Laurus

UNL's undergraduate literary magazine, publishing literary works and art from UNL students.

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“Breathe. Footsteps. / Heart pounding. / I said something about needing to say / something.” Hudson Windrum’s “Loop” increases in pace as it progresses, building the reader to a heart-fluttering conclusion.
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These symbols offer hints about one of the many fantastic art pieces featured in our upcoming issue. See if you can guess what it is!
Look for Madeline Hansen’s “The Promise of Fame” in Laurus 2023 to see the real thing!

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"These are no longer the hands of a child. / Rust is starting to creep up from the nails. / You give me my tangled line." Mckenna Sender’s “Tangled Line” uses fishing metaphors to explore memory, longing, and their associations with grief.
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"like the shameless flirt you are, /
you flip those curls in his direction, /
but i see how your hand shakes as it falls." Kate Mulloy's "A Lesson in Lip Gloss Application" emphasizes self-respect and the pursuit of mutual love.
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"There’s this immense guilt I feel for thinking I’m too good for the only place I can call home." Madelynn Preister's "A Beginner's Guide on How to Swim" explores feelings of belonging and confinement in the Midwestern space.
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"I wonder if they, too, felt more understood by the unfeeling cosmos than their own home." Nathan Kielian's "Star Child" uses intergalactic imagery to consider ideas around space, belonging, and creativity.
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"The thefts had come with traces of humanity, traces of emotions, traces of empathy, traces of things the Mimic didn’t even have words for." Alexandria Rinne’s “The Mimic” tells a story of desire, absence, and searching for the self.
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These symbols offer hints about a fabulous photo featured in our upcoming issue. See if you can guess what it is!
Look for Meredith Gamet’s “Blue Lights” in Laurus 2023 to see the real thing!

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“For as long as I can remember, in times of fear or anxiousness, my mother would cleanse me with an egg—a limpia, she’d call it." Jennifer Jimenez's "Limpia" soothes readers with visceral descriptions of a cleansing family ritual.
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"Up until January, Markannen’s Slaughterhouse was an unassuming place that kills live beings for the consumption of others." Noah Hadley's "Doris" tells the story of a butcher and his affection for his bizarre yet beautiful beloved, Doris.
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"I rot and I rot / Until the fruits I have borne for you, / My children, / Dry and wither away, / Much like your mother." Kennedy Sommerer’s “Gaia” uses dazzling nature imagery to implore humankind to do better in its treatment of the planet.
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Happy D.E.A.R Day! Take time to sit back and relax with a good book today!

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Check out our Instagram, @unllaurus, for Book Recommendations (Taylor's Version)!
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Today’s the deadline to submit visual art pieces for consideration for our 2022-23 issue! Art can be paintings, drawings, photography, collages. One piece will be selected as our cover so submit today! #unl #art #stpatricksday #lucky

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/eDRwzRfiUV

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Join Crescent Moon Coffee, Wednesdays from 7:00pm to 9:00pm for Open Mic Writers’ Night! Bring your poetry and prose to share with and learn from all the brilliant artists in Lincoln as you support small businesses. Hosted by Jeff Martinson. Poet pictured: Aaron Bui

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Write a list of hardships you have survived. Now detail strengths and skills gained after, or during each. With this list in hand create a response or imitation poem to any of the pieces provided. You may criticize their views, or celebrate them.

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Did you get any inspiration from Thursday's snow day? ❄⛄
#unl #huskers #snowday #writingprompt

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❤️ Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️

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We're quickly approaching the deadline to submit to Laurus! Remember submissions are open to ALL UNL undergrads and you are free to submit up to 5 pieces! Deadline is this Tuesday, 1/31 at midnight! #Huskers #unl