West 10th is a literary journal publishing poetry, prose, art, and photography by New York University's undergraduate students, established in 2007. It is edited and produced annually by a student-run editorial board and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
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Lili Raynaud
co-Editor-in-chief
Lili Raynaud is a senior studying Journalism, Politics, and Creative Writing. In her free time she likes to catch late-night movies at Metrograph, go on Asian food crawls, and spend way too long browsing the fiction shelves at the Strand. Her poetry can be found in Same Faces Collective, The Weasel, Brio, and elsewhere.
Evan Barragate
co-Editor-in-chief
Evan Barragate is a senior studying English and minoring in creative writing. He loves writing fiction and going on long runs.
Ava Kobos
Managing Editor
Ava Kobos is a junior studying English and American Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing. She is a fiction reader at Guernica Magazine, and her work has appeared in Green Blotter. Her hobbies include running, cooking, and collecting postcards.
Jayshil Blomstedt
Prose Editor
Jayshil Blomstedt is a sophomore studying International Relations, with minors in Philosophy and Creative Writing. In his free time, he enjoys writing short fiction, reading in community gardens, and finding small venues in the city. He prefers wearing jeans whenever possible.
Jocelyn Engel
Prose Editor
Jocelyn Engel is a junior, double majoring in Psychology and English on the Creative Writing track. She was born in New York but is a Jersey girl at heart. In her free time she loves writing fiction, dancing ballet, singing, playing piano, and discovering cozy study spots. She is a member of NYU Program Board and is also part of the marketing team for NYU Baedeker.
Lucinda Linklater
Prose Editor
Lucinda Linklater is a sophomore at New York University, where she studies Dramatic Writing with a minor in Creative Writing. Her play Swimming Pool was a semifinalist in the Echo New Play Festival, and her short story Trunks is a Claudia Ann Seaman Fiction Award runner-up. She loves going to the movies, reading, and hanging out with her friends.
Sophie Meinershagen
Prose Editor
Sophie Meinershagen is a junior at New York University, majoring in Dramatic Writing and minoring in Creative Writing. In high school, she published a 50,000-word middle-grade novel entitled The Fearless List, and she now works for All the Write Colors to help edit and publish children’s books. When she isn’t writing, she’s probably thrifting online or rewatching Gilmore Girls.
Ariadne Mihalos
Prose Editor
Ariadne is a junior, double majoring in Film & TV and English & American Literature on the Creative Writing Track, minoring in Creative Writing as well. She was born and raised in Athens and uses that as her main personality trait in America. She loves dancing, writing, going on runs, and spending way too much time in thrift stores.
Jinsung Park
Prose Editor
Jinsung Park is a junior studying English with a concentration in Creative Writing. You can find him sulking at home with Charles Misonne.
Kiran Rajagopal
Prose Editor
Kiran is a senior from Massachusetts studying English Literature. He hosts the radio show GLHF on WNYU and supports the winningest franchise in NBA History, the illustrious Boston Celtics among other things.
Eric Wu
Prose Editor
Eric is a junior studying Economics with a minor in Creative Writing. He grew up in China and New Zealand and spent his first year studying away at NYU London. In his free time, he likes to yap endlessly about how much he misses his freshman year in Europe. He writes creative nonfiction, and that is all he can write. His work cannot be found anywhere (for now), but he aims to be published in the Paris Review one day.
Naseem Anjaria
Poetry Editor
Naseem Anjaria is a sophomore studying English and Creative Writing. He of course loves to read and write, and otherwise is watching baseball or exploring some new part of the city. Staten Island is a tremendous place.
Christian DeBellis
Poetry Editor
Christian DeBellis is a junior at NYU Gallatin studying Political Philosophy and Linguistics with a minor in Creative Writing. His poem “Meat Market” received the Judith Lobel Arkin Poetry Prize, and his work is forthcoming in Hobart Pulp. He enjoys long walks and the color green.
Joanne Lee
Poetry Editor
Joanne Lee is a junior studying English & American Literature on the Creative Writing track, with minors in Philosophy and Linguistics. She can usually be found wandering through local bookstores, petting every dog she encounters, writing poetry, or getting lost in an art gallery.
Lucas Lui
Poetry Editor
Lucas Lui is a poet from New York City. A Best of the Net nominee, he has won the Wagner College Poetry Prize and the NYU Scholar’s Book Fund Award. Lucas has read for the Poetry Society of New York, the New York Public Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is currently double majoring in English and Psychology at NYU and recently completed his minor in Creative Writing.
