Cover

The process for the cover development was to focus on communities formed between individuals. I drew inspiration from a marriage proposal being a bond connecting two people in a sense of belonging. They share a love that will continue for years to come and bring forth influences on each other for the better. Community for me is deeply intertwined with this interpretation. I feel “community” starts with a strong bond of few and grows into a winding group of many founded on that initial connection. Community is connection. And connection starts with letting a person into your life to have and to hold for better or for worse. 

Malia Greer is a senior at the University of Southern Mississippi pursuing a BA degree in English with a Creative Writing concentration. She is a budding writer who has recently paneled in Sigma Tau Delta’s annual convention for her poetry collection To Have Loved and Loss, To Have and to Hold. Her passion for writing is shared with illustration, and she has future goals in producing illustrated children’s literature.