# echolalia

> An Undergraduate Journal 


## Posts

- [Fever Dream](https://echolaliajournal.com/fever-dream/): Poetry by Chelsea Wen
- [Follow](https://echolaliajournal.com/follow/): Poetry by Cathy Nguyen
- [Whispers in a Glass: Between What Was and What Could Be](https://echolaliajournal.com/whispers-in-a-glass-between-what-was-and-what-could-be/): Poetry by Caleb Azu
- [Thoughts in the AM](https://echolaliajournal.com/thoughts-in-the-am/): Poetry by Benjamin Flores
- [to be dreamless is to be nothing](https://echolaliajournal.com/to-be-dreamless-is-to-be-nothing/): Poetry by Annika Lee
- [WHERE ARE YOU? / I’M SO SORRY](https://echolaliajournal.com/where-are-you-im-so-sorry/): Prose by Amelie de Jesus
- [A dream is a wish your heart makes, and baby, I keep dreaming that you come back.](https://echolaliajournal.com/a-dream-is-a-wish-your-heart-makes-and-baby-i-keep-dreaming-that-you-come-back/): Poetry by Adhi Kona
- [When I Was a Spider](https://echolaliajournal.com/when-i-was-a-spider/): Poetry by Jasmine Vo
- [Like Cold, Blue Veins](https://echolaliajournal.com/like-cold-blue-veins/): Prose by Sydney Field
- [The Rocks](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-rocks/): Poetry by Sabella Habtemariam
- [Slipping Between](https://echolaliajournal.com/slipping-between/): Poetry by Jocelyn Jimenez
- [life flows past like waves](https://echolaliajournal.com/life-flows-past-like-waves/): Poetry by Jessica Lee
- [The Realm Where You Exist](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-realm-where-you-exist/): Prose by Ivonne Hartono
- [The Moon Within Our Lives](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-moon-within-our-lives/): Prose by Hanna Yang
- [A Deal at Midnight](https://echolaliajournal.com/a-deal-at-midnight/): Prose by Frank Granda
- [The Looking Glass](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-looking-glass/): Prose by Erica Leal
- [our name, in red](https://echolaliajournal.com/our-name-in-red/): Poetry by Cynthia Wang
- [One Of The Heart’s Nightmares](https://echolaliajournal.com/one-of-the-hearts-nightmares/): Poetry by Alexandria Williams
- [The Whale and the Mouse](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-whale-and-the-mouse/): Prose by Cailey Niandrea Pasco
- [Hindsight](https://echolaliajournal.com/hindsight/): Poetry by Ayla Baig
- [i'll reach you when i can](https://echolaliajournal.com/ill-reach-you-when-i-can/): Poetry by Yvonne Tran
- [- Voices -](https://echolaliajournal.com/voices/): Poetry by Jeminnah Arinez
- [I Dreamt You Were a Cicada](https://echolaliajournal.com/i-dreamt-you-were-a-cicada/): Prose by Alexandria Aldrich
- [heartbeat rhythm](https://echolaliajournal.com/heartbeat-rhythm/): Poetry by Lynn Choi
- [the sun shines in](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-sun-shines-in/): Poetry by Ryan Meadows
- [millenium lodestar](https://echolaliajournal.com/millenium-lodestar/): Illustration by Yen Nhi Hoang
- [to the firestarter and the center of your pulse point](https://echolaliajournal.com/to-the-firestarter-and-the-center-of-your-pulse-point/): Prose by Manelle Aruta
- [Hunting on a Whim](https://echolaliajournal.com/hunting-on-a-whim/): Poetry by Joshua Canela
- [Visitation Dreams](https://echolaliajournal.com/visitation-dreams/): Prose by Tessa Aguilar
- [Black Forest Cake](https://echolaliajournal.com/black-forest-cake/): Poetry by Ashley Thornton
- [Phoenix](https://echolaliajournal.com/phoenix/): Poetry by Erica Leal
- [Fortune in a Gum Wrapper](https://echolaliajournal.com/fortune-in-a-gum-wrapper/): Poetry by Emilia Djordjevic
- [I don’t remember, but know I dreamt of him](https://echolaliajournal.com/i-dont-remember-but-know-i-dreamt-of-him/): Poetry by Elaine Vinh
- [The Rose Garden](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-rose-garden/): Poetry by Booker Catlin
- [American Dream](https://echolaliajournal.com/american-dream/): Poetry by Ayiana Grana
