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Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature is the University of New Orleans' journal of art, ideas, and literature. Since 1972, we have showcased the scholarly and creative work of UNO students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

Questions can be directed to: ellipsisjournaluno@gmail.com

Current Volume: Volume 49 (2024)

Dear Readers,

As my time as the Managing Editor of Ellipsis comes to a close, I want to thank you and the whole UNO Community for reading not just the issues I've been a part of creating, but all the ones before and those yet to come. Ellipsis has always and will always be the voice of UNO’s incredibly talented students, staff, and alumni, and it's been a joy to bring your words to life.

Issue 49 brought us the most submissions I've seen as Editor, which is due in no small part to the wonderful team who helped spread the word on campus and online. We saw work from previous contributors and some new names, too. The pieces in this issue follow a similar theme of environmentalism and existentialism, which seem to be on all of our minds recently. In the wise words of UNO Editor in Chief, Abram Himelstein, “As publishers, we need to make sure our pages are worth the trees it takes to print on.” I believe that the collective trees it has taken to create Ellipsis have taken on a second life, as a living document of the UNO community.

To everyone who has submitted to us in the past and has seen their words come to life in print, thank you. To everyone who has worked on the Ellipsis editorial team to bring these words to life, thank you. To all of our readers at UNO and beyond, thank you. To Abram Himelstein, for giving me this opportunity for the past three years, thank you. As I part ways with the great city of New Orleans, Ellipsis and UNO will always have a place in my heart.

Thank you,

Jax Borukhovich

Creative Nonfiction

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The Creation
T Lane Williams

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Motivation From Silence
Abril Anhel Espino Gil

Poetry

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Trilobite
Abu K M Sarwar

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Lighthouse
Abu K M Sarwar

Fiction

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Hidden
T Lane Williams

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Summer Snow
Samuel L. Cooley

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Lying Lights
Samuel L. Cooley

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The Button to End The World
Thaddeus M. Daniels

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Living Statue
Melinda N. Compton

Essay

Photography

 

The fourth
Javalyn LeBlanc

 

Into The Light
Javalyn LeBlanc

 

Down The Bayou
Javalyn LeBlanc

 

In Life, Death.
Kaylie McCarthy

 

As Above, Even More Below.
Kaylie McCarthy

Visual Art

 

Observant
Traywick A. Traywick

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Wapiti Wayside
Olivia M. Bergeron

Cover Art

Koi Stamp

About the Artist:

My name is Faust! I am a digital illustrator originally from New Orleans, though my family relocated after hurricane Katrina. I came back to the city to study fine arts and do so currently with a digital focus at UNO. I want to inspire others through reaching a wider audience with my art, and to leave the world a little more fun, loving, and connected than I found it.