Agora Magazine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Arts and Literary Publication
Agora Magazine is a public place for sharing literary, audible, and visual arts to consider the humanistic elements of medicine and healthcare, reflect on experiences caring for others, and evolve our personal and professional identities as they intersect with our time, place, and community.
Alyssa Pullano Reach
Our 2026-2027 submission portal is now open!
We hope you’ll consider submitting a piece for consideration here by Friday, December 18, 2026.
"Wonder" is an old word for an even older feeling. In writings dating back over 800 years, a "wundor" could describe something marvelous or miraculous—but also monstrous or terrible. We still feel wonder, and we feel it in all its complexity: in admiration and trepidation; awe and doubt. In this year's Agora, we consider both sides of the coin. In the fall, we ask: what brings you wonder? What does wonder feel like? What meaning can be found in the things that bring us wonder, and what does that tell us about ourselves or each other?
This fall, we invite you to consider both extraordinary and quotidian moments of wonder, or to elevate that which might otherwise go unnoticed. In the spring, we'll consider the unknown, unresolved, and uncertain sides of wondering.
This year, we're particularly interested in paired submissions that address both aspects of wonder and wondering, or that bring to light a new facet of the word. We encourage you to submit this fall and in the spring (but, of course, we welcome single submissions too).