- [mirrored dreams](https://echolaliajournal.com/mirrored-dreams/): Photography by Yvonne Tran
- [Nothing Twice](https://echolaliajournal.com/nothing-twice/): Poetry by Kayleigh Ott
- [Heaven’s Miracle: Fire of Life](https://echolaliajournal.com/heavens-miracle-fire-of-life/): Prose by Ivonne Hartono
- [I Just Called To Say I Love You](https://echolaliajournal.com/i-just-called-to-say-i-love-you/): Prose by Kane Lê Hồng
- [A Thought for Each Year & After](https://echolaliajournal.com/a-thought-for-each-year-after/): Prose by Việt Trọng Nguyễn
- [Hold My Memories Tight: A Photography Series](https://echolaliajournal.com/hold-my-memories-tight-a-photography-series/): Photography by Kane Lê Hồng
- [Tacet/Backbeat](https://echolaliajournal.com/tacet-backbeat/): Prose by Sammy Merabet
- [The Bear Grim](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-bear-grim/): Prose by Minh Thư Nguyễn
- [My experience with love](https://echolaliajournal.com/my-experience-with-love/): Poetry by Matthew Ryan Bees
- [Nostalgia](https://echolaliajournal.com/nostalgia/): Poetry by Katherine Llave
- [The Dancing Starlight](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-dancing-starlight/): Prose by Abby Whittington
- [The Ghost of You](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-ghost-of-you/): Poetry by Erica Leal
- [While The World Sleeps](https://echolaliajournal.com/while-the-world-sleeps/): Prose by Erica Leal
- [Mother, Daughter, Daughter Mother](https://echolaliajournal.com/mother-daughter-daughter-mother/): Poetry by J.N.
- [In the Kitchen](https://echolaliajournal.com/in-the-kitchen/): Poetry by Ariana Marie Vargas
- [Atropos](https://echolaliajournal.com/atropos/): Poetry by Ashley J. Thornton
- [The Tuesday Party](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-tuesday-party/): Poetry by Ariana Marie Vargas
- [Life, Crumbling](https://echolaliajournal.com/life-crumbling/): Prose by Annika Lee
- [Letters From No One](https://echolaliajournal.com/letters-from-no-one/): Prose by Kaylie Harley
- [Back Then](https://echolaliajournal.com/back-then/): Poetry by Kaylie Harley
- [How It Feels](https://echolaliajournal.com/how-it-feels/): Poetry by Matthew Ryan Bees
- [Who Was the Light Before the Darkness?](https://echolaliajournal.com/who-was-the-light-before-the-darkness/): Illustrations by Marianne Corpuz
- [A Summer in San Francisco](https://echolaliajournal.com/a-summer-in-san-francisco/): Prose by Brandon Lo
- ["i love you, but"](https://echolaliajournal.com/i-love-you-but/): Poetry by Chelsey Trần Dinh
- [Goodbye– It’s been a good 8 years, but it’s over, so move on (or at least that’s what I tell myself)](https://echolaliajournal.com/goodbye-its-been-a-good-8-years-but-its-over-so-move-on-or-at-least-thats-what-i-tell-myself/): Poetry by Naomi Acosta
- [rose tinted lenses](https://echolaliajournal.com/rose-tinted-lenses/): Poetry by Cynthia Wang
- [Tapestry of Sand](https://echolaliajournal.com/tapestry-of-sand/): Poetry by Tara Mie Morisato
- [American Metrics](https://echolaliajournal.com/american-metrics/): Poetry by Minh Thư Nguyễn
- [Going through the Motions](https://echolaliajournal.com/going-through-the-motions/): Prose by Damien Efren Diaz
- [Memory Lane Sounds Like This](https://echolaliajournal.com/memory-lane-sounds-like-this/): Poetry by Katherine Llave
- [Polaroid](https://echolaliajournal.com/polaroid/): Prose by Noel Paredes
- [lost](https://echolaliajournal.com/lost/): Poetry by Ryan Meadows
- [she called](https://echolaliajournal.com/she-called/): Poetry by Ryan Meadows
- [memori](https://echolaliajournal.com/memori/): Poetry by Cynthia Wang
- [I hate liars...](https://echolaliajournal.com/i-hate-liars/): Prose by  Chelsey Trần Dinh
- [Gravitas](https://echolaliajournal.com/gravitas/): Prose by Manelle Aruta
- [Starfall](https://echolaliajournal.com/starfall/): Poetry by Marianne Corpuz
- [Language Attrition](https://echolaliajournal.com/language-attrition/): Poetry by J.N.
