This journal is a collection of works written by first-year students in the Composition Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston, selected for publication by Composition Program faculty serving on the Undercurrents editorial board.
Current Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1 (2026) Undercurrents 2026 Issue
Writing Compositions
Trans Joy and the Lesson of Authentic Living
Emma Victra Danvers
When the People You Love Are No Longer Down the Hall
Diego Hernández Hernández
The Sad Beige Trap: Why Bold Aesthetics Stay Online
Kauthar Maruf
A^2 + B^2 ≠ Good Writing
Malachi Randolph-Benson
Soup Joumou Before Sunrise
Castra Raphael
The N-Word as a Comma
Deshawn Vega
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Lauren M. Bowen
- Editorial Director
- Brittanie Weatherbie-Greco
- Editorial Content Manager
- Susan Robinson Field
- Digital Editor
- Daniel Messier
- Editorial Content Manager
- Clarissa Eaton
- Editorial Board
- Jamie Millen
- Natalia Scarpetti
- Student Editorial Consultants
- Neena Dilorio
- Bennie McLaughlin