Monday, July 06, 2009
The Aerie becomes FishHook
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Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 Nicole Louise Reid, associate professor of English and managing editor of the magazine, said, "Students wanted to replace the name with one that is edgy and more in keeping with other fine journals' eschewing of lyricism for its own sake in favor of purposeful meaning. "A fishhook speaks to Evansville's sense of place, tucked in a crook of the Ohio River, and serves as a rich metaphor for the process of being lured, hooked, and changed by the images (whether visual or verbal) of the magazine. Like a hook pulled from a river trout's mouth before the fish is tossed back to the water, the fishhook does not pull cleanly free the barb catches, leaves an echo of its shape in the cheek of the fish. "And that, gruesome as it may sound, is how the editors of The Aerie and officers of SWU feel good literature and art should leave us: changed forever, with an echo of its image and voice deep in our flesh." The 2009 issue of the magazine will debut as Fishhook. |
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