- [Perpetual Adoration](https://echolaliajournal.com/perpetual-adoration/): Poetry by Aline Huang
- [Life in Motion](https://echolaliajournal.com/life-in-motion/): Photography by Karthika Nambiar
- [The Lyre Requires an Attention to Fingerwork, and a Longing For It, Too](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-lyre-requires-an-attention-to-fingerwork-and-a-longing-for-it-too/): Poetry by Sammy Merabet
- [The Swing](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-swing/): Poetry by Damien Efren Diaz
- [Echoes from my Almirah](https://echolaliajournal.com/echoes-from-my-almirah/): Poetry by Deepika Rani
- [The Flight of 1001 Paper Cranes](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-flight-of-1001-paper-cranes/): Poetry by Lynn Choi
- [some gentle reminders;](https://echolaliajournal.com/some-gentle-reminders/): Poetry by Ayla Baig
- [majulah singapura](https://echolaliajournal.com/majulah-singapura/): Poetry by Annika Lee
- [Polar Nights](https://echolaliajournal.com/polar-nights/): Poetry by Alex Guzman
- [Nature Drawings](https://echolaliajournal.com/nature-drawings/): Illustrations by anonymous
- [Speaking of Memory](https://echolaliajournal.com/speaking-of-memory/): Poetry by Brian Nguyễn
- [Sticky Note](https://echolaliajournal.com/sticky-note/): Poetry by Albert Vo Evans
- [Incomplete](https://echolaliajournal.com/incomplete/): Poetry by Zoha Ahmed
- [Ephemerality: A Photography Series](https://echolaliajournal.com/ephemerality-a-photography-series/): Photography by Zaina Khalid Azim
- [Water (Re) Birth](https://echolaliajournal.com/water-re-birth/): Poetry by Deepika Rani
- [A Circumcision of the Heart](https://echolaliajournal.com/a-circumcision-of-the-heart/): Prose by Kane Hong
- [Mariposa](https://echolaliajournal.com/mariposa/): Poetry by Erica Leal
- [Media Arts Series](https://echolaliajournal.com/media-arts-series/): Poetry by Brandon Lo
- [Kobe](https://echolaliajournal.com/kobe/): Prose by Shawn Khalifa
- [Yellowed Photographs](https://echolaliajournal.com/yellowed-photographs/): Poetry by Jasmine Vo
- [Spiral](https://echolaliajournal.com/spiral/): Poetry by Naomi Acosta
- ["The Fool" & "Restraints and Perspective Constraints: A Commentary on the Misrepresentation of Incarcerated Women in the Media”](https://echolaliajournal.com/the-fool-restraints-and-perspective-constraints-a-commentary-on-the-misrepresentation-of-incarcerated-women-in-the-media/): Illustrations by Marianne Corpuz
- [Red While Thrifting](https://echolaliajournal.com/red-while-thrifting/): Prose by Sammy Ismet Merabet
- [Women’s Health Status in the Middle East: Portrayals and Perspectives](https://echolaliajournal.com/womens-health-status-in-the-middle-east-portrayals-and-perspectives/): Essay by Deena Ayesh
- [Where Dreams and Reality Meet: How The Surrealist Fantasy of Peter Pan Enables Children to View Minority Groups as Other](https://echolaliajournal.com/where-dreams-and-reality-meet-how-the-surrealist-fantasy-of-peter-pan-enables-children-to-view-minority-groups-as-other/): Academic essay by Erica Leal
- [Embracing My Roots](https://echolaliajournal.com/embracing-my-roots/): Prose by Zoha Ahmed

## Pages

- [About Us](https://echolaliajournal.com/about-us-2/): The University of California, Irvine is home to a huge number of students and, with them, a multitude of diverse stories and experiences. However, it is saddening to see the lack of space available to share these stories. That’s where we come in.  What started as a small idea soon grew into the passion project […]
- [Volume 4: Bloom & Wither](https://echolaliajournal.com/volume-4-bloom-wither/): We are currently taking applications for Contributors and new Editors! Visit this form to submit a contribution and this form if you would like to apply to be a new Editor for the Winter quarter! Both forms are due January 14th at 11:59PM. The fourth edition of Echolalia‘s journal asks contributors, editors, and readers to […]
- [Meet the Team (2025/26)](https://echolaliajournal.com/meet-the-team-2025-26/): Volume 4: Bloom & Wither Board Members Cailey Niandrea Pasco President, Editor-in-Chief Cailey Niandrea is currently a fourth year pursuing majors in English Literature and East AsianCultures with and a minor in creative writing at the University of California, Irvine, which is based on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Acjachemen and Tongva […]
