Literary Incest
After many months’ hiatus, I finally have something to complain about, and where else would be a better place than here?
Today, I picked up an Omnibus 2006 from a neat pile stacked in the bin next to the day’s Oracle. What is Omnibus? Apparently, it is “USF’s student art and literary magazine.”
Funny that I have never heard of it before. Particularly since I am an English major, with a concentration in creative writing.
In an attempt to kill some time before my Italian exam this morning, I idly flipped through its pages. I shall not mince words - the content is ABSYMAL.
Firstly, they should have just called it “USF’s poetry magazine (with a few pieces of art and two stories).” The majority of this poorly-printed booklet is poetry. Don’t worry, I shan’t plagiarize from the book, but I will tell you, much of the poetry is of this variety:
I walked next to a shiny lake.
I ate some Little Debbie’s cake!
My boyfriend dumped me, made me cry;
I made this poem on the fly -
But I still feel bad
and want to die.
[None of the above is true].
The fiction is sorely in need of proofreading, as well as being horrendous.
Now, lest I just sound like a crab, I shall get to my main point. A few of the contributors’ names sounded vaguely familiar. After searching on the internet for about two seconds, I realized why.
This pained handful of contributors contains people who are prominent members of the Oracle’s staff.
Trying to keep in the family, are we? How is this fair?
I never saw an advertisement for submissions. I wonder why?
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May 15th, 2006 @ 6:13 pm
Seriously you have that much time on your hands that you have to belittle aspiring artists. Yes, their work may be subpar, but ask yourself, are you published? I mean, if you were making a living off of your writing you probably wouldn’t be bothering to badmouth these writer’s. Keep in mind that they are all beginners and they deserve credit for their efforts. I have been enrolled at USF for only a few weeks now and I have already heard about the Omnibus. Maybe you need to put the effort that you use to complain about things that don’t even concern you on your petty little blog and go ahead and do some research. I wrote one email and found out about the site. I am really glad that I accidentally stumbled across your blog cause its always nice to put a sad little bastard like yourself in his place. Thanks for making me laugh. Peace out ya petty little punk. Thanks for supporting the arts.
May 15th, 2006 @ 8:51 pm
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October 24th, 2006 @ 10:38 am
I walked next to a shiny lake.
I ate some Little Debbie’s cake!
My boyfriend dumped me, made me cry;
I made this poem on the fly -
But I still feel bad
and want to die.
- YES NOT TRUE AT ALL
January 20th, 2007 @ 11:06 pm
Great minds think alike - keep it up.
January 21st, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
Great site - keep up the good work.
February 18th, 2007 @ 11:10 pm
Ashame you have not kept your self up-dated on the creative enviroment going on at USF. This is a big component of creative writing. You may want to take a couple of marketing courses. An agent or publisher is not going to find you. You need (or most writers want) to find them. That is how the real world works.
Signed, been ther, done that
May 23rd, 2007 @ 2:13 am
That was very keen of you to do the quick backgrounder in order to put the articles in clear focus. It is amazing when you look deeper into journalism what you can see.
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