Editorial: Colloquy, Issue 34, December 2017 SmithAisling KendalZachary 2017 Issue thirty-four of <i>Colloquy: Text, Theory, Critique</i> is our final release for the year and truly highlights the breadth of the journal. This issue includes an example of every type of writing we publish; it contains several articles, creative writing from two authors (in the form of both poetry and fiction), one original translation with a scholarly introduction, as well as three book reviews.