- [Upcoming Dates](https://echolaliajournal.com/upcoming-events/): May 14th Spaghetti Fundraiser @ 11Am – 2:00pm, Ring road
- [Print Team Info](https://echolaliajournal.com/print-team-info/): Thank you for your interest in Echolalia‘s Print Team! Our Print Team is a valuable part of Echolalia‘s process, as they design and finalize the look of our physical journal. Print Team works during Winter and Spring quarter, and focuses on page design that elevates the pieces Echolalia receives. There’s a lot of designing, adjustments, […]
- [Meet the Team (2024/25)](https://echolaliajournal.com/meet-the-team-2024-25/): Volume 3: Dreams Executive Team Ayla Baig Co-President, Editor-in-Chief Ayla is a fourth-year Sociology major at the University of California, Irvine, which is based on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Acjachemen and Tongva peoples. Through Echolalia, she aims to cultivate an environment which cherishes strong community bonds and highlights an importance for […]
- [Volume 3: Dreams](https://echolaliajournal.com/volume-3-dreams/)
- [Volume 2: Reminiscence](https://echolaliajournal.com/volume-2-reminiscence/)
- [Meet the Team (2023/24)](https://echolaliajournal.com/meet-the-team-2023-24/): Volume 2: Reminiscence Executive Team Eric Nguyen Vice President, External Affairs Eric is a 4th-year English major at the University of California, Irvine, with minors in Literary Journalism and Creative Writing. Based in Garden Grove’s Little Saigon, he seeks to uplift the voices of the city’s Vietnamese inhabitants while expanding on their origins and diverse […]
- [Archive](https://echolaliajournal.com/archive/): Volume 3: Dreams Theme & Materials / Executives & Editors / Pieces Volume 2: Reminiscence Theme & Materials / Executives & Editors / Pieces Volume 1: Perspectives Theme / Executives & Editors / Pieces
- [Volume 1: Perspective](https://echolaliajournal.com/volume-1-perspective/): The first edition of Echolalia asks us to consider the fluidity of perspectives, and the reciprocal influence we have with it. Perspective, an attitude towards the way in which we regard something or someone, is a very polarizing aspect in our lives. It can be subjective or objective; personal or public; indisputable or questionable… Yet […]
- [Get Involved](https://echolaliajournal.com/get-involved/): Thank you for expressing interest in joining the Echolalia team! Over the course of our 2025-2026 journal cycle, we will be taking applications for three notable roles that are crucial in our process: Contributor • Applications received early in Fall and Winter quarters • Submits creative work in accordance with guidelines • Commitment for one […]
- [Meet the Team (2022/23)](https://echolaliajournal.com/meet-the-team-2022-23/): Volume 1: Perspectives Executive Team Eric Nguyen Vice President, External Affairs Eric is currently in his 3rd-year at the University of California, Irvine, where he is pursuing a double major in English and Literary Journalism. Based in Garden Grove’s Little Saigon, he seeks to uplift the voices of the city’s Vietnamese inhabitants while expanding on […]
- [FAQ](https://echolaliajournal.com/faq-v-2/): Is Echolalia currently taking any applications? Yes! Our application forms for Winter Contributors and new Editors are open until January 14th, 2026; applications for Print Team are open until January 18th. I want to submit, but do not know if my work fits within the guidelines. What should I do? Please email echolalia.journal@gmail.com! We would […]
- [Submission Guidelines](https://echolaliajournal.com/submission-guidelines/): What Is An Undergraduate Literary Journal? An literary journal is a collection of writings composed by various writers. Imagine a book filled with different stories from your undergraduate peers. From research essays to short stories, photography to poetry…a multitude of stories told through various forms of creative expression all held within the bounds of a […]
- [Home](https://echolaliajournal.com/): applications open for: bloom & wither Echolalia is a student-run literary journal that has been accepting, peer-editing, and publishing the creative works of undergraduate students at UCI since 2022. Every year, we have a broad theme we ask our contributors to follow, and we accept work ranging from poetry and prose to photography, illustration, and […]


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