Written by: Ryan Krishna Mary Oliver spent many years of her life exploring the forests, lakes, and salt marshes of New England. For Oliver, animals were never simply background decoration; they were moral companions that guided the lives of the individuals they came into contact with. These animals often represent…
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Layers of the Punisher
Written by: Ronnie Prado On September 16, 1979, a group of small-time New Jersey musicians released a song that would usher a whole new era of music into mainstream American culture. The group was called The Sugar Hill Gang, and the song “Rappers Delight” was the first of its kind…
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The Dread of Being Read at Writing Workshops
Written by: Fernanda Ieffet I think I speak for everyone in the world when I say that each one of us has experienced the most terrifying of nightmares when we were younger: going to school naked. I can still remember vividly (and trust me I have tried hard to forget…
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Emotional Maximalism and the Art of Deftness in Hera Lindsay Bird’s Love Poems
Written by: Charlotte Ungar In a poetry landscape often dominated by academic opacity or over-wrought lyricism, Hera Lindsay Bird’s work arrives with an emotional immediacy that will make you rethink the requirements to make a poem matter—not through formal precision or metaphorical restraint, but through the sheer force of unfiltered…
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Valuable Lessons About Writing Poetry I Wish I Knew Sooner
Written by: Liam Smith For someone who’s studied poetry for 3 years, it seems I can only talk about it through drawn-out idiosyncrasies. Jack Dayton, one of my co-editors at Queer Reviewed (a magazine for UConn’s queer students) recently asked me how to improve as a poet. My mind instantly…
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What if the 8 Types of Students During Finals were Book Genres . . . ?
Written by: Fernanda Ieffet It’s almost finals week! Which means soon, people will be either walking around campus using every bit of energy they still have in their bodies, or hanging in there by their last straw: no in-between. I find it funny that during this time of the semester…
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3 Ways I Got Involved with Creative Writing as a Non-English Major
Written by: Emily Sharkis When coming to college, I was super unsure of what to major in. As a writer and a former huge bookworm, you’d think I would gravitate toward English. However, once I got to high school, my attention span dwindled and my attitude toward long-form literature became…
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5 Songs to Soothe Your Heartache
Written by: Ronnie Prado Humans need other humans to survive. As social beings we crave companionship, someone to hang out with, wake up next to. In short, everyone wants someone to love. Which is what making the end of a relationship and the ensuing heartbreak so painful. Everyone has their…
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Cooking and Connection
Written by: Margaret Devlin Once, a professor scribbled in the margins of my paper that it seemed like I had an obsession with food. Four weeks into the semester and I had already written poems on scrambled eggs, pesto, coffee creamer, and Thanksgiving dinner. These poems were about more than…
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Fanfiction and an Analysis of “Cringe” Writing: Why it’s a Lot Better Than We Think
Written by Sofia Tas-Castro Alright, before we start, I’m going to admit three things off the bat: Yes, I wrote cringeworthy writing in elementary, middle, high school, and even college. Yes, I’ve read my fair share of fanfiction. No, I don’t regret any of it. I’m aware of the…