Spring 2026
Soundscape
Editor’s Letter
To whoever’s listening,
In the fall of my freshman year, I stumbled upon Three to Four Ounces from a flyer posted in the third-floor hallway of Tribble. Having been part of my high school’s literary magazine, I was drawn to the chance to join my college one. I quickly submitted a slam poetry piece I had written and performed a few months earlier at my high school’s open mic night. When it was accepted, those spoken words became my first step into a magazine that, though I didn’t know it yet, would become my most meaningful involvement in college.
With a history dating back to 1882, the magazine has always been deeply rooted in visual work. But when my predecessor, Bella Santos, introduced digital submissions last spring, she opened a dimension we had yet to explore. Suddenly, we had a path to sound. “Soundscape” was born from a desire to carry that momentum forward. My own journey with Three to Four Ounces began, quite simply, with sound, and as I stepped into the role of Editor-in-Chief, I wasn’t willing to let that origin slip away.
The symphony, seen by many as the pinnacle of classical music, often emphasizes balance through the use of the four-movement structure, each movement with its own character and form. That idea guided us as we stitched this magazine together: to take work from the endlessly creative Wake Forest student body and weave a collection that rises and falls in harmony. Each section—or what we’ve come to call our own movements—aims to express something through its own soundscape. Together, these movements form a larger composition that invites you to listen as much as you read.
This issue would not exist without the care and dedication of our executive board, whose time, creativity, and thoughtful attention shaped every piece you encounter here. I’m grateful for their insight—and their many funny interjections—around the table as we worked through submissions together. To our contributors: thank you for trusting us with your voices and for allowing your work to resonate beyond the page. And to Bella Santos, thank you for your fervent leadership, which pushed me to grow into this role, and, of course, thank you for expanding what this magazine could hold by opening the door to sounds we had never heard here before.
And to you, the reader: listen closely as you move through this issue. Within these pages is a soundscape made of many voices. I hope you hear something that stays with you.
With gratitude,
Aderinola Adepoju
Editor-in-Chief
