Esse's 57th edition, Esse 2023, is now available online.
This issue of the award-winning magazine features a diverse set of work from Ursuline students, including poetry, short stories, plays, photography, and paintings.
The works follow the theme of "Human." Esse 2023 was produced by the Ursuline Literary-Art Magazine Club, which was led by Editor-in-Chief Phoebe White '23 and Art Editors Marie Katherine Relucio '23 and Jana Elawar '23. Monica Prachyl Cochran '71, Jocelyn Holmes, and Kyle Lee moderated the club.
Esse 2023 was dedicated to Visual Arts teacher Jocelyn Holmes. Editor-in-Chief Phoebe White '23 wrote of Holmes:
Your presence in Esse over the past few years has been priceless. While you have never formally taught me, one of your peers, Sarah Kennedy, once told me that you are "rooted in your passion for art, and that touches everything you do," and that could not be more evident over this year in Esse..."