Our next literary work is by senior writing major Anna Schilke. Anna's short story was too long to print in the upcoming issue of The Lanthorn, so we are sharing this non-fiction short story with you online. Anna says of her work, I wrote "In Pursuit of Paper" around themes of tangibility and permanence. In this … Continue reading “In Pursuit of Paper”
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Abandoning Roots
Our next featured poem is entitled "Faded." Junior Abigail Reeth wrote this beautiful and haunting poem, which is written in a poetry form known as the villanelle. Extremely difficult to write, villanelles repeat the same rhymes over and over, evoking new meanings and images each time the rhyme is reintroduced. This creates a poem with … Continue reading Abandoning Roots
Growth from the Earth
As we edit and publish the poems from our contributors, we always love to get a variety or perspectives and viewpoints in the works we exhibit. Seeing the ways in which our fellow students, and fellow humans, interact with the world is one of our favorite parts of working on the Lanthorn staff. We get … Continue reading Growth from the Earth
A Light in the Woods
Artwork is something we've been looking to feature on our website for a while. Now that we actually have a website, we've been excited to share the artwork that's been submitted to us for our latest issue. Today's featured artwork is by Kara Christy! Kara created the cover for our September 2018 issue, as well … Continue reading A Light in the Woods
One Foot In, One Foot Out
The next piece that we are sharing is called "Common Phrases" by Emily Allen, a junior at Houghton. Here's a bit more from Emily about her poem: I have been writing poetry since elementary school, though I specifically remember learning to love doing so in study hall in middle school, when I would fill every … Continue reading One Foot In, One Foot Out
A Hasty Decision…
We’re very excited to be featuring short stories written by students in our physical editions again! This is something we’ve worked for a long time to bring back, and we’ve been happy to feature our first short story in a few years! Our featured story today is “Nick’s Wedding” by Grace Sommons. Grace told us … Continue reading A Hasty Decision…
The Sojourner Within
Welcome to our first post ofThe Lanthorn website! It's been a long time coming, and we're so excited to begin sharing the work of our wonderful Houghton writers and artists here. You may notice the cover photograph - the work of Houghton student Marcus Mena. We'll start off by sharing the work of first-time poet Maggie … Continue reading The Sojourner Within