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Jul 16, 20244 min read
What Rejection Teaches Writers
Every email I opened for a year began with the dreaded words: Thank you for submitting...unfortunately...
Jul 14, 20244 min read
Your Life as a Poem: A Guide to Writing Poetry
Writing poetry is much like a puzzle: it intricately puts poignant life experiences into words.
Jul 14, 20243 min read
Navigating the Slippery Slope of Writer's Block
By Mirabelle Jiang It’s that time of the day – your designated writing time! You open your laptop, ready to unleash all the ideas that...
Jul 14, 20243 min read
Writing Feedback for Other Editors
By Claire Tang How in the world do you give feedback feedback ? When I first started editing for Polyphony, one of the most daunting...
Jul 8, 20245 min read
Interview with Thanisha Chowdhury (Author of "Confessional")
Art by Yuchen Shi Introduction by Julian Riccobon Interview Questions by Grace Marie Liu Interview Answers by Thanisha Chowdhury...
Jul 1, 20245 min read
"The lights" and "The Cat"
Introduction by Natalia Arruda "The lights" and "The Cat" by Kateryna Lenets Empathy is paramount to creating a shared humanity and...
Jun 10, 20243 min read
Novels In Nature: An Unprecedented Approach to Combat Illiteracy
Photos by Jayden Cao Introduction by Julian Riccobon As Polyphony Lit continues to expand on a global scale, we regularly receive...
Jun 3, 20243 min read
16.02.22
Introduction by Claire Tang "16.02.22" by Frantsysk Rizdvianskyi Empathy is paramount to creating a shared humanity and mitigating...
May 30, 20243 min read
How to write commentary on shorter-than-usual pieces
By Riya Bajpai A few months back, I recall receiving that dopamine-inducing notification in my inbox from Polyphony saying that I was...
May 6, 20249 min read
"Train Car”
Introduction by Renee Chen "Train Car" by Vita Grinechko Introduction What is war? When it comes to war, we tend to think of the big...
Apr 15, 20242 min read
Q&A: To what extent do you think writing should represent "real life?"
By Taili Gao What I love the most about writing is that it has no limits. We are free to invent our own worlds according to our own...
Apr 1, 20244 min read
“Birthday”
Introduction by Julian Riccobon "Birthday" by Sviatoslav Odarchenko Introduction Think back to the earliest birthday you can remember....
Mar 26, 20242 min read
Winter Issue 2024 Inside Look
Art by Cecilia Yang Introduction by Julian Riccobon Video Clips by Cloris Shi and Andrea Granata Video Editing by Rowan Manley Polyphony...
Mar 15, 20247 min read
Editing Taylor Swift Lyrics Using Polyphony Guidelines
By Rishi Janakiraman It’s 6th-period Trig class when I overhear a group of girls erupt in laughter, their chairs leaning back while our...
Mar 4, 20246 min read
"Bloomworld”
Introduction by Claire Nam "Bloomworld" by Mykyta Ryzhykh Introduction Oftentimes, media and mass attention is loudest at the crux of the...
Feb 6, 20243 min read
How to Write Concise Feedback
By Ruby Seidner As Junior Editors for Polyphony Lit, we are responsible for writing both Specific and General Commentary for each...
Dec 18, 20233 min read
How Creative Writing and College Essays are More Similar Than You Might Think
By Nicole Liao The college application process—half a year of extremely stressful grueling work—is, sadly, something all of us have to...
Dec 11, 20235 min read
"There's no such thing as a miracle, Maria said"
Introduction by Oliver Li "There's no such thing as a miracle, Maria said" by Diana Kondratovets Previously published in the Reflect...
Nov 13, 20239 min read
“I Live with a Terrorist”
Episode 11 of Wake up, the War is Here: "But there is more to me than my bones; there is power and legacy to my dust."
Oct 13, 20233 min read
"Facts" and Other Poems
Episode 10 of Wake up, the War is Here: "It burns, screams, and bleeds
among panel ruins—the country's heart"
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