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The Lit is Lawrenceville's literary magazine, composed entirely of poetry, prose and artwork written and created by Lawrenceville students.

The Lit was founded in 1895 by Owen Johnson.

01/06/2017

Featured in our spring issue: "The Lilac-Breasted Roller" by Eugene Fung '18

04/05/2017

Submissions for spring issue due by 11:59 tonight!!

03/05/2017

Submissions for spring issue due TOMORROW, May 3rd! Send your poetry, prose, artwork to [email protected]!

27/04/2017

Congratulations to The Lit's 123rd editorial board! Thanks to all who applied.

Editors-in-Chief: Reneé Roche '18 and Benjamin Chow '18
Poetry Editor: Emilia Onuonga '19
Prose Editor: Kristina Gu '18
Arts Editor: Sonia Shah '18
Design Editor: Alvaro Barrera '18
Photography Editor: Nico Sacchi '18
Poetry Readers: Nghi Chau '18 and Danya Wang '19
Prose Reader: Katherine Xiong '19

25/04/2017

Featured in our winter issue: "Santa Hat" by Adrian Lee

14/04/2017

Have a great Easter Weekend, Lawrentians!

Featured in our winter issue: "Defenestration" by Katie Santamaria '17

when we first met, I remember the words
that blew between strands of my hair
and through my mind like a windchime

I would like nothing more
than to push you out of a window

my adherence to the law prevented such,
so I had no choice but to let you
sprawl your body parts like chips on a poker table
and speak phrases I once considered ineffable.

on the twentieth floor of this hotel,
where we lodge as roommates,
you rise from your bed and
the moonlight traces your void
(now I realize there is something quaint
about how wind creeps through the window
you cracked, trying not to
wake the curtains)

I hear the curtains giggle because the wind is fooled:
curtains never rest like the skies do.

still, the sky donates strength to our window,
giving me sweet bursts of heaven’s breath
I never knew I craved.
air forces its way through my ears
and seeps into my heart
like water seeping into a dry towel.

the sketch of your bare back,
the moon’s dairy-like smoothness,
and your concentrated way with words
spiral into each other
and leave me dizzy

I would like nothing more
than to push you out of a window
because it’s getting stuffy in here,
the curtains are tapping their toes to escape,
and I want to see what happens
when you refuse to hit the cement below.

12/04/2017

Featured in our winter issue: "Bolted Beams" by Jack Hardie '17

06/04/2017

Featured in our winter issue: "What's left is" by Cynthia Chen '17

what’s left is

the brick wall
the shadow of
pictures taken down

empty journal pages
and a shredded fringe
trailing just after

the emptiness between my fingers–—-

these fingers
that will not stop asking me
where you’ve gone

02/04/2017

Featured in our winter issue: "Men and Flowers" by Alvaro Barrera '18

31/03/2017

Featured in our winter issue: "Old Montreal" by Adrian Lee '18

29/03/2017

Happy Wednesday, Lawrentians. A little poetry to get you through your mid-week mental breakdown: "Ode to a Bygone Youth" by Vinh Dao '18:

a table, a candle, a figure across the table
two palms, three words, and four eyes
one plus one equals one – interlocked.

a bed, a kitchen, a knife in the bed-kitchen
a spit, two tears, and three ears
how do two see eye to eye? – disoriented.

a splash of whiskey
a touch of bourbon
a shot of tequila – broken glass.

an ashtray: store-bought, nondescript, cracked on the side,
intact yet shattered.
a cigarette dives headfirst into the pool of cigarette butts – smothered.

23/03/2017

Featured in our winter issue: "Black Lightning" by Jessie Zhao

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