The Prairie Light Review
Welcome to the electronic archive for the Prairie Light Review, the liberal arts magazine of College of DuPage. The Prairie Light Review is a juried publication that is currently published twice per year, in December and May, by students enrolled in English 2210 at the College of DuPage. The magazine features the creative works of students, faculty, and residents of our College District 502.
Current Issue: Volume 48, Number 1 (2025) Fall 2025
Prefatory Notes
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Dave Janas
Artwork
Front Cover - "Red Lights, Quiet Heights"
Spider Spider
Title Page -- "Above Chicago, Beyond Fear"
Spider Spider
Offloading a Watermelon Barge (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Keith Yearman
Small Leaf, Big Shadow
Richard Oberbruner
The Battle
Devona Barnes
Reverence in Red
Spider Spider
Where the Trees Dream
Christine Cianciosi
Tennessee Hills - The Barn
Lisa Horvatin
Snail in the Abyss
Jason C. Nelson
Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
Jason C. Nelson
Red Lights, Quiet Heights
Spider Spider
Wanderlust
Nick Gillono
Portrait of Marina Tsvetaeva (Poet)
Natalia Toreeva
Peeking Through the Waters
Aiyana Lyles
Petals of Dawn
Dhanvi Khandal
Brighter Than Yesterday
Christine Cianciosi
Modern Sea
Andjela Vuckovic
A New Perspective
Ashley Curtice
Mount Fuji
David Vancil
The Glowing Sunset
Aiyana Lyles
The Dance of the Light
Richard Oberbruner
Selections
Hyperventilating
Alexander Recchia
This Ship of State
Mardelle Fortier
My Feathers Will Become Blades
Maham Aziz
Synthetic Crown
Meredith Byrd
Get Over It!
Jesse Hernandez
They Say, We Say
Prairie Markussen
Medusa, Medusa, What Do I Do Now?
Oliver Ng
His Lashes Were the Wings of a Dragonfly
Logan Eastman
At the End
Mardelle Fortier
Night Child
Jesse Hernandez
The Night is Young
Emily Loera
The Space Between Then and Now
Rafael Garrigos
Sugared Garlic
Yahya M. Chowdhury
Suspension of Judgment
Aneesah Chowdhury
Man-Made Stars
Breane Barrios
Star Storm on the Horizon
Bee Bishop
My Dearest Mother Earth,
Fay Squires
What Does the River Fish Think of Humans?
Grace Beacom
Can I Fly?
Anita Strassman
Spaghetti Western Jisei
Tinhat Tinhat
What Was Lost
DJ Janas
I Lost My Letters, Again
Grace Beacom
Back Cover - "My One Desperate Wish"
Dalisia Bramasco
