - Discovering Joy in Pain by Natalie Rocchino

    105 - At Red Lights by Courtney Bambrick

    106 - Easter Sunday by Annalee Capuano

    107 - Joy with the Window Cracked by Christian Joi Gleaves

    111 - What the World Needs Now: When open-heart opens you up by Meg Waldron

    116 - Show, Don’t Tell by Chelsea Wittlich

    118 - The Story of Everything by Catherine Lalman

    122 - Shadowbox by Ellie Walter

    123 - Joy Around the World by Demian Serruya

    124 - Sometimes Joy Hides in Basements by Jacelyn Biondo (Honorable Mention)

    127 - Collage Interpretation by Kendall Ross

    128 - Peaches En Regalia by Courtney Bambrick

    129 - Typhoon Season by Sandra Yang (Second Place Winner)

    134 - Joy, Practiced by Nilanjan Halder (Honorable Mention)

    137 - On Allowing Joy by Maya Cox

    139 - Afterword: The Joy of Paxton by Theresa Yeo

    142 - Thank You to Our Writing Prize Selection Committee

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