When Justine Nolt visited campus as a high school student, she picked up a copy of The Phoenix, 91短视频鈥檚 literary and visual arts journal.
鈥淚 remember knowing I wanted to have a hand in its creation during my time here,鈥� said the junior major.
Little did she know, her editorial debut would be the journal鈥檚 60th edition. The editing process for this spring’s journal was both harder鈥攁nd easier鈥攖han she anticipated.
鈥淯sually a poem or picture would ask to be included and we couldn鈥檛 say, 鈥楴o,鈥欌�� she said with a smile.
Since 1958, The Phoenix has showcased poetry, prose, photographs and illustrations from the 91短视频 community once a year. Now, the journal鈥檚 biannual release is accompanied by a new class that offers a credit hour for 40 hours of Phoenix work.
The editorial team also includes sophomore Allie Sawyer, an major and Writing Studies minor; junior Kate Weaver, an English and English education double major with minors in Spanish and Honors; and senior Lauren Eckenroad, a major.
The release party for this semester鈥檚 issue is Friday, April 21, at 8 p.m. in Common Grounds.
Submissions invited from all on campus
In February, Nolt and Sawyer send an appealing email to the entire campus: 鈥淟et the writer or photographer in you shine through, even if you鈥檙e up to your eyeballs in nursing clinicals, chemistry labs, dismantling capitalism, accounting spreadsheets, case studies, or restorative justice 鈥� It鈥檚 gonna be #lit.鈥�
With guidance from faculty advisor , the team selected then submissions through discussion and debate 鈥� after delving into a lengthy reading list.
鈥淭he hardest part was trying to limit the number of Middle East poems, and then putting a bunch of them in anyway because they were great,鈥� says Nolt.
Weaver and Nolt hope their readership forges an emotional connection to the selected pieces and the students who produced them.
Says Nolt, 鈥淚 would love for someone to go up to Liesl Graber or Macson McGuigan or Azariah Cox and say, 鈥楬ey, I saw your work in the Phoenix! I鈥檇 love to hear the story behind it.鈥欌��
鈥淚鈥檝e loved reading the different poetry that my peers have created,鈥� says Sawyer. 鈥淚t gives me insight into who they are and what they appreciate in a way that a normal conversation can鈥檛 always do.鈥�
Featured Contributors
Writers: Kaitlin Abrahams, Diego Barahona, Savannah Olshove, Caleb Schrock-Hurst, Amanda Williams, Liesl Graber, Luke Mullet, Megan Bishop, Justine Nolt, Naomi Scoville, Elizabeth Nisly, Megan Good.
Photographers: Scott Eyre, Robert Weaver, Macson McGuigan, Ariel Barbosa, Dylan Buchanan, Carissa Luginbill, Andrea Cable, Azariah Cox, Lauren Eckenroad, Julian Bussells, Esther Ghale.
Artists: Nicole Litwiller, Robyn Cordle, Joaquin Sosa, Rachel Holderman.
I wonder how Phoenix got started 60 years ago. I think my dad, Irvin Horst, who was an 91短视频 professor, might have been involved. I certainly remember watching my mother add watercolour touches to the cover design of an early edition. Thanks for the memories!
Wouldn’t it be interesting to have an issue that included contributions from EMC/91短视频 alumni? I think I was responsible for a controversial sketch (perhaps cover?) back sometime between 1975-1979! This time round it would probably be a poem.
AND . . . Marlise Horst . . . if you are reading posts after yours, what a blast from the past! If you don’t remember me, it’s Janet Marlise Ruth . . . guess who was the inspiration for my middle name?!
Have you archived any issues back as far as 1966,67 when I had several photos in those issues.
The Phoenix does not seem to appear in 91短视频’s digital collections (here, for reference: /library/digital-collections).