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California-native, femme writer, theorist and feminist who likes pretty things. Bloodstream of ink, lyric heartbeat. I queer everything.
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That’s right! Submissions are open for prose, poetry, or art!
Check out our guidelines!
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AFTER CHRISTMAS! Please submit! Your submissions do not have to go with the theme. I’d really appreciate your support. Thank you! :)
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Tragedy #266: When the Empire collapsed his sense of purpose went with it. (Said the Ancient Walrus)
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Clear your schedules for December 5th!
For what, exactly? Well, I can’t tell you just quite yet. In the meantime, gather your teacups; keep your Sunday best dry-cleaned; and ruminate over a delightful cup of tea.
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That’s right! The Walrus is seeking your artistic talent!
Keep posted!
YOUR ART could be on the cover of The Walrus 2013. And it doesn’t have to be a walrus! The theme is “The Unexplored”—what does that look like to you? I’m excited to see your ideas!
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So we’ve been tossing around the idea of some sort of arts and crafts event on campus to promote our group. Here’s a list of potential ideas:
First and for most, t-shirts! We need a piece of clothing to symbolize our Walrus pride and promote ourselves (The alternative would be carrying around a large stack of Walrus issues and slamming them down on tables for emphasis. However, we don’t want to be those people). If t-shirts aren’t your style, I suggest Googling “Walrus sweater-vests” for a goldmine of style.
With midterms and essay due-dates rapidly approaching, anxiety on campus is at an all time high. What better way to relax than carving a large chunk of wood into the shape of a majestic walrus?
My personal favorite is a session of walrus art. Grab your paintbrushes and broken Crayola crayons to create a master piece! And what better way to showcase your work then by submitting it to the 2013 issue of The Walrus?
Check out our guidelines!
Maybe I’ll carve a Walrus out of lino-block *Book Arts on the brain*
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Check out The Walrus Literary Journal!
Seriously, check it out. Best lit journal you will ever submit too (and I’m not that biased, I swear!)
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2013 THEME: “The Unexplored”– terra incognita, the unrealized, out of context/comfort zone, new adventures, facets of perception that have yet to be understood, re-imagining familiar spaces…let the theme be a guide to discovering the unexpected.
Click HERE for Submissions Guidelines and Deadline!
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The 2012 issues have been ordered!
That’s right! If all goes well, we should have them in just in time for our reading event for your viewing/ purchasing pleasure. In the meantime, finals are next week and the entire campus is studying, writing papers, being productive, etc.I, on the other hand, don’t think it necessary to study until the weekend before. Instead, I’ve been procrastinating in various ways; one way has been by cleaning and reorganizing our Walrus office.
I didn’t take a “before” picture but here is our bookshelf full of past issues after an hour of intensive organizing only a procrastinating, library-worker could do.
Wendy and I also dug up some awesome Walrus treasures which include:
A Walrus banner!
Pages from a past Walrus Review paper
… and this awesome flyer that I’m considering photocopying and posting all around campus!
Wendy was more in love with the picture from the Walrus Review. Here’s a better picture:
Beautiful! I’m so proud of our history and excited for our new adventures. Onward!
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This will be the event where all our hard work these last two semesters will come to fruition. I would love it if you came and invited friends to attend as well. The more, the merrier!
If you need more specifics, message me. :)
Join us in celebrating the release of our 2012 issue of The Walrus Literary Journal, Mills College’s annual undergraduate publication!
That’s right! The Walrus staff will be hosting a reading of some of the work featured in our upcoming 2012 issue at Mills College, as well as some of the work by our representing Mills community.
- Where? Mills Halls, living room (on Mills College campus)
- When? Tuesday, May 1st at 7 PM!
- Why? Because you have not lived until you have attended a Walrus event!
The 2012 issue of The Walrus will be on sale! Refreshments will also be served.
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The other day I posted a picture of The Walrus’s nameless stuffed mascot. However, what many people don’t know is that our stuffed mascot enjoys sneaking out of our room and taking nice strolls around the city. To show the staff’s encouragement for our walrus’s wanderlust, next week will be the start of a weekly post documenting our stuffed mascot’s wanderings titled: “Where in
the worldthe Bay is our walrus?”To all our Bay Area followers, keep your eye for our wandering walrus.
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Pioneering feminist poet and essayist Adrienne Rich has died.
Here’s what she had to say when the NEA tried to give her a National Medal for the Arts.
July 3, 1997
Jane Alexander
The National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20506Dear Jane Alexander,
I just spoke with a young man from your office, who informed me that I had been chosen to be one of twelve recipients of the National Medal for the Arts at a ceremony at the White House in the fall. I told him at once that I could not accept such an award from President Clinton or this White House because the very meaning of art, as I understand it, is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration. I want to clarify to you what I meant by my refusal.
Anyone familiar with my work from the early Sixties on knows that I believe in art’s social presence—as breaker of official silences, as voice for those whose voices are disregarded, and as a human birthright.
In my lifetime I have seen the space for the arts opened by movements for social justice, the power of art to break despair. Over the past two decades I have witnessed the increasingly brutal impact of racial and economic injustice in our country.
There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice. But I do know that art—in my own case the art of poetry—means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage. The radical disparities of wealth and power in America are widening at a devastating rate. A President cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored.
I know you have been engaged in a serious and disheartening struggle to save government funding for the arts, against those whose fear and suspicion of art is nakedly repressive. In the end, I don’t think we can separate art from overall human dignity and hope. My concern for my country is inextricable from my concerns as an artist. I could not participate in a ritual which would feel so hypocritical to me.
Sincerely,
Adrienne Rich
cc: President Clinton**
Adrienne Rich’s “Final Notations” is included in The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of Poetry Magazine, forthcoming this fall.
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The Walrus: Introducing The Walrus staff!
Hello Oysters!
As promised, I’ve uploaded our “lovely” Walrus staff photos for your viewing pleasure. Here they are-
Our Walrus staff goes as followed (left to right): Anne, Desiree, Mackenzie, Wendy, and Ashley. Not featured in the photo are Jess (our photographer!) and Safi.
Yay, my beautiful, kick-ass literary crew. This year’s issue is going to be simply AWESOME!!!
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