The Importance of Literary Citizenship

I’ve known from a very young age that I loved to write. This isn’t to say that I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in the field just yet, but I was aware of how much I enjoyed creating my own stories...

Student Editors Shine Through “Dogwood” 

In the final few weeks of May, the Fairfield University “Publishing Practicum” course made their finishing touches on the annual literary journal, “Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose”. Starting...

Five Steps To Finals Essay Success

Finals season is now upon us. For anyone who is taking the majority of their courses this semester in the humanities or the social sciences that means staring down an insurmountable mountain of essays. But...

The Mirror is Always Open

This is a shameless plug, but since it’s my last issue and I’m about to fire my way out of this joint: join the paper, people.  I can’t stress this enough. I feel like everyone on this staff has been...

Recklessness

Can’t you dream of impossible things? meet me in the middle of the darkest room: expand my mind              lift my heart kiss my knuckles               crush my...