LOS ANGELES miscellany is a journal of poetry, fiction and art published by students of the Department of English at Loyola Marymount University.

Volume 74, 2026

 

MASTHEAD

EDITOR-IN-CHIEf
Sofia Baer

SENIOR EDITORS
Abby Alexander
Emma Wakefield 

EDITORIAL TEAM
Wren Lee
Ellie Lynch
Stephanie Choi
Henry Dupree
Domenica Strathern
Julia Vilardi 

ADVISING PROFESSOR
Kweku John 

DESIGN & TYPESETTING
ash good

CONTENTS

writing

Stained Glass
Wren Lee

Do MotPilots Dream of Automated Traffic
Fenner Lee McCoy

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Sela Carmouche

Pioneer 6
Wren Lee

Conversations with a Stone
Fenner Lee McCoy

Copia City
Lily Connor

We Are About to Leave the Party, but Before That
Mia Rivers

Archive Soul
Sela Carmouche

Haikus
Fenner Lee McCoy

An Ekphrasis on the human Eye
Gabe Taylor

Absolution
Brett Koehn

I’d Like to Curl Up in an Ink Stain Deep in My Diary
Niela Karina Currey

YOU’VE KILLED EVERY DESIRE YOU’VE EVER HAD
Wren Lee

Every Second Counts
Hatan AlHabeshi

Musings on a Murdered picture
Maria Caputo

Stillness and Simplicity
Gabe Taylor

Back Home
Jory Kursh

Spanglish
Stephanie Choi

Birthday Call
Ella Cox

El Rosario
Kaitlyn Espinoza

7 Seas
Karma Chamsesddine

Old Youth
Catherine Hahn

9 Days Late
Neila Karina Currey

Seventeen and Finally Seen
Niela Karina Currey

Hunger
Elijah J. Vera

Station 18
William Margo

Manos
Jory Kursh 

I Wish You Well, Hartford Postcard
Brett Koehn

art

Next Stop, The Moon
Owen Franklin

Sand Poem
Amanda Hosseiny & Jory Kursh

Red-tailed Hawk Hunting
Owen Franklin

My Sandy Dream
Amanda Hosseiny

Happy Is as Happy Does
Arwen Miranda

Hear
Mia Rivers

Die Verwandlung
Arwen Miranda

Canopy
Jory Kursh

Etched in Angel
Amanda Hosseiny

Recycled Envelope
Amanda Hosseiny & Jory Kursh

Muck
Amanda Hosseiny & Jory Kursh

Hummingbird and Cactus
Owen Franklin

Ardmore Beach, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Mia Rivers

Persian Rug
Amanda Hosseiny

fire on the Horizon
Owen Franklin

Getty
Stephanie Choi