What is passion? by Brendan Moran

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, passion is an intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction. Passion is also labeled as an emotion one individual may have, but what does passion have anything to do with the world? Passion is what gives us the strength to get up from bed every day, it’s what pushes […]

From Non-Reader to Book-Worm by Adam Mickievicz

Growing up with severe ADHD I could never imagine how people could sit with one singular activity for more than a few minutes, much less staring at a piece of paper with words for longer and call it enjoyable. Yea I was raised on bedtime stories as a little kid. The stories of Percy Jackson […]

The Mighty Impact of the Modest Journal by Lauren Krakowski

In a world that is filled with digital distractions and rapid-fire communication, the small act of journaling often gets overlooked by most writers. Yet, keeping a small journal can be an invaluable tool both serving as a sanctuary for mental health and a springboard for creativity. At the core of the concept, a journal can […]

A Writer’s Hurdles by Cayla Garman

About a week ago, at exactly 5:00pm on a Friday, my phone screen lit up with a notification that distracted me from the task at hand: deep cleaning some particularly soiled kennels at the doggy daycare. The notification was an email from one of the seven graduate programs I applied to, and it contained a […]

Coffee Chat with Visiting Writer Jessica Murray by Cayla Garman

“Poetry is the most obscure art; that [obscurity] should be freeing” – JM  Before she performed an excellent reading of her poetry at Penn State Harrisburg, I had the chance to enjoy a cup of coffee with poet Jessica Murray. Jessica Murray is the author of the poetry collection Breakfast in Fur, and her poems, essays, and poetry […]

Writers Never Serve by Zian Lyu

We sure have been told, or technically, trained by every single aspect of our daily manner that we must learn to predict things that are unpredictable, and only in this way can we be prepared all the time for our next challenge. I personally do not oppose this at all, and in fact, I admit […]

Liminality by Dyani Kennedy

How would you feel if you just woke up randomly, and realized you were here? A long, ongoing hallway into darkness? What would you think? How would you feel? What would you do? Perhaps nothing to do except march forward? Or turn back? Would you be afraid to look behind yourself, out of fear that […]