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We have reached our final staff favorite! Huzzah! Yippee! Wahoo! If you’d like to see more art and writing, pick up one of our issues in Armstrong or scattered around campus! For this last staff favorite, our Art Director, Deanna, chose “The Little Things” by Chelsey Pauley.
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Deanna says, “So tender and sweet and candid. The painterly quality and colors are amazing and enticing. I love the way this makes me feel nostalgic!”
Our Release Party may have passed, but the celebration of our Spring issue continues! This staff favorite was chosen by Lorna, a member of our editorial staff. Lorna chose “Worm Graffiti” by Anne Boyer and Lauren Lewis.
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Lorna says, “I love how much of a story is packed into this photo and three-line poem. The poem builds this lovely world where worms intentionally make graffiti in their own language! How cool is that? I also adore the combination of Art and Letters together.”
thank you so very much to everyone who joined us for our spring release party this past friday ☁️✨🫶we had an absolutely splendid time reading poetry, regarding art, and listening to some wonderful tunes together. if you could not make it, do not fret! copies of our magazine will be scattered throughout campus in the weeks to come. thank you again to our lovely literary & artistic community!
sometimes mother nature changes her mind! we have moved tonight’s spring release party to the art building, room 100! we hope to see you there!!☔️🌂🌧️same time, same excellent company, same lovely magazines!
Hip Hip Hooray! This staff favorite was chosen by our Co-Editor in Chief, Chelsea Hoy. Chelsea enthusiastically chose “My Love In A Dream Sequence” by River Kirby.
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Chelsea says, “This is so my love in a dream sequence! This piece captures the feeling of the type of love that feels warm, fluffy, and connecting. I love the use of multimedia here as well :)”
Join us TOMORROW 7pm- 9pm for our Spring Release Party in the Ernst Nature Amphitheater to see more exquisite art like this🌿
🌊🍇warm breeze! fresh air! springtime! inklings! this semester, inklings is hosting our release party at one of the most springy spots on campus- the ernst nature amphitheater! enjoy some lovely company, free copies of our newest issue, an open mic, and a charming evening amongst nature, poetry, and art. we’ll see you 7pm-9pm!
Next up in our Staff Favorites series comes from our Co-Editor in Chief, Eleanor Prytherch. She adoringly hand-selected “washing off year old mudstains” by Lindsay Lehman.
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Eleanor says, “is that a cowboy romance I’m sensing, a farmhand fling perhaps? I love the grit mixed tenderness conveyed in this piece. A love poem for those of us who like to get down in the dirt to look at bugs and think it would make an ideal date actually.”
Come read wonderful writing like this at our Spring Release Party on Friday! We’ll see you 7pm-9pm at the Ernst Nature Amphitheater 🌿
As we prepare for our Spring Release Party (this Friday 7pm-9pm at the Ernst Nature Amphitheater), here is our next staff favorite! This lovely art is chosen by Emma Estridge, a member of our editorial staff. Emma affectionately chose Fox Faces by Emily Bench.
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Emma says, “I’m a little obsessed with this piece! It’s so chaotic and claustrophobic while still maintaining a really strong distinction between each of the foxes. There’s so many small details to find.”
thank you everyone for coming out to our full moon reading! 🌕⭐️ we will continue these wonderful whimsical times this friday from 7pm-9pm at the ernst nature amphitheater for our 🌷SPRING RELEASE PARTY🌷
Hurrah! Here is our next Staff Favorite chosen by the manager of this here Instagram account! The Social Media Manager, Ava Shaffer, chose “Etsy Organ” by Olive Abram to display in all its gory glory.
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Ava says, “Oh this poem got me. Interesting line breaks, dry humor, strong voice- this is hitting all the right notes for me! It was fun to try to discern some meaning behind the organ metaphor here (being vulnerable? a breakup? living with your heart on your sleeve? guilt?). Whichever meaning (if there even isn’t one!) I love this poem for it’s oddness, humor, voice, and evocativeness.”
Our next staff favorite was chosen by Max Kaufman, a member of our editorial staff. He happily chose “The White Heron” by Vesper Krueger.
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Max says, “What a delightful sculpture, so full of character! I love how uncompromising it is—in shape, color, and texture. This is a bird I’d like to meet one day. Let’s have a fish together?”
Behold our next staff favorite! This favorite comes from a member of our editorial staff, Lindsay Lehman. Lindsay so loving chose “awful wedding vows” by Olive Abram
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Lindsay says, “The idea and ex*****on behind this piece is just utter perfection and spoke to me in a way like nothing else has. Having so much to say, and so many expectations for the future, the feeling of this poem is immense. While they may be different, I see these as awfully moving wedding vows.”
