Allison Lee

Allison Lee is a second-year law student at the University of Houston. Her poetry and fiction appear in Unbroken and HCE Review. After she graduates, she plans on becoming a government or public interest attorney.

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Song of the Sandia Mountains

Allison Lee  | 
Issue 73.1 Fall 2024

—after Chelsea B. Desautels / after C.D. Wright in the desert city the cold wrapped around us like cellophane: cacti lay as broken ghosts on the pavement: my mother from back home reminded me to pray: in the desert city I drank beside my boyfriend without shame: stared at the photo of the life inside […]

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Writing from Within: A Conversation with Allison Lee

Conversations | Allison Lee

In an interview with student interns Jed Heald and Eli Hirshberg, Allison Lee candidly explores her upbringing’s literary influence, the art of revision as an extension of creativity, and the profound personal story behind her flash non-fiction piece Song of the Sandia Mountains. E: To start, we wanted to ask about your upbringing […]