While helping a professor organize the floor-to-ceiling bookcases in his office, I stumbled across some titles that fascinated me and authors I never knew existed, silly me. I have built up a large collection of photos in my phone of these books. The other day I found myself thinking, “You know who might enjoy these? […]
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Garrett’s Favorites List
As an English major, I have been blessed by professors and friends with a variety of acclaimed books and authors to investigate. I’m often asked by good intentioned friends or family, “What is your favorite book?” While I understand this question may often have little more intention than small talk, it is a question which […]
OPUS Movie Night
Hello everyone! We understand that midterms are upon us and they are going to be a bit more stressful this year (thanks polar vortex). So, our editors have thought to have a bit of time to de-stress over the weekend. So, we proudly present Opus’s First movie night! We will be playing Lady Bird in […]
An Obligation to Share
The craft of writing is often a deeply personal one. In most cases, writing is practiced alone until the editing process begins. Writers pour their souls onto pages, and then what? The obvious answer is to share. But, should that always be the case? After finishing a semester of a nonfiction creative writing class focused […]
Sleepless Nights and Self-Awareness
It’s 5 am and I am awake. As a college student, I’m questioning why my body decided this would be a good time to open my eyes. It may have something to do with the coffee I drank about 12 hours ago. As much as I like to pretend I have a caffeine tolerance, and […]
Creating for a Sharper Perspective
It is true that there are those who, by some stroke of luck, were endowed with artistic talent. Certain people have a sense of vision and creativity that comes naturally; an artistic sensibility that can’t be taught in any tangible or straight forward way. Certain people were in fact “born to be artists.” However, the […]
The Joy of Learning
Hi everyone! I was reminded over break of how fun learning (simply for the sake of learning) can be. I came to this revelation while visiting my older sister’s Kindergarten classroom and reading to the little kids. During the visit, I got to see how enthusiastic all of the kids were to learn. None of […]
3 Bedside Essentials for Writers
If you’re anything like me, your sleeping habits in college are more than unusual. In the past, I’ve found myself cooking an intricate pasta dish, reorganizing my books by color, or embroidering a pocket of my jean jacket at 3am far too often. I was sure my awkward time awake could be better spent doing […]
Submit!
Hello, Artists and Writers! We hope you all are just as excited as we are for another semester of Opus to kick off! The first thing to be aware of is that our submission deadline for this semester is this Friday, January 27 at midnight. As a refresher, we a accept submissions of poetry, prose, and […]
Collecting Experiences
As I reflect on the past few weeks, I’m starting to realize I let myself get pretty beat. My schedule has been flooded with group projects, last minute essays, prep for exams. The creative energy has been put by the wayside, and in the past few days I’ve realized how out of touch I’ve fallen […]