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Touchstones is a magazine of the poetry, prose, art & photography of Utah Valley State College students. It is published twice a year, in Fall and Spring semesters. The first issue was published in the fall of 1997 under the direction of Dr. Laura Hamblin. Since then, the number of submissions and the scope and breadth of the magazine has dramatically increased.
The word "touchstone" was coined by the English poet and critic, Matthew Arnold, in his essay "The Study of Poetry" (1880). Arnold refers to a touchstone as a quotation from a recognized poetic masterpiece employed as a standard of instant comparison for judging the value of other works. Literally, a touchstone is a hard stone of the kind once used for testing the quality of gold or silver. Read more from the editor's note from the first issue.
Touchstones
gives thanks to the following generous individuals and their
organizations whose love of literature and art is demonstrated by
their support: Karl Worthington and Bruce Parker, Academic Vice
Presidents; William Cobb, Dean of the school of HASS; Rob Cousins,
Chair of the Department of English & Literature; Douglas
Anderson, Chair of the Department of Art and Visual
Communications; Scott Abbott, director of Integrated Studies;
Dorice Galbraith, English Department Administrative Assistant;
Mark Werner, who keeps the Macs running; the excellent faculty who
mentor all our great UVSC writers and artists; our talented,
all-volunteer staff; UVSC's committment to academic and artistic
freedom; and Happy Valley, for all of its inspirational, sweet and
sour flavors. Thank you. | |
