Joseph Frare, Fiction Panel Editor  Have you ever played a video game, such as Call of Duty, Halo, or even Fortnight, and after you’ve conquered a specific base, taken down a difficult enemy, or perhaps merely decided to open up the single player campaign mode, a small notification pops…

Betty Noe, Poetry Panel Editor  In honor of yet another April Fool’s Day, easily my least favorite holiday on the Gregorian calendar, I’d like to take this time to remember the worst April Fool’s prank I was ever on the receiving end of. Let’s set the scene: I was a…

Isabella Baldoni, Fundraising Co-Manager and Fiction and Drama Panelist  There is one question that plagues English majors, writers, or anyone who displays even a spark of creative proclivity, one question that berates them at every family gathering, reunion with old friends, or encounter with a STEM major. How are you…

Ryan Amato Marketing Coordinator Has this been talked about before, countless times? Yes. Does that change the fact that book-to-movie adaptations are one of the trickiest pieces of art to master? No. Am I still going to throw in my two cents? Absolutely. As an avid reader, there’s nothing more exciting…

Brenna Sarantides Social Media Coordinator and Poetry and Translations Panelist Years ago, I started collecting my first vinyl albums. Spinning them on the record player, something clicked deep inside. These albums encompassed stories. They were cohesive units of art that carried me throughout each song. I held each album in…

Kate Luongo, Fiction Panelist Mark Twain once said, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Last summer, as a birthday gift from my mother, I received the opportunity to…

Hannah L. Desrosiers Nonfiction and Multimedia Panel and Web Designer It was hard enough finding time to do the things I loved in high school, when I was in school from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., then back from 4 to 6 p.m. for cheerleading practices, five days a week….

    Interview conducted by Anna Zarra Aldrich, Blog Editor   Award-winning poet, NEA poetry fellow, and Orion magazine poetry editor Aimee Nezhukumatathil visited the University of Connecticut last month  to give a reading of her work. Nezhukumatathil is a renowned nature writer who has published four full collections of poetry. Her work has…

Christine Byrne Poetry and Translations Panelist Wondering if you have what it takes? Eager to dip a toe into the blue lagoons of classic literature but still traumatized from high school English? Want to make millions!? (of words paper)? Well…                 Welcome to…

Samantha Mason, Fiction Panelist and Fundraising Co-Manager As a self proclaimed movie buff, there’s a good chance that I’ll always be able to passionately participate in a conversation about any film under the sun. That being said, I of course have my favorites – and with favorite movies come favorite…