The Spotlight

"The Spotlight is where we preserve our past, celebrate our present, and encourage our future contributors."

-CSUDH English Graduate Association

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TREADMILL – Ryan Ritchie

you had a girl and an apartment and cats and all that stuff. now you’ve got you. this is what you asked for, what kept you awake those...

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From: Mrs. Snuggle-Wump – Nathaniel Gilliam

Her fingers were stuck over the “keyboard” (the contraption was an upgrade from the typewriter, if one could believe it). Each finger hit...

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Maybe – Jon Sebastian

‘...what? He’s your father, too.’ ‘Oh, was he? Since when?’ ‘He, is, God Dammit! Is!’ They were siblings by blood but not by love. They...

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The Hidden Porch

By Carolina Hernandez | Genesis pressed her lips against mine slowly, and pulled her weight back up. Holy mantras rang softly in my ear,...

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Girl. 2020

By Tony M. Smith | She was not shivering. Luckily, he did not crash. Luckily. Speeding…it was the sight of her that removed him from...

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The Poor Fatmagool

By Everth Sotelo | This winter has been very cold and wet, it has been raining for the past few days. My furniture are stacks of books...

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American Born

By Jennifer Henriquez | A bland Sunday afternoon. Chinese music plays in my dad’s car stereo. It’s the same cd that he plays whenever I’m...

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The Ooh is Silent

By Natalie Velazquez | “The ‘ooh’ is silent, Adam.” Caty sat on the edge of his futon fidgeting with her fingers trying to delicately...