A lot goes on behind the scenes to create the pretty, little AmLit Magazine that shows up on newsstands around campus each semester. There are submission packets to compile, review sessions to schedule, words to edit, graphics to make, and a whole release party to plan. It doesn't stop there either: there's a website to take care of and some pretty great events to put on, too. It all works out though, thanks to a team of passionate and creative students who give their all to this publication.
It's the contributions of everyone that make the magazine, but AmLit's Eboard is definitely where the magic happens. They're the ones the keeping AmLit running like a well-oiled machine. Get to know a few of them here:
Maya Simkin (they/them), Editor-in-Chief
Major: CLEG
Your most prized possession: If I had a comb, it could be the comb.
Five things you associate yourself with:
Spelling "smooth" like "smoothe" about once a month
Trying to figure out how to deprofessionalize the art world without sacrificing credibility or quality
That bit where you flip a coin with your thumb to someone and concurrently throw a sharp line at them
The desire to know everything about bees
Experiments!
Favorite word: Slime!
What do you love about AmLit?
Students have so many good ideas and inquiries, and AmLit provides resources (collaborative and thoughtful peers, funding, rep, etc) to pursue them.
Tova Seltzer (she/her), Prose Co-Editor
Major: Literature and Spanish Studies
Your most prized possession: Possibly my steampunk fake gun, despite my great hatred of actual guns.
Five things you associate yourself with:
Bats
"Pastel grunge"
Lawful-goodness
Neptune
Fiction where things end up okay
Favorite word: Tomfoolery
What do you love about AmLit?
People arguing about art.
Kiran Kaur Ahluwalia (she/her), Art Co-Editor
Major: International Studies
Your most prized possession: A leather journal from India my dad gave me.
Five things you associate yourself with:
Punjab, India
Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream
A wooden owl that sits on my desk
"The Elephants" by Salvador Dalí
The San Francisco Bay Bridge
Favorite word: Tribhavan (Gurmukhi word to mean the three realms of air, land, and sea)
What do you love about AmLit?
I love the artists and the ceaseless discussion and debate and critique and praise for art in all its forms- and everyone's unending openness to hear what everyone else has to say...'tis a wonderful and unique thing.
