current issue: poetry audio essays visual about past issues author index home synaesthesia: an arts and literary magazine published by the students, faculty, and staff of the Keck School of Medicine	Southend Pier by Anirban Mitra Extending 1.34 miles into the Thames Estuary, Southend Pier is the longest pleasure pier in the world. It was ravaged by a fire in October 2005 and was partly reopened in December of the same year. Reconstruction is still underway. Photographed in Summer 2005. Anirban is part of the Department of Pathology