Issue No. 5, 2011-12. Contributors’ Notes

Allison Arkush is a sophomore in Gallatin focusing on visual arts, ranging from photography to sculpture to painting to jewelry making with a few other media thrown in. She plans to minor in creative writing and was born and raised in lovely Los Angeles. 

Aziza Barnes is a sophomore in Tisch School of the Arts, in the Playwrights Horizons Studio. She is the self-declared tenth member of Wu-Tang, wears bollo ties, and re-reads The Velveteen Rabbit when in need of guidance. She is nineteen, and this is her first story to be published. 

Olaya Barr thinks people are, like, the weirdest things ever…so that’s why she photographs them and writes about them. 

Courtney Bush is from Gulfport, Mississippi. She studies Romance languages at NYU and likes to make poems. 

Katie Cho is a senior in the College of Arts and Science. She likes to write more than she likes to draw, and she loves to eat more than she likes to write. One day, she plans on raising Shiba Inus for a living and writing children’s books. 

Nick Chrastil is from Minneapolis. He has two older sisters whom he looks up to and are generally interesting and loving, which is true of his parents and extended family as well. He likes to do pottery and he works for a mobile wood-fired pizza place (the oven is on a trailer). 

Jade Conlee is a sophomore piano performance major. She enjoys almost everything, but some examples would include opera and poetry of the twentieth century, museum going, pensive strolls in the countryside, and fine cheeses.

Charlie Corbett was born in Barrington, Illinois. He studies English and American literature in the College of Arts and Sciences. This is his first publication. 

Peter Enzinna is an English major with a creative writing minor in the class of 2013. His appearance in this publication is the first notable event of his college career. He has a lot going on. 

Sean Fay hails from the great state of Maine and is currently a freshman in Gallatin. In his free time he enjoys serenading his suite mates and playing with his cat, Rocky. 

Mia Gerardi is a freshman. Although she explored (and fell in love with) all mediums of art two years ago, it wasn’t long before she realized her true passion was painting...finger painting. In the long run she hopes to pursue a major in politics so she can one day work for a nonprofit agency abroad to satisfy her second passion, human justices. Perhaps these two passions will one day go hand in hand. 

Adam Gundersheimer, class of 2012, is a filmmaker, cinematographer and artist. He fell into filmmaking through his love for photography and light. Adam’s favorite things are his cat and pizza. 

Kurt Havens is in the Metropolitan Studies program. “Can’t Hardly Wait [Demo Version]” is his favorite summer Replacements song; “Skyway” is his favorite winter Replacements song. He wants to split a box of Three Cheese Bagel Bites with you. 

Laura Hetzel is a sophomore in Gallatin where she studies the intersection of visual art and language. She works mostly in black and white film and ink on paper. She has been known to spit a slam poem from time to time. She often dreams in American Sign Language.

Patrick Jaojoco is a junior College of Arts and Science transfer student hailing from San Francisco. Although majoring in English literature and environmental studies, he has been dabbling in digital and film photography ever since he inherited his first SLR camera from his father, a retired professional photographer. Patrick is interested in exploring the relationship between the individual, society, and the environment as portrayed through the arts. 

Omar Khan is a sophomore at the Stern School of Business studying marketing and finance with a deep passion for photography and writing. He is a second generation Pakistani-Canadian who grew in northern Maine, hockey stick in hand. He draws much of his inspiration from Jack Kerouac, WH Auden, Albert Camus, and Wayne Gretzky. The title of his photograph comes from a passage in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “Winter Dreams.” 

Rhett King is a second-year junior in the College of Arts and Science. Two of her essays were published in Mercer Street 2010-2011. 

Joe Masco is a sophomore studying English and history in the College of Arts and Science. This is his first publication, and he’s happy to be included in this year’s edition of West 10th. 

Michelle Ling grew up between the cities of Austin and Shanghai. Her work centers around people: their presence and place in the context of their culture, attitudes, exchanges and geographies. The patterns found in much of her work represent these characters and take the place of words. 

Katrina Pallop is a drama student, among other things. Her photographs have been published by The 2River View, CALYX Journal, and OVS Magazine; her first full-length play, Breakers, premiered at Stage Left Studio this past fall. You can also find her on Thought Catalogue and etsy (of course).

Beau Peregoy is currently in his second year at the College of Arts and Science. He was born and raised in Wisconsin. Beau is a member of the NYU crew team and often draws inspiration from water and movement, accordingly. 

Dylan Sites is studying photography at Tisch. He enjoys working with emerging technologies and getting lost. He lives in Brooklyn. 

Eric Stiefel is a freshman in the College of Arts and Science studying comparative literature. His favorite books are Among the Missing by Dan Chaon and The End of the West by Michael Dickman. 

Mallika Vora is a junior in the Tisch department of Photography & Imaging. Visit her website at www.mallikavora.com. 

Haley Weiss is a freshman in the Tisch Department of Photography & Imaging. She has recently been focusing on photographing landscapes and the often-unnoticed oddities in everyday spaces. 

Rosetta Young is a senior in Gallatin, studying English literature, German language and creative writing. Her work has been previously published in the Gallatin Review and Hanging Loose Magazine.