During this difficult time, feelings of isolation and loneliness seem to drip from every pore. Memories of time spent with loved ones play on a loop behind our eyelids, and we long to return to a pre-pandemic world. In “The Long Way Home,” Lena Stevens pays homage to the tender moments of togetherness that we are fighting for every moment we spend in isolation.
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Lena Stevens is a Film and Media Studies double-major at Vassar College. She is president of an artist collective for students of color, where she enjoys singing, visual art, and spoken word. Currently, Lena works as a marketing intern for a start-up called Dwellsy, that helps people find rental homes through an entirely free and equitable process. She is heavily inspired by poets Nikki Giovanni and Jericho Brown.
