Maura McCoy is a freshman from a town in the suburbs of Chicago, the oldest child in a family of five and graduated in the top ten percent of her class in high school. She plans to major in Creative Writing with a possible minor in Communication in order to pursue her goals of becoming…
Let me ask a pretty simple question; what qualities do you want in your romantic partner? Respectful? Communicative? Attractive? Funny? Let me tell you what. You are going to forget about all of that when I tell you, yes YOU, can date a manipulative, mindless, unethical, bland and tasteless pile of moldy leftover pizza crusts…
As your email inbox may have clued you in at the beginning of the month, Hope College’s literary magazine known as Opus began taking submissions for its fall semester edition. The magazine takes written work such as poetry, flash fiction and prose, as well as visual art submissions such as photography, digital art and paintings….
This article was written by Susanne Davis, a professor in the English department. The best piece of writing advice I got as a young writer came from an unassuming guy, Jim McPherson, who in a bare whisper told a roomful of fiction writers at the University of Iowa that it was our job to write…
Drip, drip, drip… Striking the match and drip dropping it in the sink on a bad day. Worse day. Creaky, cracky faucet shrieks as the knobs are turned–– Full speed ahead! All the water released, falling to its death far below on the drainless porcelain bowl. Splash! Full speed ahead! I am an overflowing sink….
I have a question for you, my good folk: what other time in history can you wake up, attend a slew of classes, socialize with friends, eat meals, view an art gallery and then slink back under the heavenly covers without ever stepping one probing foot outdoors? Ignoring the “WALL-E esque” implications of this lifestyle,…
Adriana Barker is a creative writing and communication double major and a proud member of the class of 2023. She is currently the Opus poetry editor and an intern with the Visiting Writers Series (VWS). She’s from Fort Worth, Texas, so yes, she does wear cowboy boots while she writes poetry (No, it’s not weird)….
What a wonderful day to take a walk around campus and see what we see. The sun is shining on all the small groups of spaced out students in the Pine Grove. A mower hums in the background as we pass Graves Hall. Cesario is casually being shipwrecked on the DeWitt patio. A squirrel steals…
Last week I wrote an article discussing the portrayal of mental illness and trauma in young adult fiction. In writing that, I realized literature is not the only kind of media we should be concerned with. The coming-of-age movie is a subgenre of film that has been around for decades. A coming-of-age movie is defined…
As the fall semester begins, Hope College students are getting back into their academic routines. For some, this process is simple – all it takes is a week to memorize their schedules, meet their professors and say hello to all their friends before the routine is solidified. For others, it can be a grueling process…