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Confluence is a national, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP), reflecting the best scholarly and creative work, including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art, produced within and beyond AGLSP member institutions. Confluence stands as a demonstration of and an inspiration to the kind of interdisciplinary engagement that is constitutive of a liberal education, while emphasizing the fundamental relations that transcend the boundaries of discipline and form and invite engagement and exploration.
From the Editor
In conjunction with the AGLSP, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Writing Awards:
EXCELLENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING award
Everyday Environmentalism: Fostering Climate Justice in Higher Education
Lani St. Hill, NC State University
Frederick Luis Aldama EXCELLENCE IN creative WRITING award
Blues Suite
Coldwell (Khyber) Daniel IV, University of Memphis
Newly Published
HUMAN VALUES—INSIGHTS, IMPLICATIONS, APPLICATIONS
Not a Walk in the Park: Reflecting on the Inconvenient Truths of Outdoor Recreation
Karen Viola, SUNY Empire State University
essay
Giving the Void Its Colors
David Morreale, Riverside High School
essay
Suicide: The Final AI Frontier
Shashwat Vidhu Sher, Stanford University
poetry
Three Poems: Techne, Episteme, and Pathei Mathos
Cheryl Solis, Stanford University
poetry
Nocturne
Ann Marie Dell, Southern Methodist University
reader’s corner
The Feminist Mind of Bae Suah
Kenneth Burke, St. Louis Public Schools
book review
The End of Liberalism or the Hope for its Resurrection?
Review of Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times, by Samuel Moyn
Anand Atre, Johns Hopkins University
