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Letter from the Guest Editor

Taryn White

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I’ve loved kaleidoscopes since I was young. They’ve inspired my writing and influenced my preferences in reading. I’ve heard from multiple sources that writing is often like a puzzle, that all of the pieces fall together as the plot is revealed. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a riveting plot as much as the next person; I find that the marking of a good story—whether it’s a novel, short story, poem, piece of creative nonfiction, movie, song, any form of media under the sun— is found within its point of view.

When I engage with a form of media, I anticipate walking away from it changed and unable to ever find anything exactly like it again. I expect it to point out something I’ve never considered before, take me places I’ve never been, experience things I have never experienced, put me in the shoes of people I could never be. Though a plot will certainly keep me entertained, I long for something more than that. I want something that will make me jealous of the person who gets to take in that creation for the first time because I will never be able to replicate that first time experience for myself. What I look forward to reading, and hope to replicate in my own writing, is a kaleidoscope.

This month’s issue is full of such unique, kaleidoscopic pieces. As you read, I hope you linger in these designs. Though you may be able to find something with similar colors, patterns, shapes, designs—you will never be able to find this exact experience again.

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