The Palouse Review is the biannual arts and academics journal of the Washington State University Honors College. We accept submissions from current and former honors students from throughout the Western Regional Honors Council. Our editors are looking for carefully crafted, evocative work that demonstrates the literary, artistic, and academic excellence of our broader honors community.
The Palouse Review, May 1st 2023 Edition
Fiction ~ Nonfiction ~ Scholarship ~ Poetry
~ Photography and Visual Art
~Music
On behalf of all the hardworking editors – Welcome to the May 1st, 2023 Edition of The Palouse Review!
As a new editor on the Palouse Review team, it is quite the honor to write the introduction to our newest edition. We’ve had quite the busy semester with continuing to get situated and figuring out how we all fit as a team. With continued updates and alterations to how we work, we thank you all so much for your continued appreciation of our published work. It has truly been a pleasure to be a part of something so impactful for student artists, getting to read and experience new ideas and perspectives, and to enjoy the company of other artistic and outlandish individuals. Please enjoy our newest edition!
We begin this edition with an exploration of a dystopian world in Brooke Scudder’s “Set Your Affect”. The piece follows a young woman seeking to find her way and her independence in a world plagued by expressionlessness. Our next piece “One Mile” by Ashley Rands brings to life the story of the age old saying, and what it really can be like to walk a mile is someone else’s shoes. Finally, we end on a piece titled “Eulogy from a Bed” by Samantha Veres, in which we are faced with the grave reality of death, and the memories that our loved ones leave behind.
With three selected pieces in our nonfiction category, Audrey Saiz’s “Simple Happiness” speaks to the loss of time and to the changes seen when growing up, while her other work “Growing up” expresses the hardship and difficulty that comes with growing older. The final piece selected, “A Memory of an Old House” by Samantha Veres, does something similar in seeking to understand how memories act as doors to past moments, lost and forgotten to time.
With only one piece selected in our scholarship category, Aaron Connors’ work shines bright with “The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut: Immortalizing the Legacy of the “Mistress of Two-Lands,” King Hatshepsut”. This research paper seeks to bring to light the erasure of one very powerful woman’s historical significance and the cultural understanding of her unprecedented reign as Pharoah.
With three brilliant musical masterpieces, Hannah Eyre kicks off our music category with three wonderous pieces all packed full with emotion, story, and harmonic vocals. Her three pieces “Are You Listening”, “The Way We’re Going”, and “World Stops” truly enlighten this edition with talent and passion.
As the Poetry Executive editor for the Palouse review, I am all but giddy to share every last one of these pieces with you dear reader. With insightful and challenging works strewn together in poetic brilliance, we begin our collection with “Sorry” by Audrey Saiz, a shape poem depicting the conflicting emotions of love and longing. Next is a poem titled “Some Women” by Casandra Maciel sharing the conflict and torrent of emotions that some relationships may bring. We then move to “A Candlelit Drama” by Gabi Hansen, a poem centered on the flickering light of a candle, and the world it may find itself in. Next, in a poem titled “Immigration System” by Abril Vale-Luzardom, we are taken on an ever-darkening journey through the Immigration system and the repetitive nature that it often entails. “Set Out Upon the Sea” by Samantha Veres depicts the adventure of a young girl out upon open water. The next poem, ”The Talented Homosexual” by Taylor Curry, shares an inspiring love story, plagued with the perceptions we all seem to face. Finally, we end the poetry category with the poem. “Z is for Zahra: the Name you Gave your Eating Disorder” by Jannah Mousaoui. This abecedarian brings to light the constant struggles and racing thoughts involved with living with an eating disorder. While I hope to not have added my own bias into this brief description, I urge you to break these poems down and truly seek to find what they are hoping to achieve. Are they hoping to achieve anything? I hope you find out :).
Finally rounding out our newest edition, our visual arts and photography category delights in a variety of different works and mediums. From stunning photographs like Audrey Saiz’s “Sitka by the Sea” or “Dappled”, to powerful and enticing drawings like “Venice Carnival” or “The Curious One” by Maddie Aub. With intriguing perspectives in “Over the Ledge” by Regina Rivera to beautifully drawn “Black Butterfly” by Cecilia Manning, the Visual Arts and Photography section always delivers on inspiring and handcrafted artwork.
Now go and enjoy the edition!
Grant Irey – Executive Poetry Editor
May 1st, 2023
Fiction
Eulogy from a Bed
by Samantha Veres (Southern Oregon University)
Samantha Veres is an elementary education major at Southern Oregon University. In her writing, she strives to capture the little forgettable moments of life and frame them in a new light.
One Mile
by Ashley Rands (Brigham Young University)
Ashley Rands is a senior trombone performance major at BYU. She is looking forward to attending graduate school to continue pursuing music in the fall. Reading, baking, and binge-watching shows are her favorite things to do when she is not working on music.
Set Your Affect
by Brooke Scudder (Westminster College)
Brooke Scudder is a graduating senior at Westminster College with a degree in Literature, Media and Writing. During her time at Westminster, she has worked in the on-campus Writing Center and for the ellipsis… literature and art journal as a content and production editor. She hopes to continue after graduation in the publishing industry.
Nonfiction
A Memory of an Old House
by Samantha Veres (Southern Oregon University)
Samantha Veres is an elementary education major at Southern Oregon University. In her writing, she strives to capture the little forgettable moments of life and frame them in a new light.
