Bricowlage, Keene State’s literary magazine, recently launched its new website for publications.
The Bricowlage Literary Magazine aims to “support students in every aspect of their creative journeys,” according to the website. The new website features a number of poems, short stories and visual art created by KSC students.
This is the first time Bricowlage had created a publication since the club rebooted in the fall semester.
“It was more of just a writing club,” said Bricowlage President Evan Parker. “It’s existed for a while, but this is the first time it’s existed as it was supposed to.”
Parker, a sophomore, created the website and accepted submissions for publication.
Parker said his favorite thing about Bricowlage is the diversity.
“There’s such a wide variety of people that have contributed to it,” he said.
“It all just comes together in one place and at the end of the day, we all have this love for writing or art and spreading that across campus,” he added.
Bricowlage Editor Zefiro Macera said he joined because of his passion for writing.
“I’ve done writing my whole life, it’s been my passion,” he said. “Joining a literary journal in college was kind of inevitable.”
Macera also said that he’s gained a lot of experience from Bricowlage.
“I’ve learned a lot,” he said. “The experience with editing other people’s work has been a big learning curve for me. I’ve really been enjoying it.”
First-year member Lily Tierno said she joined Bricowlage after taking a creative writing course in the fall.
“I just thought it was a really good opportunity to put myself out there,” she said. “And I enjoy writing and I looked into what Bricowlage was all about and [I] thought it was a really good platform for artists and writers.”
Tierno submitted her short story, “Requiem For Girlhood,” to Bricowlage, and the story was published to the website.
“[Requiem For Girlhood] is a feminist piece, but it’s also just reflective,” said Tierno. “It’s like a memoir, almost journal entry-style of different ages throughout my life.”
Tierno said “Requiem For Girlhood” tells the story of the challenges she faced growing up as a young girl, then a young woman.
“It just reflects on some of the things that I dealt with during my life and how I overcame them to where I am now being here at Keene,” Tierno said.
Parker said Bricowlage hopes to create a print publication next year.
“Since this was the first year, it was a little ‘I have no idea what I’m doing,’ so that’s too far of a goal,” he said. “But next year I’d like to have it printed and then include everything that’s online right now and then anything from next year too.”
The Bricowlage website can be found at bricowlage5.wordpress.com.
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