It's the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, which means new editors taking over PRISM! We want to acknowledge the beautiful lit mag Bodies Maricruz and Christine have created this year, as well as...
Christine and Ash talk Zinefest, a collaboration between Prism and the Pride Center, and just what a zine is. Come join the zine extravaganza on Wednesday May 24th from 11am-1pm in the SEC plaza!
Hadiya Riechers
Hadiya Riechers is a Tourism, Recreation, and Adventure Leadership student at OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon. She has published with Portland Community College's literary and art magazine,...
It’s always the birds. No one believes me, but it’s true. One time a flamingo unfolded its leg and spoke to me through the bars that were keeping me back. She told me her secrets. I will not be sharing...
The road ends at the grassy glen. Everyone knows this. There’s always a fire pit dug into the center of the small meadow, and it’s ringed with round river stones and full of blackened, cracked logs....
Hello everyone, and welcome to Oregon State University! OSU and the rest of Corvallis have many opportunities for you to explore your creative side! We offer many different ways for you to enjoy art, ranging...
A term I’m sure most of us are familiar with is “breaking the 4th wall.” The idea of the 4th wall comes from theater, where a stage is made up of three walls with the invisible 4th wall facing the...
We’re told to avoid cliches in any art form, and often critique other art pieces for participating in them. And as we should. Cliches can often be counterproductive to any form of art. A poem...
Style over substance is a common expression, but it implies that style has no substance. At all. Is that fair? I saw James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water recently, and like most people was...
