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