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Who are we?
The Broken Clock is a literary magazine written and published by undergraduate students at the University of Iowa. Founded in 2021, The Broken Clock strives to highlight works from students on campus that focus on the aspects of time, whether it be literal or metaphorical.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Issue 5
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Full Theme Statement
Time is a liminal space. We exist everywhere we've been and everywhere we will go all at once.
We exist in between moments and doorways, the past and the present. What moment do you instinctively flash to? Existence is a series of retrospections and expectations. This space is physical and emotional, uncomfortably on the verge of somewhere new.
Walk into that hallway, go through that doorway, see where your nostalgia leads. We are a generation on the verge and we don't yet know where time is taking us, so we must roam back to recapture the naivety and enthusiasm that once propelled us into our current future.
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