{"id":425,"date":"2023-04-25T02:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T02:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/18-2\/?p=425"},"modified":"2023-04-25T02:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T02:49:41","slug":"letter-from-the-editor-in-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/2023\/04\/25\/letter-from-the-editor-in-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the Editor-in-Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to believe that great art is made in solitude. Virginia Woolf writes in \u201cA Room of One\u2019s Own\u201d that, \u201cit is necessary to have\u2026a room with a lock on the door if you are to write fiction or poetry.\u201d Of course, there is much to be said about the need for a private space in which to create. But I wonder, what good are the fruits of our labor if our doors stay locked?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When we create things that weren\u2019t there before and share them with others, we make ourselves vulnerable. We invite our audience to see through our eyes, and, in doing so, open ourselves up to praise for or criticism of how we see the world. But still, here we are, putting ourselves at the world\u2019s mercy. For many of us, this is the greatest gift we can offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We make art because we love language or melody or beauty, but we do it too to offer ourselves humbly to each other. In creation, we reach out our hands in the hopes that we will find someone reaching back. And as we build a community around this love, this passion, this penchant for investing in the world, we will <\/span>always<\/span><\/i> find someone reaching back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a part of Euphemism, working with our board, our staff, our artists and writers and poets, has taught me that nothing we do is ever done alone\u2014not really. We must invite others into our worlds, into our spaces of invention, and we must trust them when they decide to take off their coats and stay awhile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, I want to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone who helped to make Issue 18.2 a reality. I\u2019m so proud of what we\u2019ve created together. I\u2019m proud of the community we\u2019ve created together. And regardless of whether you\u2019re enjoying this work as a contributor or a member of our audience, I hope you take pride in your part of it, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Izzy Braico<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I used to believe that great art is made in solitude. Virginia Woolf writes in \u201cA Room of One\u2019s Own\u201d that, \u201cit is necessary to have\u2026a room with a lock on the door if you are to write fiction or poetry.\u201d Of course, there is much to be said about the need for a private Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}