In recent years, an integral part of the submission review process for PRISM has been choosing a theme based on the body of work submitted that year by students. Reviewers looked for common threads among...
It’s the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, which means a new crop of students arriving on campus, new connections beginning to blossom, and a very old hellscape returning for the poor drivers of...
Biography: Hi there! I'm Adrienne, and I am a first year undergraduate student at OSU studying Biology! I absolutely love all kinds of art styles, whether it be digital, 2D, 3D, or anything...
Bryce Powell
Biography: My name is Bryce, and I have been taking pictures since my first photography class in my Junior year at Benson High School in Portland, Oregon. I...
Biography: My name is Jose Rios Ortiz. I come from Salem, Oregon and currently attend Oregon State University as a pre-Graphic Design major. I enjoy spending my days laughing, watching sports...
Frau Bach (Anna Magdalena Bach)
First night. Sweet Christy, meek and misty,
Johann’s eyes, our premier prize. The doctor tries.
Her little body, prodded, poked
In search of hope, is still and...
Classes I teach
I teach a range of graduate and undergraduate creative writing and literature courses, including the MFA poetry workshop and Narrative Medicine: a core course for undergraduates...
Arts & Crafts
She sat at her desk and collaged her first date.
She worked her scissors through the paper and around printed pictures,
careful not to slice the ears of her partner...
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Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley — ★★★★☆
CONTENT WARNINGS: racism, sexual assault, violence against Native...
Dementophobia, or the Fear of Insanity
I'm afraid I had something to tell you.
The words feel jumbled up right now,
But I'm sure we can find sense in them.
They call...
For the Oregon State University Theatre and Music’s biggest annual spring performance of 2024, the Program put on Sunday in the Park with George, a 1983 musical by Steven Sondheim. This play centers...
Snowblind
After snow falls, it is covered with cinder
from cars driving past every day.
From far away,
the mountain bleeds.
As we drive past, you say
nothing looks...
