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Class Year
2027
Document Type
Poetry
Author Bio
Xander Romendio is a junior at Gettysburg College, double majoring in English with a Writing Concentration and Cinema & Media Studies. He primarily writes poetry and short fiction and on the side is a co-songwriter in his band Horseshoe, which has released two EPs titled Snackies and Canyon. His poetry is typically hyper-reflective, focusing on how the different spaces he's inhabited and people that he's known through is life have informed his understanding of the world.
Recommended Citation
Romendio, Xander
(2026)
"Where Bitterness Took Root,"
The Mercury:
Year 2026, Article 11.
Available at:
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/mercury/vol2026/iss1/11
