Features
Teaching
with
the
Whole
Body
three teachers of writing at UCI discuss how to build an embodied writing class: lorene, a poet who recently retired from uci after 25 years of teaching; julian, a writer and organizer for the la tenants union who has been teaching at uci since 2016; and john, an artist, songwriter, and phd candidate in comparative literature who has taught writing at uci since 2019.
The Clothes
I Wear
lucid's favorite photographer, uci alum pedro nieves, does a fashion photoshoot with fellow uci students—some of whom are past and current lucid contributors! pedro's got the gift. and if you don't know, now you know.
in this autoethnography, uci graduate student ryan "flaco" rising recounts in prose the development of his prison traumatic stress disorder within the violent world of the california prison system; the inclusion of his poetry above each section is like a parallel voice in the darkness: a constant and simple effort to sing.
Essays & Fiction
in this powerful short story, uci honors alumn dee richards uses the trope of the "monstrous birth" to write about her lived experience of pregnancy, birth, and patriarchal violence.
From Pointe Shoes
to Perfectionism
the ballet
paradox
uci undergraduate mia aburto explores ballet's dark side.
Y No Lloro
uci undergraduate leticia espinoza shares her experiences as the child of an alcoholic and a survivor of sexual assault. Never losing sight of the "care free niñita" she once felt herself to be, her essay teaches us all that loving yourself is the strongest weapon against violence.
a meditation on her Tata and the "physical forms of love," Naomi Salazar explores the power of touch to move our lives and hearts in the right direction.
integrating research and personal experience, uci undergraduate kayla jackson explores the cultural obsession with "thin" bodies and its impact on women's health.
