Kent State's Literary Arts Magazine

Luna Negra Magazine

Luna Negra Magazine

Luna Negra Magazine
Photo: Sophie Swengel
Art
Museum Psychologies
Sophie Swengel • May 1, 2026
The Sociological Phenomenon of the Fangirl and the Pop Star
Blog
The Sociological Phenomenon of the Fangirl and the Pop Star
Kaedynce Kasiewicz • April 24, 2026
Famous Figures & Hollywood's Obsession with Biopics
Film
Famous Figures & Hollywood’s Obsession with Biopics
Reese Urbach • April 17, 2026
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Art
The Effects of AI Slop vs Real Art
Ivory Herman • April 10, 2026
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Literature
Book Controversies – Adult Content in Young Adult Fiction
Jaclynn Mosley • April 3, 2026
Photo: Sophie Swengel
Film
Extra, Extra! ‘Tommy’ Makes It in IMAX
Sophie Swengel • March 27, 2026
Photos: Reese Urbach
Art
Exhibit review: ‘None of us really know what we look like inside’
Reese Urbach • March 21, 2026
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Art
Cursed Paintings, Jinxed Plays, and Hexed Dolls: A Haunted Art History Lesson
Kaedynce Kasiewicz • March 13, 2026
Review: 'Deathstyles' at the Rubicon
Film
Review: ‘Deathstyles’ at the Rubicon
Sophie Swengel • February 27, 2026
Photo: Screencap from "Together" (2025), directed by Michael Shanks
Film
Together: An Analysis of the Stickiest Movie as of 2026!
Ivory Herman • February 20, 2026
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Literature
Romance Recommendations
Jaclynn Mosley and Kaedynce Kasiewicz • February 13, 2026
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Music
Time Still Is For Wishbone Ash
Sophie Swengel • February 6, 2026
Finding Gratitude in Art
Literature
Finding Gratitude in Art
Lindsay Collier • November 21, 2025
Photos: Reese Urbach
Art
“Holding Space” for the Iconic Designs from ‘Wicked’
Reese Urbach • November 14, 2025
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Film
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’: Potential, Merciless Potential
Sophie Swengel • November 7, 2025
Overkill: An Analysis of 'The Substance' and the Dramatization of Gore in Horror Movies
Overkill: An Analysis of ‘The Substance’ and the Dramatization of Gore in Horror Movies
Reese Urbach • October 31, 2025
Books to Keep You Up After Dark
Books to Keep You Up After Dark
Lindsay Collier • October 31, 2025
The Season of Suspense
The Season of Suspense
Lindsay Collier • October 24, 2025
Fall Into Fiction
Fall Into Fiction
Lindsay Collier • October 17, 2025
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There Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves, and Then There is Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’
Sophie Swengel • October 10, 2025
Spring 2023 - Issue #26
Spring 2023 – Issue #26
April 1, 2023
Immortalized Through Memory: The Beauty of Aftersun
Immortalized Through Memory: The Beauty of Aftersun
Peyton Trout • March 19, 2023
Looking Back at the Art of 2022
Looking Back at the Art of 2022
Luna Negra Staff • January 11, 2023
To Read or Not to Read: Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho
To Read or Not to Read: Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho
Peyton Trout • October 20, 2022
By the Pricking of My Thumbs—What to Read This Autumn
By the Pricking of My Thumbs—What to Read This Autumn
Leah Shepard • October 10, 2022
Known Unknown: BFA Thesis Exhibition Review
Known Unknown: BFA Thesis Exhibition Review
Chad Troyer • June 18, 2022
A large crochet quilt made of granny squares of various patterns, all using yellow, orange, and blue yarn
Familiar Patterns: BFA Thesis Exhibition Review
Olivia Wachtel • May 26, 2022
Surreal painting of a topless woman whose head is a clump of bubbles or organs with mouths and tongues sticking out
the girl for: BFA Thesis Exhibition Review
Michael Turle • May 18, 2022
All Hail the Print Magazine: Comments on Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
All Hail the Print Magazine: Comments on Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
Jillian Bremner • April 12, 2022
Kent State's 2022 Annual Art Show
Kent State’s 2022 Annual Art Show
Peyton Trout • April 12, 2022