For the month of January, we are interviewing UW-Parkside student Kayla Eddy about her knotting work. I picked up the hobby of knotting/bracelet-making during the pandemic. I was stuck in my dorm room at school, and I wanted something to pass the time. As it happened, I had packed some string and started teaching myself […]
On Thursday, November 18th, Straylight Magazine hosted an Open Mic Night in The Den at UW Parkside. Between performances, the audience and hosts worked together to create this exquisite corpse poem: I walked outside And I smelled smoke. It filled my lungs and made me choke Breathing became more difficult by the minute I laid […]
For the month of November, we are interviewing artist Padrick Newton about his glass work. I started blowing glass in August 2015, and within six months I quit my 9-5 to pursue my glass career. I knew it would have its difficulties, and within a couple months I was living in my car. It took […]
It corners me on the edge of the cliff. The green grass, wet with dew that shimmers eerily in the gray light of dawn, suddenly gives way to a sheer drop. The base of the cliff vanishes beneath the surface of glistening ocean waves, water reflecting back the beauty of the rising sun. I can […]