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Coffee Talk – Dr. Merrill Cole
Dr. Merrill Cole enjoys writing poetry, teaching, translating, queer theorizing, and just being his authentic queer self. A total cat fanatic, he…
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M.L. Rio and the Imitation of Art
If We Were Villains By M.L. Rio. Published by Flatiron Books, 2017. In her debut novel, If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio…
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Ravenous and Unrelatable
What Hunger By Catherine Dang. Published by Simon & Schuster, 2025. Catherine Dang’s What Hunger is a first-person thriller that hinges on…
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Carrying the Fire
A review of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Random House, 2006. Cormac McCarthy’s apocalyptic world in The Road is void of color.…
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What’s Your Bag? w/ Graeme Beckman
M&L: What’s your bag? GB: My bag is a satchel that was passed down to me from my dad when he attended…
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Coffee Talk – Carter Myers
Carter is a junior English Literature & Language Major at Western Illinois University, and their interests include Doctor Who, politics, and adaptation…
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My Life in Four Books: Abigail Jones
1) What book was most important to you in high school? Why? I read constantly when I was in high school. I…
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Encountering Small Mammoths: A Reflection on Craig Finlay’s Poetry
During my second ever visit to Chicks on the Square, I joined poet and author Craig Finlay for lunch. When I arrived,…
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The Movie That Changed My Life: Inside Out
The very first time I watched the movie Inside Out, I was a young girl struggling with depression in an alternative school…
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Jodi Cook – The Power of Words and Community
In her 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award acceptance speech at Southeastern Community College (SCC), SCC English professor Jodi Cook said, “I am locally…
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Coffee Talk – Barbara Lawhorn
Barbara Lawhorn teaches composition and creative writing at Western Illinois University (WIU). She has fiction forthcoming in Iron Horse Literary Review, where she was a…
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All Things Atlas: A Profile of The Atlas Collective
If there is one place that Western Illinois University-Quad Cities (WIU-QC) students love to hang out off campus, it’s The Atlas Collective.…
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