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The editors frame the issue as an extension of long-standing artistic introspection—writing and art that look inside the body and inside the mind to understand what it means to be human. Featured works and contributors explore how personal nature, relationships, and surroundings shape shared humanity.","PONDER REVIEW  \nVolume 7 • Issue 1  \nSpring 2023  \nPONDER REVIEW  \nEditors  \nAdvisor  \nJennifer Armstrong, Bailey Hammond, Lehana Lewis, Madison Nanney, Aspen Albany Rivers, Brooke Sandlin  \nDr. Brandy T. Wilson  \nPonder Review is published bi-annually by the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Mississippi University for Women. The views expressed herein are those of the writers, not the editors or Mississippi University for Women.  \nPonder Review considers new media, visual art, creative nonfiction, fiction, flash fiction, and poetry twice a year from December 15 – March 15 and June 15 – September 15. No previously published material will be accepted. See our website for full [submission guidelines: PonderReview.com](submission guidelines: PonderReview.com)  \nSingle copies are $12 and subscriptions are $20 per year for addresses within the United States. Foreign postage is additional. For submissions and subscriptions use [Submittable: ponderreview.submittable.com](Submittable: ponderreview.submittable.com)  \nAll rights revert to the authors after publication; however, we reserve the right toreprint online and in anthologies of the magazine. For the rights to perform plays or to reprint any work published in Ponder Review, please contact the author. As a courtesy, the editors are willing to assist in establishing contact whenever possible.  \nWe request Ponder Review be credited with initial publication. Queries or other correspondence may be emailed to: [editors@ponderreview.com. Queries](editors@ponderreview.com. Queries) and subscriptions sent by mail should be addressed to: The Editors, Ponder Review, MFA Creative Writing, 1100 College St., W-1634, Columbus, MS 39701.  \nISSN 2572-6455 (print)  \nISSN 2572-6463 (online)  \nCopyright © 2023 Mississippi University for Women Cover Art by Anna Karakalou • “Insight”  \nA Note to Readers  \nSince the dawn of creativity, artists have studied the body—down to every internal vein—in order to recreate our image. Writers and dramatistshave looked inside the mind to better understand the ways we think. Poets have burrowed into their chests to dissect the heart and all that it stirs within us. Introspection has long been a factor in the collective of our creative history. The contributors in this issue of Ponder Review are continuing that tradition.  \nWhether these be plays or stories or poems or artwork examining the body physically or emotionally or spiritually, they are artistic representations of bodily experience and depictions of what it means to be human. These peek into experience and show us not only our nature, but the ways in which we interact with our surroundings and the people within our lives. We hope that every turn of the page will stir in you the question of what it means tobe human and what it means to share our humanity with others and with the world.  \nFor seven years, our editorial teams have had the immense duty of choosing pieces that speak to us as individuals and as a literary group trying to bring the best journal we can to you. Sometimes, the decisions we face are hard ones to make. The finished product that you hold in your hands comes from determination, long nights, vigorous email-tag, many cups of coffee, and countless momentsofour magazine’s namesake: pondering. The content we’ve chosen for this issue—the content that our wonderful contributors have allowed us to share—has taken hold of us and made us consider our own humanity. 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