Child Abuse in Purple Hibiscus

By Rebekah Parish

Purple Hibiscus, a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, tells the story of a family in Nigeria who are devout Catholics. Yet the father abuses his family. He uses their religious beliefs as reasons to do so and finds justification for…

A Little Piece of Glory

By Mika Stone

“The announcers were saying she is the greatest skater ever.” That was the text from my dad the morning after Kamila Valieva skated a historic short program at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Days later, this achievement was marred with…

GPR 2021 Awards

by Mark C Watney

We were determined to go to print this year — After having to skip 2020. And no Plague, Insurrection, riots, or economic crashes were going to forestall us this time. But we had one problem which every literary journal loves to have: too many submissions. So…

Hers Not Mine

Mika Stone

I rise each day thankful
that my room is not Hers.
My painted walls not
Her brown woven grass.
My bright fairy lights not
Her single blinking bulb.
My closet full of clothes not
Her pile of woven cloth.
My carpeted floor not
Her packed dirt.

Surely, This

Is what Holy Spirit feels like

By Joshua David Mathews (Honorable Mention)

2024 Awards

Awarded by the English Department
Explained by Professor Mark Watney

Best Reverie Theme: Never Have I Understood the Feeling by Shaylee Gibbs
We were intrigued by Shaylee’s almost shy confession here of something not quite understood: a stained-glass…

GPR 2021 Staff

A Mostly True Account Of My Fear Of Snakes

By Mika Stone

Go Fishing

By Ean Heise

The early morning sun reflects off my sealed eyelids as I sit in the backseat of my dad’s old Subaru…

January 7, 2022

By Jesse Sheppard