Wet Tail: Confessions of a Subway Rat

By Yian Jiang

Book cover reading “WET TAIL: CONFESSIONS OF A SUBWAY RAT” by Yian Jiang on a beige background, featuring two watercolor snowflake-like forms in warm yellow and red tones, with clean, minimalist typography aligned to the left.
Title page with centered black text reading “WET TAIL: CONFESSIONS OF A SUBWAY RAT” by Yian Jiang on a white background, followed by “Symbiosis Series” and “Pratt Institute 2025” in smaller type below.
Final poetry page continuing the theme of winter, fragility, and return, presented with restrained typography and ample white space, concluding the pamphlet with a quiet, contemplative visual balance.
Poetry page labeled “(6)” with verses about snow, tunnels, and observation, laid out with wide margins and a delicate line drawing of a snowflake positioned in the lower right corner.
Poetry page labeled “(5)” describing imagined flight and transformation, set on the left side of the page, with a minimalist line illustration of aviator goggles and gloves floating on the lower right.
Poetry page labeled “(4)” containing sparse verse about wandering subway tracks and human disgust, with a large black rectangular graphic occupying the lower right portion of the page.
Poetry page marked “(3)” with short, spaced lines reflecting confession and imagination, positioned on the left, with a small line drawing of an overturned paper cup in the lower right corner.
Poetry spread labeled “(2)” featuring left-aligned verse about rats, trains, and silence, paired with staggered right-column text and a simple line illustration of a teacup with falling drops.
Title page with centered black text reading “WET TAIL: CONFESSIONS OF A SUBWAY RAT” by Yian Jiang on a white background, followed by “Symbiosis Series” and “Pratt Institute 2025” in smaller type below.
Pamphlet interior page with a block of serif text addressed “Dear Reader,” explaining the Pratt Writing Pamphlet Series and its theme of symbiosis, laid out with generous white space and a formal editorial design.
Minimal beige cover page displaying the centered text “SYMBIOSIS SERIES” in black sans-serif type, with no other imagery or text on the page.
White page with centered publication credits for “Wet Tail: Confessions of a Subway Rat,” listing copyright, editors, advisor, cover artist, and Pratt MFA in Writing contact information in serif type with generous margins.
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White page featuring a short author bio for Yian Jiang, stating she is a writer from Hangzhou, China, with publication and award information, set in small serif text aligned to the lower right of an otherwise blank page.
White page from a literary pamphlet showing a numbered poem titled “(7)” with left-aligned free-verse text about cycles, silence, desire, snow, and a subway confession booth, with small hand-drawn wave marks on the right side and wide margins.