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Understory 2022Main MenuMastheadAbout the Cover ArtFrom the Student Project InternsFrom the Faculty Advisors and Project LiaisonsCreative Works: Poetry, Prose, DramaSTONE HEART by Robert GantTHE MAN by Nari AndoLATE NIGHT by Larry MariscalBUMP IN THE NIGHT by Andrew ShepherdSAUDADE by Moriah ParkerESCAPISM by Moriah ParkerTHE BROWN ROCKING CHAIR by Elsa SnodderlyHOME by Nari AndoAFTERLIFE by Moriah ParkerREST by Jay JunoI AM HERE BECAUSE OF THEM by Steph CragoTHE COST OF DOING BUSINESS by Andrew ShepherdMY FRIENDS by Sara RollinsA PRECIOUS THING by Pa Ying XiongMINE by Donalen Bowers (Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault)TRUST by Megan Moore (Trigger Warning: Suicide Ideation)Scholarship in English Studies: Language and Linguistics, Literary Studies, Rhetoric and CompositionRHETORIC IN RESPONSIBILITY: AN ANALYSIS OF INTRODUCTORY LINGUISTICS SYLLABI by Breanna ErwinA MONSTER OF ISOLATION: CONSTRUCTING THE ISOLATED MONSTER IN FRANKENSTEIN THROUGH APPEARANCE AND IDENTITY by Elsa SnodderlyLATTER-DAY SAINTS: LANGUAGE USE, ATTITUDE, AND LINGUISTIC PRACTICE by Mackenzie LindemanINDIGENOUS ALASKAN LANGUAGES by Lydia Alvert"WHEN IS A HAT NOT A HAT?" EXPLORING THE SYMBOLISM OF FLANNERY O'CONNOR by Moriah ParkerHOW LIFE HAS MADE ME WHO I AM by Peter BarelaFREEDOM THROUGH MADNESS by Staci GillilanNORTHERN CITIES VOWEL SHIFT: LANGUAGE VARIATION AND ACTUATION by Dorina PellumbiFINAL by Jasmine AllevaEquity and Support ResourcesUniversity of Alaska Anchorage Department of Englishdfa0ec4bec9eb2e87270c48641b61a5da7951c18
JUNO by Jay Juno
12022-03-29T01:53:30-07:00University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Englishdfa0ec4bec9eb2e87270c48641b61a5da7951c18399694plain2022-04-08T00:31:53-07:00University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Englishdfa0ec4bec9eb2e87270c48641b61a5da7951c18I am my mother’s cheers I embody my father’s fears I go further and further past the painful sears that ended mom and dad, and ended their careers.
I am a guardian of my mother’s ghost I am the protector of my father’s post I am the gatekeeper of their coast
I am the master of my mom and dad’s fates I am the master of all my fates I am their warrior their savior; their angel. I am Juno. I am
and I am,
their love— reborn.
Jay Juno is a freshman pursuing a dual major in English and Art with a minor in Creative Writing. They have been writing since before kindergarten, writing their first poetry in grade school. For Jay, writing is not only a way of coping with the loss of their mother and father—it is the way forward to a bright tomorrow.
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