The Philistine

By Cheryl Hann, Staff Contributor

Grade: B+

Clocking in at just under 40 pages, The Philistine, King’s College’s new creative publication, features contributions from 24 of UKC’s most imaginative students, who offer up a wealth of photos, prose and poetry. The Philistine is laid out beautifully, full of coloured photographs and illustrations to accompany written works, and a great introduction by Dr. Thomas Curran that helps explain the publication’s title, for anyone who was wondering.
Some of the content in this inaugural issue of the Philistine is staggeringly good (a prime example being the short story Cowboys On Mars by Reed Clements).
Of course, I’m not a literary critic; I’m just some schmoe with a Mac Book. In any case, it doesn’t matter what you think of the content of The Philistine. Even if every page were filled with sophomoric drivel (which thankfully, is not the case), you still couldn’t deny its utility. The simple existence of a creative publication for any university is a wonderful thing. My hope is that The Philistine will incite a write-riot at UKC; that it will pull reluctant artists out of their shells, like so many delicious, boiled-lobsters. See? That simile is exactly why I could never write for The Philistine. But you can.

If you want to contribute to the next issue of The Philistine, e-mail the editors at philistine.editors@gmail.com.