Phil Elverum on community, creativity, and solitude
In a world where media so often smooths over rough edges, Phil Elverum, frontman of Mount Eerie, and formerly,...
Author: Ellie Wright
Farewell
When I was in eighth grade, I remember my mother bringing home a copy of the Sounder and pulling...
Ellie’s Poetry
The stones that cover the beach are soft And warm against my feet. They are smoothed and sanded by...
Horoscopes
Aries March 21 – April 19 We’re not even through the first quarter yet, and you already have a...
Ellie’s Verses
Laundry Pile I am nothing if not a constant state of change. So which heart do I follow? Today’s...
Transforming Tradition: “The Sea Island Nutcracker”
Like it or not, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Halloween may be barely behind us,...
Ellie’s Poetry
Haven/Home The sun sits heavy on the hill It’s light dusts the lakewater Through some pattern of mirrors The...
An Ode to the Seniors of the Viking Voice
Bella Evans: You bring so much energy and spirit to the Viking Voice. Your time here has brought a...
Ellie’s verses: Writer’s block edition
I think I’ve lost the ability to write poetry. I can still pen...
Ellie’s verses
December Growing Pains A million pushes and pulls Like tides inside my gut My heart fills my stomach I’ve...
Midterms: what are they, and how are they crucial to our democracy?
The midterm elections are very appropriately named. They take place two years into a president’s four-year term and are...
Ellie’s vivaciously vulnerable vigorous verses
Honey When I was younger I would pour honey into raspberries And I would lay In...