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A portrait of a pensive Emily Dickinson hung on the wall of Winebrenner’s office. Winebrenner was preparing to teach a seminar on Emily Dickinson in Spring 2021. 

Kent State community mourns Kim Winebrenner, English professor who put ‘students first’

Lyndsey Brennan Reporter January 23, 2021

Editor’s note: Kent State English professor Kimberly Winebrenner, 57, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 3, 2020, at Akron General Cleveland Clinic. The following is an appreciation of her life.Satterfield...

The finalists of the FlashLab pitch contest strike a pose before giving their presentations.

FlashLab winners shine spotlight on innovation within Student Media

Jacob Majka December 5, 2018

Each of the winners of Thursday’s FlashLab Innovation Pitch Contest hopes their plans will be successfully implemented into their respective student media outlets.All three winning groups believe their...

Luna Negra magazine holds launch party

Jillian Holness April 14, 2016

Kent State’s Literary and Arts Journal, Luna Negra, hosted its launch party Thursday night on the third floor of the student center.Luna Negra releases a new issue each spring. Audience members attended...

Fractured Breath

Relaxed Reads: Fractured Breath

Shelby Driver October 28, 2014

Visit Luna Negra for more!I was at the library when your mother sent me the text, as if to lessen the blow that you were in the ER, cut open like a half-ripe pomegranate. I couldn’t hold your hand until...

Relaxed Reads: I Begin/We End

Shelby Driver October 7, 2014

Cold and formless I feltthe darkness hovering over the waterMy new body made of sparrows,Their feathers rejected, their song resonates,greasy fingers finding lips,I laugh with my mouth openbeating fists...

Beast

Relaxed Reads: Beast

Maria Cherwien September 23, 2014

He saw the creature in me;The bestiality of my brow,and he heard a growl betweenthe syllables ofmy name. You, the carnivore,I, the nomad;though green rootsunder the skin on my feetsay otherwise:stay. Stay,...