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By Anna Heneise When asked about how the original trilogy connected with the prequel trilogy, George Lucas infamously said, “It’s like poetry […] they rhyme.” Whether you find this phrase … Continue Reading “Like poetry:” Lucas, Legacies, and Working Backwards
It has come to our attention that the poems “Renovation,” “Fishing with Bill,” and “Dislocated,” published under the name John Kucera, were plagiarized. These poems were published through The River … Continue Reading In Regards to Plagiarism
By Madeline Pumphrey Ode to the Blue-Ringed Octopus Laying in the shimmering sandsA brooch buried beneath the rolling waves A striking gold lemonEncrusted with luminous rings of lapis Not quite … Continue Reading “Ode to the Blue-Ringed Octopus”, “Springtime” and Three Haikus
By Miriam Manglani None were worth writing about. Many in my college days were tall.One was a body builderwith pale skin and marbled veinswho ate twelve egg whites for breakfast.We … Continue Reading Boyfriends, a History
By Travis Park I stared out the window with dead eyes. Rabbits jump in the trees springing like dead leaves. The ocean is in the view of my rearview mirror. … Continue Reading Sunsets Over
By Anna Heneise EXT. BACKYARD, MID AFTERNOON 1 An old two story Victorian style house bakes in the sun. The back porch is concrete, with a screen door, both very … Continue Reading Bath Time
By Sevde Kaldiroglu Sometimes You have a way of making men fall in love with you think God brought you to life to bring light to people’s lives You look … Continue Reading Maneater and other names they call you by
By Tristan Mitchell Words are funny, fickle things. They all have meaning. No, rather, meanings. They all mean at least one thing, but many of them mean more. The writer … Continue Reading CONTEST WINNER: Tristan Mitchell
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW After a whirlwind of a Survivor Series Pay-Per-View (that I unfortunately didn’t cover due to Thanksgiving), this Monday’s show opened with the first … Continue Reading This Week In Wresting: Tournaments Created, Decisions Made, And Hell Frozen Over
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show began this week with the teams that will be fighting against each other in WarGames come Survivor Series having a face-off … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Alliances Forged, Brutality Displayed, And AEW’s Full Gear PPV
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Seth Rollins opened the show this week, recapping his match against Drew from Crown Jewel, and Sami Zayn deflecting Damien Priest’s attempt to … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Fraying Threads, Rising Tensions, And The Bad Side Of Friendship
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Rhea Ripley, JD McDonagh, and Dominik Mysterio made their way out to start the show with an in-ring promo. Sami Zayn took no … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Disappointment, Teammates, And WWE’s Crown Jewel PPV
The River’s bi-annual contest is back! This time as the Word Challenge contest! This semester, we’re asking you to produce a piece of writing that includes three specific words: Empathic, … Continue Reading It’s Time For A Contest!
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened this week with Sami Zayn experiencing mixed emotions about his tag team partner and best friend Kevin Owens being traded … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Brutality, Beginnings, And AEW’s Battle of the Belts VIII
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Seth Rollins opened this week’s show by assuring that, despite his bad back getting even worse during the Last Man Standing match he … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers To Face And The Constant Struggle Of Maintaining Friendships
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened with Shayna Baszler making her entrance, on her way to have a match against Nia Jax. However, Nia attacked her … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Tense Alliances, Wasted Friendships, And WWE’s Fastlane PPV