The OWU English Department Blog
While I would love to tell a story about how I have known since birth that I would study literature and that I have had a career plan for years leading up to this moment, in reality, I chose to major in English on the day of fall registration. Even though I have always loved reading and telling stories, I went through school fully intending to major in vocal music education in spite of a history of voracious reading.…
Iāve never considered a different major for college. Since middle school, Iāve figured I would continue down the path of studying English. Though I wonāt say there arenāt other majors I canāt complete, no other major feels right, feels like me.Ā
One of the few consistent interests in my life has been literature, both in school and beyond.…
The English Departmentās student-run blog, The Sturges Script, is pleased to announce its theme for Fall 2021: A Love Letter to Art. This semester the blog will focus on paying homage to art in its every form–from literature, to music, to film, to the visual arts and absolutely everything in between.…
I read this novel on the back porch of my childhood home in a sleepy suburb of the Pacific Northwest over the summer, and was struck by the nearby history that I had never learned. Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist is based on and takes place during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle; its take on the historical facts of the event is painted by YapaāĆĆ“s poignant, lyrical phrasing.…
āGreat art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.ā ā Edward Hopper
I consider myself a lover of art in all its forms, but the way I engage with, enjoy, and often admire each is different.…
Earlier this semester, I saw at the Ross Art Museum the exhibit “Baltimore Lives,” by photographer, Baltimore native, and Ohio Wesleyan alumni John Clark Mayden. The exhibition consists of a collection of photographs taken between 1970 and 2012 across African-American neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland portraying the every-day-lives of their residents in their routinely habitats.…
Whether admittedly or not, most people today inevitably possess a guilty pleasure. The term, which was popularized around the nineties, refers to a piece of media that, despite finding thoroughly enjoyable, one would not be exactly proud to voice their passion over at a dinner party with friends or when inquired the most terrifying question a potentially pretentious stranger could ask: whatās your favorite movie?…
Personally, Iām a die-hard Seth Rogen fanāI love everything he makes from Superbad to pottery, so when I first heard he was coming out with a podcast, I knew I was going to listen to it no matter what. I probably would have loved it even if it was a ātypical comedian-hosted chat show,ā which the podcastās description adamantly refuses it is.…
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Every year as we enter deep into October and everything around slowly begins to merge into some form of āspooky,ā I always find myself drawn back to my favorite horror films, whether because theyāre scary or for entirely different reasons. Jenniferās Body, a 2009 horror comedy written by Diablo Cody (Juno) and starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, is not only one of my favorite horror movies, but one of my favorite movies in general.…
