Introduction

Welcome to the first release of the Blue Ash Review Online–the digital companion to the longstanding print Blue Ash Review annual literary magazine of University of Cincinnati’s Blue Ash College. Started just one year after the founding of the college in 1967 (the college turned 50 in 2017), the Blue Ash Review has been highlighting good art and writing by students, faculty, staff, community members, and visiting artists for decades. The 2018-2019 academic year marks the print Review’s 50th anniversary.

We’re honoring this timeline by extending the Review’s publication to the digital world. We’ve curated in this online space media, art, and text, the best of what students, staff, faculty, community, and visiting artists have created and shared. As does the print publication, the Blue Ash Review Online celebrates the arts, expanding from visual and written forms to include spoken and multi-media modes. Vehicles for expression may change, but good art does not; we aim to create an experience with every issue that leaves you thinking and feeling and maybe even a little awed.

-Claudia Skutar
Blue Ash Review Online Editor

Special Features

Merle as Muse

Karen George
Richard Hague
D. R. James
Eileen Tabios
Janet McFadyen
Kevin Oberlin
Pauletta Hansel
John Trause
Rhonda Pettit
Roy W. Jones
Michael Henson
Matthew Birdsall
H. Michael Sanders
Robert Murphy
Grace Curtis

Student Manifestos

Sydney Brunner
Shannon Chalmers
Lauren Kahrs
Scott Martin
Ariana Miller
Aliyah Motley
Aya Samra
Brittany Shumate
More on Manifestos

Student Book Productions

Kendra Carper
Mike Gaines
Nathan Hoover
Melissa Jackson
Danielle Jonas
Rachel Kauffman
Victoria Lantz
Korinna Reed
Katy Schwartz

Found Poems

Maya Addison
Gary Corvi
Devyn Dent
Tom Garino
Alex Huckleberry
Corey Jackson
Margarita Medina
Jared Patterson
Alyssa Tepe

Recurring Features

Media Channel

Kirsten Allen
Katie Combs
Josh Carrero
Maria Maldonado
Scott Martin
Aya Samra

2017-2018 Scary Story Contest Winners

Morgan Huber
Athena Babcock
Aaron Doyle

2017-2018 Flash Fiction Contest Winners

Lou Beresford
Jerome Koch

2017-2018 Café Contest Winners

Poetry Café: College Division
- Rachael Munns | Corey Jackson
Poetry Café: High School Division
- Kay Kemp | Avery Dorsch | Elise Loux
Poetry Café: Song Writing Division
- Abbigayle Richards | Hawa Tarawally
Poetry Café: Featured Poet
- Mary Ann Taylor-Hall

Short Fiction

Jared Patterson
Alyssa Tepe

Blue Ash Review Online Vol.1