Letter from the Editor
December 2022
Dear reader,
Thank you so much for taking the time to read our eighth issue of Snaggletooth. This is a big milestone for our club, and for good reason: this is our first print edition of Snaggletooth since before the COVID-19 pandemic, our last one having been in 2019. We’ve worked hard on this issue and we have so many wonderful new editors—this is my last year at Bates, meaning that next year, Snaggletooth will have an entirely new set of editors than it did in its founding year, 2018. The magazine is in great hands and we’re all excited to see what the future holds.
This issue features a mix of new and familiar contributors, and there are so many pieces worth highlighting that it’s hard to pick just a few. Past contributor Grace Biddle has three gorgeous new poems in this issue; Grace has such a distinct poetic voice, and it’s been a privilege to highlight her creative growth throughout multiple issues of Snaggletooth. She is in this semester’s poetry workshop with Myronn Hardy along with fellow contributors Evan Antonakes and Chase Crawford, both of whom submitted wonderful pieces as well. New contributor Audrey Henry’s pieces have some of the best titles I’ve ever seen, and her story “Maybe If I Get My Stomach Pumped the Fear Will Come Out of Me 2” will stay with you long after you put down this issue of Snaggletooth. Her voice is incredibly compelling and I hope she continues writing and publishing, because I want to read more of her work! Sam Jean-Francois’ “Gynecology” experiments with form while examining the horrific abuse of Black women by Dr. Marion Sims in the name of gynecological research, and Stella Gould’s “Notes on the Inevitable” is a gut-wrenching account of the horror and helplessness that accompanies the sudden death of a friend. There are so many beautiful pieces in this issue, and I’m so proud of every contributor and editor who made this issue of Snaggletooth as moving and magical as it is. I hope you enjoy this issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Big thanks to our funding advisor Oyuka London and everybody who works to ensure creative ventures at Bates don’t go overlooked. It’s always such a privilege to showcase people’s work, and I’m so glad we’re back in print.
With love and gratitude,
Maria Gray (& Ella Lungstrum)
Editors-in-Chief, Snaggletooth Magazine