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Confluence is a national, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP), reflecting the best scholarly and creative work, including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art, produced within and beyond AGLSP member institutions. Confluence stands as a demonstration of and an inspiration to the kind of interdisciplinary engagement that is constitutive of a liberal education, while emphasizing the fundamental relations that transcend the boundaries of discipline and form and invite engagement and exploration.
From the Editor
In conjunction with the AGLSP, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Writing Awards:
EXCELLENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING award
Witness, Survivor, Scholar: Memory, Narrative, and the Evolving History of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Courtney Hagans, Johns Hopkins University
Frederick Luis Aldama EXCELLENCE IN creative WRITING award
The Superpower of the Red Hood
Paulina Vieitez, Rice University
Newly Published
Essay
Dismaland and Banksy: A Castle-full of Hypocrisy, Exploitation, and Fame
Caelyn Anderson, Dominican University of California
