Contributors – Fall 2025

Poetry

Denia Gooden – Broken Glass, From Me to Him, The Woman

Denia Gooden is a 21-year-old Senior attending Lycoming College. She is originally from Memphis Tennessee and plans to return home to become a middle school teacher after she graduates. Denia started writing poetry during her freshmen year of college originally to cope with being in a new environment so far from home. Now, Denia writes poetry to reflect on periods of her life in a therapeutic way. All of Denia’s poems are feelings that she has felt and could only express in writing.

Julia Martin – End Song, Very High God

Julz Martin is a senior at Lycoming College, with majors in painting and art generalism and a K-12 Art Education Certificate. Poetry and songwriting are hobbies of hers. To follow her journey, follow @julzagain on instagram! 

Sarah Bach – Anatoli Burgoski

Sarah Bach (she/her) is an Astrophysics major and aspiring writer in her sophomore year at Lycoming College. She hopes to combine scientific and social knowledge into meaningful and relevant writing. She has a particular interest in nuclear history and science fiction.

Art

Joli Innerarity – Please Do Not Touch, Fragile by Design

Joli Innerarity is a Freshman majoring in Business. She’s a children’s book illustrator with seven published works and a passion for whimsical, story-driven art. Her work often explores imaginative worlds that balance lighthearted whimsy and deeper emotional themes.

Megan Klansek – Untitled

Megan is a senior with a double major in Communication and Media Studies and Fine Arts with a specialization in photography. She is also involved with the Lycoming Swim team. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and creating artwork. She has been interested in art since her childhood but really developed a love for photography in high school. For her senior thesis, she is doing analog photography and experimenting with double exposures and overlaying photos on top of each other. 

Kira Clements – Reaching for Nostalgia

Kira is a sophomore majoring in criminology, and minoring in both philosophy and painting. She is an avid player (and loser) of intramural badminton and the housing manager for the creative arts society! 

Nonfiction

Alex Setliff – A Review of “One Piece” in One Day

Alex is a senior here at Lycoming College pursuing a degree with the majors of Religion and Film and Video Arts. He has never submitted to the Tributary before, but after the experience that led him to write this submission, he knew this would be a good opportunity to express my opinions about art that he’d care about. While it would be much more his speed to write about something that related to his majors, he decided to challenge himself and examine a piece of media that he was not familiar with. The experience that he had that led him to write the submission and the experiece of writing the submission allowed him to partake in art that he had not considered having deeper themes regarding humanity. Through this process, he has expanded his perspective of art and wishes to share his experience with others. 

Editors

Managing Editor – Chase Bower

Poetry – Eliza Flanigan

Fiction/Poetry – Charlie Bach

Art – Alexis Rockwell

Art – Maddie Kracker