This semester's harvest was plentiful, and we are delighted to share our feast with you all! Come by our tables Monday AND Tuesday to get you, your mom, and your local farmer a copy of Fall '23 Inklings Arts & Letters 🧡🍊💫
My mom said to ask your mom if u could come over for a party 🧍♂️
There will be oranges and free copies of our latest fall issue 🎉 and an open mic for anyone to read, talk about art, or even sing a little tune
🍊🧃🍊🌟 COVER REVEAL !!! 🌟🍊🧃🍊
"Tangerine" by Linh Nguyen is our beautiful cover art for our new Fall issue!!
Come pick a tangerine at our release party, located at Kofenya, on December 9th at 7pm 🍊
Thank you all for attending our full moon reading 💖💫🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘💕💫
we had a wonderful night of reading and singing and laughing and tea 🫖🍵
Come one, come all to the Phi Delt gates this Wednesday, October 25th! Behold your fate in a tarot reading, get a sweet treat, or receive some custom sick ass art and poetry ✨️
Come browse our wares and prepare your wallets:
$2 for a 1 card tarot pull ✨️
$3 for 2 cards
$3 for poetry📜 and art 🖼
$2-5 for sweet treats 🍪
He's just a little guy 🥺
🐈⬛ And he needs you to send your writing to:
[email protected]
And your art to:
[email protected]
By October 20th, 11:59pm !!! ✏️🐱🖌
There's a message waiting for you in your local bathroom...🫧 Inklings is calling all writers and artists to submit your beautiful creations! There is a limit of 5 pieces, and send them via gmail pigeon to:
[email protected]
and/or
[email protected]
Submissions are open until October 20th ✏️💖🖌
Have you read the news? Mega fair is back with an English twist! Friday September 15th from 5pm-8pm in Bachelor Courtyard, word enjoyers are gathering together to spread their love of writing and reading. ✏️📚✒️📰
Our submissions are open!! Keep mailing in your wondrous and enigmatic art and writing to our eagerly waiting inbox ✉️💕
Another staff favorite!! This one was picked by our writing director, Sophia Balsamo. They chose “No More Giggly No More Jiggly” by Madalyn Wardin.
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Sophia says, “there's something so visceral and human about this poem, i think the intricacies of s*x and intimacy are conveyed with so much substance. at the same time, it manages a sense of self-love that doesn't feel put-upon or cliche but a necessity of losing connection and finding new meaning in absence. i'm particularly fond of “pour pungent whirl”-- its such a good image, so much breakfast food is liquids or batters so it threads easily into the poem's breakfast theme and yet it perfectly connects to messy, human eroticism that deserves poetic reverence.”
It’s that wonderful time of the year— inklings distribution time!! 🌙🌟 Copies have begun their perilous quests across campus to find homes in their little alcoves everywhere. If you happen to spot a stray copy, feel free to leaf through it and take it with you ✨
☁️Attention creators and consumers of the arts☁️
The release of the Fall 2022 issue of Inklings is approaching! Join us for our release party on Wednesday, November 30, 7-9PM at Kofenya☕️
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Stop by and grab a copy of the new issue, share your favorite pieces, and enjoy some fun activities! We hope to see you there!
Another staff pick 🌙 This time from our Business Manager, Cosette. She picked “ode to my dad who’s 68 and giving me more time to miss him” by Jazlyn Simon.
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Cosette says, “I think the author captures this specific relationship realistically and creatively. There’s an underlying sense of impending grief throughout this piece that really speaks to me, as it's stock full of keen, mundane observations that I envision the author tucking away for when the inevitable comes.”
Staff favorite incoming! Today we have editorial staff member Jonathan Fanshaw’s pick, “ Cyclops” by Kit Gladieux.
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Jonathan says, “This is such a simple little story. It's not telling some grand tale or making an overarching metaphor, it's just a simple piece of a moment in time. And that makes it all the more compeling.”
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate from inks to you!! 🦃🍂 Continuing our staff favorites, check out a member of our editorial staff, Riley Courtney’s pick— “Remembrance of the Lake” by Jackie Michaud.
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Riley says, “This poem holds a lot of very specific and tangible nostalgia. It's personal but in a way that lets it feel applicable to almost every life. It's a pretty depiction of death and a young girl's relationship with her mother that feels very visceral and beautiful. I love the word Vardamanian and the depiction of death. I also love fish imagery and metaphors.”
Time for the next staff favorite!! Co-Editor-in-Chief Eleanor Prytherch chose “Untitled 3” from “Rural Landscapes” by Maggie McLaughlin.
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Eleanor says, “The muted, monochromatic colors of these pieces add such a film of nostalgia to this series, As a kid of the rural midwest, this series feels exactly like all the country drives of my childhood.”
Drum roll please….introducing our fall 2022 cover…. “Echo” by Juliana Lee!! Copies will be making appearances around campus shortly, so in the meantime get prepped and ready for our release party on November 30th, from 7-9pm at Kofenya ☕️❄️
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