Prose

The Immortal Joys of Rediscovered Childhood by Heidi Riebau

The Immortal Joys of Rediscovered Childhood by Heidi Riebau

I had this notion when I was little that adults were boring and uninteresting. They never seemed to have any fun. In fact, they always seemed to take fun away. Bedtime is at 9:00. No splurging in the candy aisle. Shoes must be worn outdoors. […]

Sentimentalia – Norah Kratz

Sentimentalia – Norah Kratz

Sitting on the carpet,  falling asleep on a cream painted windowsill. I was a velvety little girl, with sour candy veins It was naptime, but my eyes were winking, young  Crept to the glass and looked at the children Searching for blue eggs, round heads […]

Sleep. by Madalynn Mumme

Sleep. by Madalynn Mumme

How wonderful a state of consciousness is. An aspect of every living being – the proof of our humanity. Throughout history, it has been a pillar upon which we can strive. Work can only be properly done with proceeding slumber. There could be no change […]

On Dreams and Dreamers: A Liberal Arts Reflection by Davis Smith

On Dreams and Dreamers: A Liberal Arts Reflection by Davis Smith

Why is it that artists since the dawn of recorded civilization have constructed their works upon the archetype of the dreamer and the dream? Let us define “dream” not only as an ideal which rules our passions and pleasures—a synonym for “aspiration”—but as an epitome […]

3AM by Norah Kratz

3AM by Norah Kratz

3AM and the rain was beating a soprano drum beat down on the roof outside my window. The thunder chimed in with the bass, and the lightning with that glitzy, snapping flute, and chaos never sounded so much like rich jazz. So it was the […]

Reading for Pleasure  by Hannah Dosch

Reading for Pleasure by Hannah Dosch

Have you ever been asked what you like to do in your free time? Did you ever respond with reading and get snarky remarks such as “Oh I never read. I don’t remember the last time I read a book, maybe it was in high […]

The Traveling Tales of Sigma Tau Delta by Sabrina Seiwert

The Traveling Tales of Sigma Tau Delta by Sabrina Seiwert

Sigma Tau Delta’s Convention was an extraordinary experience! I had the pleasure of traveling to another state to listen to other students’ enlightening facts and opinions on well-known and not-so-well-known literature. Over the course of three educationally enlightening days, those students covered topics on their […]

Death’s Perspective by Jenna Wahl

Death’s Perspective by Jenna Wahl

Memorial Library recently hosted a book club session featuring The Book Thief. After attending and having an interesting conversation about the unique omniscient narrator in this story, I was reminded of a paper I wrote for College Writing I. In this piece, I was supposed […]

Imitation of Michael Torres’ “The Very Short Story of Your Knuckles” from An Incomplete List of Names by Audra Dale

Imitation of Michael Torres’ “The Very Short Story of Your Knuckles” from An Incomplete List of Names by Audra Dale

About the piece: I wrote this piece for my Reading As Writers Across Media class with Professor Angie Johnson. We had to imitate works from three different poets: Michael Torres, Sandra Cisneros, and Brian Doyle. This particular piece is based off of “A Very Short […]

Talking about Richard Blanco: 5th Inaugural Poet and My New Obsession by Libby Kassuelke

Talking about Richard Blanco: 5th Inaugural Poet and My New Obsession by Libby Kassuelke

Mr. Richard Blanco is a former engineer turned poet and has found great success. He received both his undergraduate degree as well as his MFA in creative writing from Florida International University and has gone on to publish five successful collections of poetry including Looking […]