When Digressions: Literary & Art Journal first started in 2004, Marlisa Santos, professor in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, saw it as a way for students’ creativity to come to life.
“So much has happened at NSU in the last 20 years, and Digressions has changed and developed and evolved,” Santos said. “We wanted to give students a safe space to express themselves, but also a place where they can challenge ideas.”
Shanti Bruce, chair of the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, introduces the 20th edition of Digressions.
PHOTO BY CHRIS DELBONI.
On April 3, Mario D’Agostino, faculty adviser of Digressions, unveiled the 20th edition of the literary magazine, which includes artwork, short stories and poetry submitted by students.
“We are super excited to have published the 20th anniversary of Digressions. We are so fortunate that this gift is still with us at NSU, and we’re hopeful that it will continue another 20 years,” D’Agostino said.
This was the first time that many people were introduced to the Digressions magazine, like Dr. Harry Moon, chief operating officer and executive vice president of NSU.
“This will be my first attendance at Digressions. I look forward to seeing the program,” said Moon before the launch started. “I think it’s very important that the administrative side of the institution knows what the students are doing.”
One student, Cora Padilla Castillo, sophomore marketing major, spoke about the poem “El Universo / The Universe.”
“These are the thoughts that we never shared,” Padilla Castillo said. “‘The Universe’ was originally written in Spanish, but it is revised in English.”
The 20th edition includes a QR code linking to an interview with Dr. Santos and Diane Joy Obregon, the first student editor of Digressions. It is also the first edition with a music submission, work done by practicum students and contracted cover art.
“When I first became a graphic design major, one of the first things I had to do was make a mock Digressions cover,” said Sofía Aurora Guerra Cardona, senior art and design major and cover designer of this year’s Digressions. “It was very important that we did a callback to past covers, because obviously, that is what led up to the current issue. My idea was to make 19 freeform shapes.”
Imani Allen, freshman nutrition major, was excited to see this year’s Digressions and looks forward to the next editions.
“This was my first impression of art at NSU, and I really like it,” Allen said.
The 20th edition of Digressions is now available to download on NSUWorks.
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