Growing Up
by Audrey Saiz (Oregon State University)
Audrey Saiz is a second-year Creative Writing student at Oregon State University. With minors in Applied Journalism and Mathematics, she enjoys the connections between different fields and is interested in writing about the scientific and natural world. In her free time, she enjoys photography, getting outside, dancing, and reading.
Simple Happiness
by Audrey Saiz (Oregon State University)
Audrey Saiz is a second-year Creative Writing student at Oregon State University. With minors in Applied Journalism and Mathematics, she enjoys the connections between different fields and is interested in writing about the scientific and natural world. In her free time, she enjoys photography, getting outside, dancing, and reading.
Scholarship
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut: Expressions of Power Among Sand and Stone
by Aaron Connors (California State University, Bakersfield)
Aaron is an anthropology undergraduate graduating from California State University, Bakersfield. He is interested in dynamics of power in ancient civilization, with particular attention paid to power displayed by peoples who are typically marginalized by archaeologists. His next step is graduate studies at McGill University in Montreal.
Poetry
Immigration System
by Abril Vale-Luzardo (Southern Utah University)
Her name is Abril Vale-Luzardo and she was born and raised in Venezuela. She moved to the United States about five years ago with her family. When she moved, she did not speak any English, which was truly challenging. But watching Disney movies with subtitles truly helped her! She used to live half an hour from the beach, so she is definitely more of a beach kind of person. However, she prefers winter over summer. Her favorite food is Paella, which consists of tons of rice and seafood. She likes painting and writing while listening to music. She mostly writes poems and reactions she has about the things around her! And when it comes to music, Kenny Loggins, REO Speedwagon, and Chicago are her top favorite artists! Something she does for fun is that she goes to flea markets to try and find old objects that may have an interesting story behind them. One time, she was able to find a newspaper from 1946 which was truly exciting. She finds herself interested in law and everything about it, which is why she is currently studying Criminal Justice in college.
Set Out Upon the Sea
by Samantha Veres (Southern Oregon University)
Samantha Veres is an elementary education major at Southern Oregon University. In her writing, she strives to capture the little forgettable moments of life and frame them in a new light.
Some Women
by Casandra Maciel (Arizona Western College)
Casandra Maciel is a second-year student at Arizona Western College majoring in English. She spends her time writing and reading whenever she can as a busy college student. Casandra has an interest in writing short fiction but has a passion for poetry.
Sorry
by Audrey Saiz (Oregon State University)
Audrey Saiz is a second-year Creative Writing student at Oregon State University. With minors in Applied Journalism and Mathematics, she enjoys the connections between different fields and is interested in writing about the scientific and natural world. In her free time, she enjoys photography, getting outside, dancing, and reading.
The Talented Homosexual
by Taylor Curry (University of Montana)
Taylor is a fourth-year student studying French and Political Science at the University of Montana’s Davidson Honors College. He writes mainly for fun, about big feelings and important moments.
Z is for Zahra: the Name you Gave your Eating Disorder
by Jannah Moussaoui (Oregon State University)
Jannah is passionate about mental health and improving mental health outcomes for children and adolescents. She is especially interested in cognitive processes underlying eating disorders, depression, and suicide and how to get interventions into the hands of those who need them. In the future, she hopes to become a clinical psychologist. In her free time, Jannah enjoys reading books and writing.
Photography and Visual Art
Sorrow Falls
Regina Rivera
A Bryce Winter
Regina Rivera
Dappled
Audrey Saiz
Over The Ledge
Regina Rivera
Venice Carnival
Maddie Aub
Sitka By The Sea
Audrey Saiz
The Curious One
Maddie Aub
Black Butterfly
Cecilia ManningAudrey Saiz (Oregon State University)
Audrey Saiz is a second-year Creative Writing student at Oregon State University. With minors in Applied Journalism and Mathematics, she enjoys the connections between different fields and is interested in writing about the scientific and natural world. In her free time, she enjoys photography, getting outside, dancing, and reading.
Cecilia Manning (Southern Oregon University)
Cece M. Is an Emerging Media and Digital Arts major with a focus on Animation attending Southern Oregon University. She has a passion to tell stories, and it shows through all varieties of her work. If you come across photography, art, or a writing piece of hers, she is sure to have a story behind it.
Maddie Aub (California State University, Long Beach)
Maddie Aub is an illustration student pursuing her BFA at California State University, Long Beach. She is a nomadic artist who travels the world to inspire her art, and creates art to take others along with her. She also enjoys exploring how creative practices can provide sparks for meaningful conversation that contribute to healing trauma.
Regina Rivera (California State University, Fresno)
Regina Rivera is currently a third-year student at the Smittcamp Family Honors College with Fresno State. She is in the university’s Nursing Program, striving to receive her BSN and become a Registered Nurse after graduating. She enjoys taking her camera with her on trips to capture the beauty of her surroundings and take candid photos of the people she is with.
Music
by Hanna Eyre (Brigham Young University)
Hanna Eyre is a junior at Brigham Young University from Laguna Niguel, California. She is a pre-med student, Commercial Music major, and Sociology minor. While she has aspirations to go into the medical field, Hanna also has a passion for writing music and is an avid songwriter and performer. She writes music to explore the nature of the human experience and in hopes to help others feel understood. In her free time, she plays and writes with pop punk band, The Filibusters, and progressive metal band, Man May Be.
