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The Oberlin Review
Established 1874.

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Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Love in the Times of Oberlin

Love in the Times of Oberlin

Eloise Rich, This Week Editor
February 10, 2023
Kurt Rosenwinkel and his band play at the Cat in the Cream.

Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet Performs at Cat in the Cream

Maeve Woltring
September 23, 2022
Students at Solarity last semester dancing while opener Kota the Kid performs.

Behind the Scenes: How Bookers Bring Musicians to Campus

Aly Fogel, Arts Editor
February 14, 2020
The Cat in the Cream was packed on Monday night, as middle schoolers, family members and Oberlin students gathered to hear Langston Middle School students read poetry from anthologies of their work. The subject matter ran the gamut, touching on times they felt powerful, people that are important to them, advice they don’t like to hear, and their relationships with their hometowns, among other sources of inspiration. This work came out of seven-day residencies in the middle school Language Arts classes, taught by college students through the Writers in the Schools Program. This program, directed by Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing Lynn Powell, is the focus of her Teaching Imaginative Writing course. College students compiled the culminating anthologies of middle school poetry, will be on shelves at the school and the Oberlin Public Library. “I preach to my Oberlin students that to teach well you must prepare yourself as well as you can, and then go have an authentic conversation with your students,” Powell wrote in an email to the Review. “Staying curious and learning together is what keeps both teaching and poetry alive.” College third-year Elmo Tumbokon participated in the class last year, and taught again as a practicum this fall. “If you’ve heard the poems that eighth-graders read, it’s literally the most profound thing in the world,” said Tumbokon. “And [to help] kids have access to poetry over and over again, and all I have to do is volunteer my time. … It means the world to me.” Another student teacher, College fourth-year Jack McMillin, participated in WITS when he was a student at Langston Middle School. In his final year at the College, he’s come full circle with the program. “As a middle school student, the program was such a joy because it allowed me to think imaginatively in a school setting,” McMillin wrote in an email to the Review. “For me, it’s early chances like the poetry [residency] where I could play around and experiment with my voice that made writing a liberating world, and the more this expanded during my time at Oberlin, the more I wanted to pursue creative writing.”

Middle School Students Celebrate Poetic Accomplishments

Rachel Fang
December 6, 2019
On the Record with Dizzy Fae, R&B Artist

On the Record with Dizzy Fae, R&B Artist

Aly Fogel, Arts Editor
September 6, 2019
Senior Creative Writing students on stage at the Cat in the Cream after their reading. Back row: Rebecca Wood, Claire Wong, Jacob Fidoten, Madi Mettenburg, Gabi Shiner; Front row: Michelle Chu, Em Marcus.

Creative Writing Seniors Give Dazzling Reading at the Cat

Lu Zucker
May 10, 2019

Seniors Strip for Final Time in OBurlesque Performance

Aly Fogel, Arts Editor
May 10, 2019

Open Mic Culture Provides Performance, Community

Carson Dowhan, Senior Staff Writer
February 15, 2019
Lecturer in Creative Writing and WITS mentors discuss their work in Langston Middle School at Monday nights poetry reading.

College Mentors Work with Elementary, Middle School Students

Kate Fishman, Managing Editor
December 7, 2018

Kishi Bashi Duo to Play at Cat in the Cream

Carson Dowhan, Senior Staff Writer
October 12, 2018
Conservatory senior Zoe Heuser writes in her diary. She is one of the many students who read their inner thoughts aloud during last Friday’s Diary Reading Open Mic at the Cat in the Cream.

Students Bare Innermost Thoughts During Diary Reading Open Mic Night

Text by Kate Fishman, Arts & Culture Editor
September 21, 2018

Ari Lennox Delivers Powerful Performance

Carson Dowhan, Senior Staff Writer
September 14, 2018
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