GREEN APPLE

Abigail Moone ’23 co-editor

Tell us about your publication. Green Apple is a poetic and creative publication that provokes thought and sparks discussion. We are dedicated to high quality work, honest self-expression without censure, and the exploration of self through all creative means. Though we produce a publication, our real goal is to create a feminist creative collective, developing community through the arts.

Describe your production process. We have two editors-in-chief, Katie “KT” Jenkinson ’23 and me, and eight to 15 consistent members and several floating contributors who come and go. Our publication has evolved over the years. We began as a print publication, tried blogging briefly in 2012, and have returned to print. After a short hiatus between 2020 and 2022, we now publish one edition per semester and function as a feminist creative collective. We host workshops two to four times a month, providing art supplies and encouraging various types of creative expression. All of the work produced in these workshops is compiled and published anonymously in a zine format, following in a strong feminist tradition.

What sets Green Apple apart from other student publications?

Green Apple is an explicitly feminist publication, intended to uphold the legacy of Kirkland College. While I believe this distinction is important, what I think more importantly distinguishes Green Apple is the generative community component. As opposed to looking for refined, polished, ready-to-publish work, we create that work together, regardless of experience level. Other student publications at Hamilton are submission-based and do not host spaces to create, workshop, or develop publishable content in a creative community.

Describe a story or piece of content that you are particularly proud of. Our spring issue is just about ready to go to press, and we are receiving such a wonderful variety of pieces from students across disciplines and class years. KT and I are basing the layout and design off of our Levitt project from the summer, a zine titled Homegrown: A narrative exploration of creativity and environment.

What have you learned from your experience with Green Apple?

I am a double major in women’s & gender studies and French & Francophone studies. I joined Green Apple my freshman year. Sharing creative space in a community of poets was foundational to my college transition, and I was disappointed that the publication was not revived after we got sent home during the pandemic. I was motivated to restart Green Apple because I feel connected to Kirkland’s legacy and believe in the power of creative community. This approach is deeply informed by women’s and gender studies, and I have been learning how to balance facilitating a community I love deeply and am ideologically invested in with the logistical upkeep and bureaucracy of a college environment. n

Suture

Lillian Norton-Brainerd ’23 and Bella Moses ’23 co-editors

Tell us about Suture.

Lillian: Suture’s mission is to publish insightful academic essays to spark discussion across campus. It also provides students with opportunities to publish their critical essays in the humanities, arts, and social sciences through a peer-editing process. We publish once per semester, and a typical issue contains three-six academic essays. This semester, there are 11 students on staff.

What do you hope readers come away with?

Bella: We are the only interdisciplinary journal on campus not associated with any particular academic department. We hope to provide a place where students can share their academic work with other students and the broader Hamilton community (something they do not usually get the chance to do in classes). We also have a robust peer-editing process that allows writers to collaborate with other students to strengthen the content of their work. Peer-editing is a pillar of academic publishing, and writers have the opportunity to experience this process in a safe and friendly environment in order to prepare to publish academic work in the future if this is something they wish to pursue. We also feel that students can learn a lot by reading the work of their peers and that access to eloquent critical scholarship is essential to one’s development as a reader, scholar, and informed citizen.

Describe something in your publication that you are particularly proud of.

Bella: I am proud of our most recent edition published last fall. All of the essays are fresh, exciting, and beautifully written, and our editorial team worked hard to make sure the issue was the best that it could be. I am also particularly proud of the cover, which Lillian and I designed and hand-printed in the Dunham Letterpress Studio.

What have you learned from your work with Suture?

Lillian: I am a women’s & gender studies major and environmental studies minor. After being exposed to interdisciplinary scholarship and theory, I realized that my interest in writing was focused on academic essays. Through working on Suture, I am now potentially interested in publishing as a career. I have learned how to give constructive feedback and work with others to make decisions. I’ve also loved the opportunity to see the variety of insightful essays students produce!

Bella: I am a creative writing and women’s & gender studies double major. I joined Suture in my sophomore year because I enjoyed reading the journal. I also edit for Red Weather and have written for a number of campus publications. I have learned a great deal working on Suture, not only about writing and editing, but about the amount of work and coordination it takes to lead a team of editors and collaborate with people across campus who are involved in taking each issue from the submission stage to a printed publication. I plan to go into publishing and am considering academic publishing as a possible career path. n

OTHER MEDIA OVERSEEN BY HAMILTON’S STUDENT MEDIA BOARD:

n Hamiltonian — The College yearbook, first published in 1858.

n The Spectator — The weekly student newspaper debuted in 1947. It evolved from The Campus (1866-70), which was followed by Hamilton Life in 1899 and Hamiltonews in 1942.

n WHCL-FM — Begun in 1941 as WHC, an AM radio station broadcasting exclusively on campus, WHCL-FM (available locally at 88.7 or globally via live stream) features more than 100 student shows each year.

n Red Weather — A literary magazine, containing poetry, prose, and art, founded at Kirkland College in 1976.

n The Daily Bull — Introduced in 1978, this broadside is today described as “a neo-Dada absurdist publication that aims to bring campus issues to light in a satirical manner.” n The Duel Observer — A weekly satire publication, begun in 2002, “striving to make the campus a better and more humorous place ” n The Continental — A magazine first published in 2006 “to provide accurate, intriguing, thought-provoking student interest stories in a more casual journalistic setting ” n The Monitor — Hamilton’s political and social justice op-ed publication will return to the lineup of student publications this semester.