Calliope
Calliope is West Virginia University’s undergraduate literary journal. For more than 30 years, students at WVU have collaborated to create this award-winning journal, a showcase of the exemplary creative efforts of the student body. Submitting to Calliope is exclusive to WVU students, regardless of major, and historically has included works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and artwork.
Current Volume: Volume 35 (2023)
Full Issue
Front Matter
Poetry
Untitled #2. (etymology of love)
Alyssa Myers
Did you mean to be a wolf in sheep's clothing?
Alyssa Myers
Death Follows
Aubrey Cumberledge
all my memories gather 'round her
Aubrey Cumberledge
Thunder Music Crashing
Grace Campbell
A Woman's Heart and Its Oceans
Grace Campbell
the smell of cigarettes reminds me of you
Nichole Drungo
i think you're leaving tonight
Katie Cisar
Visitor (after Faith Shearin)
Andrea Rupp
The Dead Dad Omnipresence Conundrum
Andrea Rupp
Purple Moments
Tucker Deitz
The Exponent Telegram Obituary
Cody McCoy
A New Birth of Freedom
Will Hanson
Fiction
The Prelude
Gene Davis
Time and All of His Friends: A London Interlude
Mikaela Eackles
Lady Temptation
J R. Sloan
Nonfiction
Strawberry Soju
Linda Ma
Who the Mountain Made Me
Katie Cisar
Cinderella
Kevin Sparks
Artwork
Resident Atlantic Puffin of Eastern Egg Rock
Daniel Rubianto
Crying America
Raina Brown
Chihuly Gardens and Glass
Michael DiBacco
Walk the Line
Raina Brown
Sunset at Bryce Canyon
Michael DiBacco
Harbor Seal Waking Up From a Nap
Daniel Rubianto
The Road Not Taken
Erika Lerfald
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Michael DiBacco
- Assistant-Editor-in-Chief
- Scarlet Mebane
- Poetry Editors
- Kristine Waddell and Caitlin Mead
- Fiction Editors
- Kevin Sparks and Leah Brennsteiner
- Nonfiction Editors
- Mikaela Eackles and Hannah Nunley
- Visual Arts Editor
- Juliet Wanosky
- Cover Art
- The Grudge by Reuben Radford