A Message from the Editors

s the editors of aspeers, the end of the fourteenth issue's cycle presented us with a moment of reflection. We put the finishing touches on it roughly one year after the COVID-19 pandemic began in Europe, and while we knew these circumstances certainly had an impact on the issue, we were left to wonder whether they would define it. Our workshops, meetings, and article discussions were conducted entirely online, which added the Zoom-mosaic aesthetic to our experience, but seemed to have little effect on the quality of work we would be able to produce. Collaborating with each other and our supervising instructors provided a safe workspace, and while most of us luckily avoided infection, none of us went without the pandemic touching someone we cared for. Those of us who worked in the 'outside world,' or lived with those who did, lacked that full-time security, and we worried when an instructor or fellow student notified us they wouldn't be able to make a meeting. The professorial voice, a tradition in previous issues of aspeers, fell through this year after correspondence with various scholars was interrupted by these same extenuating circumstances. Because of this, we would like to extend a tremendous amount of gratitude to the scholars, instructors, and administrators who made this year's issue possible, despite it all

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