SLIGHTLY WEST LIVES! Missing and presumed dead for the last 10 years, Slightly West is a student-run literary publication, featuring students’ creative literary and visual works easily printed in black and white. We want your poems, stories, pulp, flash fiction, satire, secret magic spells, original chain mail, homemade recipes, manifestos, […]
Love—not Cops!—In the Library
Content Warning: this piece makes explicit description of the forced detox and murder of my friend, Rob Talbot, by police in March 2018, and contains descriptions of the somatic reactions I have when trying to work as a Peer Writing Tutor with police around. Please take care of yourself if […]
Evergreen Eye on Science
Fungal Kingdom Spotlight Part I: Likin’ the Lichens The Fungal Kingdom has been a two quarter upper-division program in mycology and lichenology taught by Lalita Calabria and Paul Przybylowicz. Over winter quarter, students in this program have been doing independent projects in groups. Over the next few issues, I will […]
Feeding the Diaspora: That’s My Jam
For this installment of Feeding the Diaspora, I decided to clue you all into an interview I recently did with my mom, Maria, as part of another project I’ve been working on. While we mostly discussed gardening, we took a little detour to jam—something I remember Mom always making with […]
Evergreen Wrestling Team
In late December of 2022, The Evergreen State College introduced their first Men and Women’s wrestling teams. Along with the newly installed team also came new coaches Fan Zhang, head coach of the Women’s team, and Greg Ford, head coach of the Men’s team. Both Zhang and Ford share a […]
Artist Feature: Noquisi Christian-Smith
Artist Feature: Noquisi Christian-Smith by Natalie “Lee” Arneson Noquisi (they/them), is a multi-racial third-year student at Evergreen. They have a focus in history and cultural studies. Their favorite art mediums are ceramics, paper cuts, and darkroom photography. Their current project is a series of paper cuts that are based on […]
On Passing
Author’s note: On Passing makes explicit mention of transphobia, cissexism, bigotry, eating disorders, drug abuse,and mental illness. As the author, I can’t in good conscience recommend that you engage with this article if these are difficult points for you. By Maeve Howser (she/they) In the early hours of July 22nd, […]
Thurston Housing Land Trust
Housing is an important part of life. In the past I was a cost estimator for a large local siding company which installed siding on hundreds of single family new homes and several multi-family buildings every year throughout the Puget Sound. I would create estimates and order material packages on […]
Feeding the Diaspora: a Good Cup of Coffee
French press coffee is one of the many things I learned from my dad in the kitchen and one of the things he’s always been a huge stickler about. I’m not sure when he got so specific about his coffee or where he first tried french press coffee—Dad recalls his […]
Evergreen horrors article #2: The Night Walker
Isak Luna Urrego Bailén Simultaneously one of the most frequently seen and least understood cryptids on campus. While many have gazed upon it, few realize this blurry figure wandering the night is anything but human. Those with common sense have nothing to fear, but those who like to chase shadows […]