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THE LAVENDER

Wesleyan University's Bi-Semester Poetry and Prose Magazine.

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Meetings every Monday 8-9 p.m. at the Shapiro Center!

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The Lavender's Issue 10: Excess received an Honorable Mention in the 2024 Association for Writers & Writing Programs' national undergraduate literary magazine competition. 

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​Why The Lavender?

The Lavender is an homage to the fact that Wesleyan University’s official color used to be lavender. The color was changed because, according to an October 1884 issue of the Argus, lavender was not suitable for intercollegiate sports. “Lavender is not a striking color,” the editorial proclaimed. Well, 1884 critic, we here at The Lavender find the color incredibly striking if we do say so ourselves!

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The Lavender: Summer 2025

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The Lavender: Spring 2025

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The Lavender: Winter 2024

The Lavender: Fall 2024

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The Lavender: Summer 2024

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The Lavender: Spring 2024

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The Lavender: Winter 2023

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The Lavender: Summer 2023

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The Lavender: Spring 2023

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The Lavender: Winter 2022

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The Lavender: Fall 2022

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The Lavender: Late Spring 2022

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The Lavender: Early Spring 2022

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The Lavender: Winter 2021

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The Lavender: Fall 2021

THE TEAM:

Editors-in-Chief: Georgia Groome, Ella Spitz, Mia Alexander, and Mel Cort
Managing Editors: Mia Foster, Elva Leth and Sarann Spiegel

Poetry Editor: Isaiah Rosenn

Assistant Poetry Editor: Rae Leonard-Mann

Prose Editor: Nettie Hitt

Assistant Prose Editor: George Manes
Design Editors: Madeline Metzger, Kyle Reims, Eve Epstein, Stella Steele, and Tae Weiss
Copy Editors: Emma Goetz, Ben Goodman, Gray Sansom-Chasin, Zoe Sonkin, Sarann Spiegel, and Maisie Wrubel

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Special thanks to: all the dear friends who make this magazine possible, Oliver Egger, Immi Shearmur, Merve Emre, Ryan Launder, Alpha Delta Phi, The Shapiro Writing Center, The Wesleyan English Department & the SBC.

 

 

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Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

©2025 by Route 9.

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