The Arden is the student literary journal of Columbus State University.
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arden 2019
Columbus State University
How do I begin to describe how this experience has been? Do I explain the frustrations, excitements...anxieties? The one thing I can point to as an excellent learning experience is putting dependable people by your side to help when you feel so. damn, inadequate. Take Toni, for instance—I asked her in a time of desperation for some help with InDesign. She was there and was dependable. Toni put in the hours, and we built this together. Or, take Zach, my main reader. He was ready to receive 15 emails at a time when I needed things read over quickly. The staff at Columbus State was always ready to help if I needed a key or an answer to a question. I suppose the most valuable thing about this journey has been growing in humility and out of the humility learning it’s okay to ask forhelp .If I hadn’t, I would have dropped this project a long time ago, and it would have never seen the light of day. So,many thanks to all of you who have stood by my side during this endeavor. Thank you to all who have submitted, because we definitely wouldn’t be anywhere without your dedication to your craft. Thank you to the CSU staff. And, thank you to all of our readers. May our words embody our hearts, attitudes, and love for the world around us. And may they live in the hands and in the minds of our readers for many years.
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arden 2018
Columbus State University
You can’t predict the future.You can’t control the past.You can’t erase the circumstances of birth, time, economics, and politics into which you were born. And contrary to popular wisdom, most modern science (and the lived experience of billions) suggests you can’t even circumscribe the effects these circumstances will impress upon you. By all means, try. Inbibe. Meditate and pray. Attend therapy, and follow your doctor’s orders. These are all good things, and the struggle should be celebrated in proportion to the work required to wage it. But after all these eventualities and the footprints they leave behind, please write it all down. Or film them. Scratch them on your skin. Paint them on a canvass, or a brick wall. Your art is the people’s history of your life, and it belongs to us as much as you. Don’t steal.
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Arden 2015
Samantha Alliston
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2014
Morgan Lamberson
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2013
Tom Ingram
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2012
Marshall S. Callaway
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2011
Deena Brabant
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2010
Molly Mitchell
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2009
Rosanne Tempesta
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2008
Jessica McCallister
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2007
Melanie K. Greenwood
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2006
Kathy L. Honea and Jake Patrick
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2005
Kathy L. Honea and Jake Patrick
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2004
Jennifer Roach
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2003
Jessica Trenchik
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2002
Jessica Trenchik
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2001
John Kocian
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 2000
John Kocian
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, fiction, and other avenues of creative composition.
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Arden 1999
John Kocian
An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, fiction, and other avenues of creative composition.
