spring 2026 works
M-Alain Bertoni
M.F.A Candidate in Creative Producing
Jahleel Johnson
Class of 2027 in Drama
Rachel Owens
Class of 2026 in Film
Lily Afghani
Class of 2026 in Drama
Jonah Williams
Class of 2025 in Film
“Dear Kudzu Student Magazine,
Last night I heard a rumbling in the distance, and I wasn’t sure what it was.”
About Last Night
Howard Affandi
Class of 2026 in Film
“A few nights ago, I saw the moon from my apartment window.”
Me and you inside the moon
Mary Brigham
Class of 2026 in Drama
“You hide from your secrets like a rodent from the storm,
Burrowing deep into your gold-plated tunnels.”
To the Child in the White House
Ethan Horlings
Class of 2026 in Film
“He had been sick for weeks, coughing black and red, a truly gnarly sight, hands all stained and withered, something yellow and green on his shirt collar.”
All of Us Sick
Felipe Paraguassu
Class of 2026 in Film
“I do think you’re sorry now.
I remember my mother said on your deathbed you apologized to her.
I assume it started then.”
Do you become softer in death_
Lydia Pope
Class of 2026 in Film
“I press my hands together
to feel another hand against my hand,
The warmth of skin on skin
The chills chanted by the wind
Pervading all my senses
There are, of course, times when the wind gives you blessings
Light, soft, like wings of a butterfly.”
LOVE AND LOSS
and
LANGUAGE INTERROGATION
Sam Wade
Class of 2026 in Drama
“Dinosaurs seeking the comet,
born under a dying sun.”
SEEK THE COMET
Wyatt White
Class of 2026 in Film
“Digital Mountain
Rats dot your hearth
Thirty year thick paint
Ringed like old oak”
Digital Mountain
Advice
Shrimpin’
Nostalgia
Jonah Williams
Class of 2025 in Film