each year at the University of the Arts, students in the Creative Writing and Graphic Design program serve as each year's editors and designers of Underground Pool: the university’s official literary magazine. every issue features short fiction, poetry and artwork by undergraduates from all majors.

with the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, Underground Pool moved to an all-online format, expanding to include music, dance, spoken word, and more. the theme of the Spring 2021 issue was Containment; in Spring 2022, the theme was Returning.

in 2023, Underground Pool returned to its print format with the theme of Transparency, and I had the opportunity to be apart of it. in collaboration with another student + dear friend Kayla Klavins, we worked on the design and print production of this issue– with our fearless leader + director of the Graphic Design program, Angela Reichers, overseeing the entire process.

Kayla Klavins (designer, curator, cover artist), Z Murphy (editor, curator), Mac Chandler (editor, curator), Jules Hostetter (editor, curator), John Tom Raczkowski (senior editor, curator).

designer, art director, curator