Charles Misonne
Poetry Editor
Charles Misonne is a junior studying film & tv, and aiming to double major in philosophy. Originally from Brussels, he loves jazz and spends his free time dwelling in movie theaters and bookstores.
Zaynah Monsoor
Poetry Editor
Zaynah is a junior studying Biochemistry with a minor in Creative Writing. She enjoys writing poetry, creative nonfiction and short stories drawn from her own experiences. In her free time, she likes watching movies, drinking chai lattes, and listening to music.
Aiden Peterson
Poetry Editor
Aiden is a senior at NYU studying English literature, creative writing, and French. If you ask her where she’s from, look forward to a long-winded response. Her spare time is spent cooking for her friends, reading any short story collection she can get her hands on, or curating the perfect scarf collection.
Tina Zhu
Poetry Editor
Tina Zhu is a Sophomore studying Comparative Literature and Journalism with a minor in creative writing. She loves the walk back from the movie theater, wandering flea markets, and cooking with friends. A good chunk of her free time is spent hanging out with her dog Banana, a very sassy Maltese pup.
Jayde Belser
Art Editor
Jayde Belser is a junior at NYU Steinhardt studying Applied Psychology with minors in Creative Writing and Studio Art. She is currently writing her first novel based on The House of Atreus and teaches children to read and write in Harlem. When she’s not doing that she travels as much as physically possible, re-reads her favorite books, and paints her loved ones.
Sadie Deutsch
Art Editor
Sadie is a freshman from Hong Kong studying Studio Art. In her free time, she loves going to flea markets and thrift stores, reading novels and philosophy books, and doing anything art related.
Miles Ellisor
Art Editor
Miles Lee Ellisor is a senior at Gallatin from Austin, Texas studying print publishing and human rights, with a minor in creative writing. They're also the Co-Print Director at Static WNYU and a member of the NYU Undergraduate Humanities Fellowship. They like Blaze Foley and Norma Tanega, and they'll take about any chance they can get to walk up a mountain.
Allina Xiao
Art Editor
Allina is a senior majoring in Computer Science with minors in Creative Writing, Integrated Design & Media, and Mathematics. Although she’s supposed to be coding, you’ll probably find her scrolling Pinterest, making digital illustrations, or teaching class at the on-campus ballet company.
Sherry Chen
Copy Editor
Sherry Chen is a junior in CAS studying English Literature, with a concentration in Creative Writing, and Politics. Sherry is from Beijing, China, and has lived in Upstate New York. If you can't find her studying at Bobst, you can probably find her at a sporting event or a concert.
Abigail Chung
Copy Editor
Abigail Chung is a junior at CAS majoring in Biology with a minor in English & American Literature. When she's not swamped with organic chemistry homework, you can find her listening to an audiobook on her daily LIRR ride, thinking up ideas for her next blog post, or daydreaming about dessert.
Olivia Coker
Copy Editor
Olivia Coker is a senior from Texas majoring in English Literature with a specialization in Creative Writing and a minor in Media Culture and Communication. She loves reading, writing, and constantly adding new books to her already very long TBR.
Joseph Hastings
Copy Editor
Joseph Hastings is a senior studying Philosophy, English, and Creative Writing. He is also the president of the creative writing club, the Headless Society. Beyond reading and writing, he enjoys going to the movies and taking walks in the park.
Maya Kantimahanthu
Copy Editor
Maya is a junior majoring in English and American Literature and minoring in French. She can usually be found carrying way too many books in her bag, studying at a coffee shop, or daydreaming about Austenian heroines. She loves fall, making coffee with her moka pot, sharing oranges on walks with friends, and linocutting. She currently works at NYU Special Collections and is writing a novel based on Dante’s Inferno.
Emily Ng
Copy Editor
Emily Ng is a junior studying English and American Literature and minoring in Business of Entertainment, Media, & Technology, and currently also serves as a Senior Editor for The Greene Street Review. Emily is from Hong Kong and Beijing, and when she’s not in Bobst, she can usually be found at dance class, playing the piano, or enjoying a Broadway show.
Sophia Peterson
Copy Editor
Sophia Peterson is a senior studying Philosophy with minors in creative writing and media, culture, and communication. Apart from reading and writing, she loves watching film noir movies, walking along the west side highway, and completing the Atlantic Crossword.