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Creating in Perilous Times: What Would You Carry?

Creating in Perilous Times: What Would You Carry?

Brynne Boehlecke, Editor-in-Chief February 18, 2025

Last year, I wrote a blog post covering my experience in the “Stone Award Book Club,” a 1-credit course focused on unpacking Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass” and learning what it means...

What’s the Table Function in the Notes App Even For?: A Review of All the Books I Read in 2024

What’s the Table Function in the Notes App Even For?: A Review of All the Books I Read in 2024

Tate Kraetzer, Volunteer February 4, 2025

If you have an iPhone and spend an inordinate amount of time on your Notes app like I do, you might have noticed an odd little feature at your disposal: You can make a table.  Now, when I get my pesky...

Corvallis Street Art: Opinion & Gallery

Corvallis Street Art: Opinion & Gallery

Emily Hughes, Volunteer January 28, 2025

I’ve only been living in Corvallis for about four months, but one of my favorite things about switching from infinite suburbia to a small, walkable college town has been the art. Street art has been...

Elitist, Sure, But Also Wildly Irresponsible: Why The English Field Needs to Stop Ignoring Popular Fiction

Elitist, Sure, But Also Wildly Irresponsible: Why The English Field Needs to Stop Ignoring Popular Fiction

Shoshana Groom, Assistant Editor January 22, 2025

Last year, I started off an Oregon State University writing class by pissing off my professor, which is rare for a blatantly annoying teachers’ pet like myself. We were required to read the text “Writing...

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Horror, Queerness, and “Malevolent”

Rhys Hodson, Volunteer January 14, 2025

Warning: The following contains spoilers for the podcast "Malevolent."   It comes as no surprise that certain demographics tend to gravitate more towards certain genres. But there is one prevalent...

A List of Free Short Story Podcasts

A List of Free Short Story Podcasts

Shoshana Groom, Assistant Editor January 7, 2025

Audiobooks can be an efficient, engaging way to read while you’re on the move or keeping your hands busy, but finding cheap audiobooks can be difficult, especially if you don’t want to support Amazon....

Body Horror: A Spotlight on Sam Logan and Indie Horror In General

Body Horror: A Spotlight on Sam Logan and Indie Horror In General

Laurent Kate, Volunteer December 3, 2024

Horror is a genre both divisive and varied. Those who adore it often do so for the same reasons others dislike it — the discomfort it invokes. Oftentimes, horror holds a mirror to our face and asks...

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The Nature of Love and Sacrifice in “The Locked Tomb”

Rhys Hodson, Volunteer November 26, 2024

Submit to PRISM here! Warning: The following includes spoilers for all three currently released books in “The Locked Tomb” series “To love and to be loved is to change” — a familiar sentiment,...

What if Winnie the Pooh Went to Oregon State?

What if Winnie the Pooh Went to Oregon State?

Rachel Snyder, Volunteer November 19, 2024

Submit to PRISM here! Oregon State’s Newest Student: Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh has a cozy dorm room with his roommate Piglet in McNary Hall. He requested a room that looked upon a tree, but...

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Rainbow Kitten Surprise & “Love Hate Music Box”: The Loss of an Indie-Rock Stronghold or the Rebirth of an Alt-Pop Icon?

Tate Kraetzer, Volunteer November 12, 2024

Other than a few sparse showers of singles, Rainbow Kitten Surprise hadn’t released any new music, let alone a full length album, in nearly six years — so, by all accounts, “Love Hate Music Box”...

Dystopian Books to Soothe (or Fuel) Your Election Anxieties

Dystopian Books to Soothe (or Fuel) Your Election Anxieties

Sam Szekely, Volunteer November 5, 2024

Submit to PRISM today!   With Election Day practically upon us, I’ve found myself exhausted with American politics, and yet somehow unable to look away. Having spent the entirety of my young...

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“Lungs” by Florence + the Machine: Album Review

Layne Bolen, Volunteer October 31, 2024

I don’t remember how I found Florence Welch; she’s always just been there. I remember liking her in middle school, when my love for writing also began. I don’t remember discovering her, but I remember...

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