The Prairie Light Review
Volume 46, Number 2 (2024) Spring 2024
Prefatory Notes
A Note From the Editor
Mina Pattanaik
Artwork
Front Cover - Gender Distortion
Nola White
Door of Rajasthan
Megha Jain
Old Woman in Window
Natalia Toreeva
Electric Butterfly
Karl Weber
A Dog's Gaze
Becca Filsinger
Far Enough
John Scrage
Before the Hunt
Mars Pinkelman
Rainforest
Nephele Kay
Idea Storm
Christian Sanchez
Blue Clouds
Christian Sanchez
Foley Beach, SC Evening
M Candace Thomas
The Window Scene
Richard Gallegos
Night Walk
Tania Blanco
Totem Ring
Matt Hanson
Venezuelans Waiting to Cross Van Buren
Keith Yearman
There's Something Wrong in America
Mike Carter
January 6, 2024 Protest for Gaza - Police Line
Keith Yearman
Death Alley
Romari Jennings
Phone Booth
Chassidi Betney
St. Alphonsus
Jim Waters
Femininity
Nola White
Welcome to Serenity
Quinn Joy
Conflicted Saint
Dakoda McCallum
Summer Delights Pendant
Karlette Murray
Dried Roses
Nephele Kay
Grounding Myself
Amy Camp
Family Inheritance
Natalia Toreeva
Light Within
Shalini Singh
Birds on a Wire
Peg Saintcross
Key West Sunset
M Candace Thomas
Selections
Dies Natales - for Lydia
Tom Tipton
I NEED A MUSE!
BrittanyAnn Schumacher
The Dragonfly
Alissa Cichelli
The Morning Bird and the Night Owl
Sofia Love
I Want a Mountain
Marilyn Peretti
Days to Remember
Adam Sana
Before Anyone Noticed
Juno Nightingale
Throne of Straw
Isabelle Fitzpatrick
Children of Ashes
Mia Skaliotis
In The States
John Ogan
The Miseducation... of Me
Ciara Houzell
chapter town (ghost-town)
Natalie McKenty
Waiting 4 U
Ciara Houzell
The Burial of Daniel Nachtman
Darcy Joyner
Factory Misprint
Megan Mandrelle
(Auto)biography
Megan Mandrelle
Living Memorial
Sofia Love
Her Hands Should Never Pick a Flower
Bee Bishop
Maybe They Had a Reason
Susan Trestrail
A Shade of Rose
Cuyler Martin
the tattoo of a geisha
Laura Pineda
Connection
Oz Carrollo
Companionship
Cuyler Martin
Back Matter
Editorial Team
- Editor in Chief
- Mina Pattanaik
- Production Editor
- Zaynab Chida
- Marketing Editor
- Cuyler Martin
- Assistant Editors
- Ciara Houzell
- Laura Drerup
- Lidia Rogers
- Munir Aldaqaq
- Sierra Innis
- Faculty Advisor
- Trina Sotirakopulos
Contact the Prairie Light Review staff at: https://www.cod.edu/student_life/publications/prairie_light_review/