Get spooky, Hope College – this blog post is to remind you to celebrate! To celebrate this eerie, imaginative holiday, but also to celebrate the beauty of life!  For the past week, I have spent almost every waking moment dedicating my time to research papers, meetings, group project

Finding time to write during the school year is always something of a challenge. Between going to class, doing your homework, extracurriculars, and finding time to relax, dedicating yourself to a personal writing project can slip through the cracks. It’s nearly impossible to get enough sleep a

You don’t have to have it all together. While here for the Visiting Writers Series, Angela Pelster and David James Poissant discussed how they didn’t start writing until their mid-to-late twenties, didn’t go to school for it as an undergrad, and started taking classes only after having tried a

Hi, everyone!  Sadina here, a co-editor of Opus! For my multi-genre class, I’ve been reading a lot of docupoetic material, so I did a little research and thought I’d share some rando factos about it! For starters, docupoetics is slang for documentary poetry. It’s an interestin

Hello to all of the lovely Opus Blog readers! My name is Grace Hulderman and I am the new poetry editor.  I am so excited to be involved with Opus and to have the opportunity to look at all of the wonderful pieces of art and writing that you guys are submitting! It is incredible […]