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Since Fall 2003, issues of the English Journal have come out twice a year. The issues contain a representative selection from the online Journal (Gunnery intranet only), as well as selected artwork. The Journal shares its best work (in the estimation of its editors) with the school’s traditional literary journal, the Stray Shot, a professionally printed journal that is issued at the end of the school year.
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Issue #8 (January 2008) presents a wide range of writing in verse and prose, including essays on travel in India by Jon Hartmann and Ian Engelberger, photos by Sasha Geerken, Epic Haiku Series by Farsh, and much more. |
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Issue #7 (January 2007) firmly establishes the Journal as a January, thus Janus-faced publication, looking forward and back as it does over the school’s generations. This issue sports a number of younger and new contributors, among them Shelby Sisco, Chris Clapis, Sam Hunt, Brooke Waltzer, and Alex Adam. It also proudly presents writing by seniors Paul Henne, Allie Early, and Kirsten Cleary, as well as poems by recent alum Nolan Titcomb. The issue also contains arresting images created by Alyse Dufour and Jung Min Park, and a calligramme by Hunter Tweed. If you’re looking for ethical engagement, check out Phineas Ponderman, whose real identity remains a mystery. |
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Issue #6 (May 2006) opens with Kelly Kim’s expertly vivid shot of anxiety and ricochets from the quiet, reflective work of such writers as Marcia Zhou, Perry Costello, Osha Rudduck, and Tony Che-Kuan Huang, to the resounding ruckus-making work of Nate Elston, Cassidy Goepel, and Sam Hunt, to name a few. The issue includes three poems by Jon Hartmann, who won The Gunnery’s 2006 poetry contest and was also selected finalist in poetry for Litchfield County in the IMPAC/CSU Young Writers literary awards competition for his villanelle “(She) Camel Show,” which appeared in English Journal Issue #5. |
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Issue #5 (January 2006) features the work of Nate Elston and Perry Costello. It is a roiling swale of terrific writing by Eun Jung Lee, Ryan Schmitt, Paul Henne, Jon Hartmann – finalist in the 2006 IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Competition for poetry (Litchfield County) – and many others. |
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Issue #4 (May 2005) opens with Danielle McDonald’s poem in memory of Teddy Ebersol, and presents work by distinguished alumni writers Katie Stones and Mark Wertheim; the issue also includes work by Ben Metcalf and Zack Dugow, both finalists in the 2005 IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Competition for poetry (Litchfield County), and by Young Jin Choi (writing as Tony Tsai), third place winner in the 2005 Ferris Ellis Literary Awards of the Connecticut Community Foundation. |
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Issue #3 (December 2004), dedicated to Teddy Ebersol, is a galvanizing brew that includes Jon Hartmann’s story “A Taste of One’s Own Elixir,” poems by Nicky Pratt (Honorable Mention, Litchfield County poetry contest, 2005), and poems by Kuan-Hua Huang, finalist in the 2005 IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Competition for poetry (Litchfield County). |
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Issue #2 (May 2004) presents work by two New York-based Cuban émigré writers, Alexis Romay and Miguel Correa Mujica. Romay’s translation of Mujica’s Al norte del infierno, from which a selection appears in this issue, will be published in 2006 as North of Hell by Green Integer (www.greeninteger.com). The issue includes fine work by many, including Katherine Danziger, Lisa Zambero, Ha Jung Lim, and Greta Murphy. |
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Issue #1 (December 2003) features poetry by Tong-jip Shin, translated from the Korean by Young Jin Choi, the poet’s nephew. The issue also features work by Joe Clapis, third-place winner in the 2004 Ferris Ellis Literary Awards of the Connecticut Community Foundation. |
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Thanks are due to the many students and faculty whose contributions of time and energy continue to make these publications possible. Special thanks to Mrs. Maggie Bucklin, Ms. Anna Kjellson, and Community Service.
– The Editors (Mr. Benson, Mr. Alter, Sam Bramson, Garner Blume, Joe Clapis, Young Jin Choi, LB Schmidt, Matt Helderman) |
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