Literary journal Central Review released adding photos for this year's publication
The Central Review staff has taken the visual appeal of its publication to a different level for this semester’s edition.
The student-run literary publication, which displays submitted works written by students, was released last week.
The publication contains works such as short stories, poetry and visual art. It is published each semester in November and early April.
“I think it’s really important that all of the editors brought very different ideas about what makes a piece engaging and interesting,” said Editor in Chief Andrew Dooley, a Plymouth junior. “We were able to get along really well and come up with an issue that shows off the variety (of works) being created by Central students.”
Dooley, along with assistant editors Dan Crowley, Ann Arbor junior, Aubrey Bourgeois, a Marine City senior, and Warren senior Marie Dandie pick three winners for the literary contest.
The editors select 12 individuals to fill the publication with 23 pieces. In previous years, each editor was in charge of a specific part of the publication.
“There were several hundred submissions,” Dooley said. “It was very hard to pare them down to 40 pages.”
Neil Hopp, director of student media, said this year’s publication came out on time.
“It’s very well-designed,” Hopp said. “They added photos this year to dress it up.”
Dooley said last year’s publication featured no visual art.
This semester, the submitted works are also being considered for a literary contest. The categories include prose, poetry and photography.
“There are some amazing photographs in this issue,” Dooley said. “People did so many experimental things with their writing this year.”
The three contest winners are Mount Pleasant senior Ben Lambright for prose, Burtchville senior Amanda Watters for poetry and Grosse Point sophomore Darnell Gardner for photography. Gardner took photographs while studying in Shanghai, China. Each winner received $100 cash prizes.
Those who contributed will read their works in the Charles V. Park Memorial Library Baber Room Thursday. Students interested in submitting work for the spring publication can go to centralreviewmagazine.org for more information.
Dandie said she was able to look at the material in a different way than her co-workers.
“We didn’t always view things in the same way,” she said. “I can look at things in a different way — I can compare it and for me it has multiple meanings.”
Dandie is the only business major out of the four editors to review the submitted material. Dooley said the different majors bring a different perspective to the issue.
“Although we may not have the same view, we respect it and understand it,” Dandie said.
