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ESTABLISHED 1856 April 30, 2020 Vol. CXLVII, No. 25 Renowned poet Nicole Terez Dutton selected as next KR editor BECCA FOLEY of the main reasons why Dutton felt so fore,” she said. “That is a beautiful tra- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF drawn to becoming an editor was be- dition to honor and expand going for- cause she could bring attention to artists ward.” LINNEA MUMMA NEWS ASSISTANT who she felt were underrepresented and In his term as editor, Lynn helped the left out of the spotlight. Review burgeon from a literary magazine On Tues. April 28, the Kenyon Review “I love working with writers to help into a robust organization. Because of announced that acclaimed poet Nicole them finalize their vision and get the Lynn, Kenyon is able to host the annual Terez Dutton would be the successor to best possible version of their work into Kenyon Review Literary Festival, writing David Lynn ’76 P’14 as the magazine’s the world,” she said. “And then to try to workshops and reading series. In addi- 14th editor, and will take over the role on figure out how to package it with other tion, Lynn is responsible for the expan- July 1. voices and other works so that the con- sion of the Young Writers Workshop and Lynn has served as editor since 1994 versation is rich and dynamic.” the digital service KROnline. and announced his plans to step down The Review is no stranger to Dut- While Lynn is stepping down as edi- last May. His 26-year term has been the ton, as she has been published multiple tor of the Review, he will still be part longest in the history of the Review and times in the magazine and has kept up of the Kenyon community as a profes- his legacy has left a lasting impact that with the work of Lynn and his team long sor of English and a special assistant to Dutton hopes to continue. “I feel like before her decision to apply for this po- President Decatur. However, he will miss the bar is high,” Dutton told the Colle- sition. Additionally, one of her teachers, working with students in his capacity as gian, “and it should be—that’s very much Carole Maso, served as a fiction editor at editor. “Students now come to Kenyon a trademark of the Review. And I think the Review for a period of time. “It has with passion and commitment as well as that is definitely something that needs to been long on my radar, a place that is so great talent,” Lynn wrote in an email to be sustained.” high quality and so prestigious and do- the Collegian. “Working with them, es- Dutton has an MFA from Brown Uni- ing such consistently excellent work that pecially as KR associates, getting to know COURTESY OF NICOLE TEREZ DUTTON versity and currently resides in Boston, I love,” Dutton said. them personally and watching as they go where she teaches in the writing program In addition to the Review, there are out into the world and make successful at Emerson College. In addition to teach- many aspects of the Kenyon community lives for themselves is the great privilege Though the global pandemic has created ing, she is the managing editor of Transi- that excite Dutton. An Ohio native her- and joy of my life.” a vast degree of uncertainty across America, tion Magazine and the Du Bois Review as self, Dutton visited the campus in Febru- Lynn offers to help Dutton in any way Dutton told the Collegian that when she is not well as the poetry editor of The Baffler. ary and was “overwhelmed by the kind- she may need, but is confident in her ca- dancing or building Legos with her six-year- Her work has been featured in 32 Poems, ness and the warmth” of its people. pabilities and is excited to see what she old son, literature has given her a sense of Callaloo, Indiana Review, Ploughshares “Everybody seemed so committed to will bring to the Review. “I am certain stability. “We’re in a beautiful moment right and Salt Hill Journal, and her collection being a part of a community. It felt like that she will continue to support the cul- now that is the traffic of all of these beautiful of poetry If One of Us Should Fall won the such a vibrant, dynamic space to operate ture of community and creativity that minds and our ability to access them is un- 2011 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. within,” she said. “I learned about what has become a mark of the Kenyon Re- precedented,” she said. Dutton has always loved to write, but everyone was doing and the work seemed view, nurturing students, staff, faculty, Dutton feels that in these uncertain times, only realized recently how her knowl- really interesting, and everyone was fir- and beyond,” he wrote. literature has a more important role now edge could be expanded through a larger ing on all cylinders, and [they were] re- Dutton looks forward to combining than ever: a momentary form of escape and a community of writers. “It took me a little ally dedicated to making it a place where Lynn’s ideas with her own. She expressed way to express one’s emotions. “The pandem- while to find a community of writers in you can get work done.” an interest in advocating for an array ic does provide us another example of how Boston, but when I did, I felt compelled Dutton also discussed parts of Lynn’s of different voices while staying true to literature becomes necessary and centering to read more widely and to be more ex- work that she sees as essential to the Re- the distinguished editorial history of in troubled times,” she said. “People turn to perimental with the work that I was pro- view and elements that she hopes to con- the magazine. “I definitely look forward literature for solace, clarity and guidance. So ducing,” Dutton said. tinue. “I feel like David has made a real to seeing not just who I love and who I the role of the journal then becomes to bring In her work at the Du Bois Review, pointed effort to be inclusive and to of- can feature, but what other ways can we language and song to others in a moment of Dutton became interested in curating fer readers wide access to lots of different reify and expand the community so this global loss and uncertainty—as both balm the works of other artists and bringing work, to bring readers into something is a space where we are inviting different and brightness—and also to inspire and sup- them into the broader conversation. One that they may not have experienced be- possibilities into the journal,” she said. port the writers who are doing this work.” PEEPS suspended for three years following LSD distribution RONAN ELLIOTT NEWS EDITOR LSD to initiate members dur- The final hearing took place frustrated by the school’s ap- of. It felt like we were on trial. ing certain bonding events. on April 21 in a meeting held parent lack of consideration But unlike a real legal trial, After a months-long inves- PEEPS Co-president Eleanor over Google Meet. In the end, for the students under scruti- we basically didn’t have any tigation and a student con- Evans-Wickberg ’21 says that the Board decided to recom- ny. According to Evans-Wick- rights.” duct hearing, the student or- the LSD was non-compulso- mend a three-year suspen- berg, the Office of Student Other PEEPS members ganization Peeps O’ Kenyon ry, and that many members sion, followed by three years Rights and Responsibilities agreed that the investigation (PEEPS) has been suspended chose not to partake. None- of social probation. This tried to catch students “off- process was arduous and un- from campus. The suspen- theless, the Office of Student means that current initiate guard” so that they couldn’t predictable; Elias Haberberg sion, which is due to viola- Rights and Responsibilities members of PEEPS will be “prepare” for interviews be- ’22 claims he was notified tions of school drug policy, began to question members able to re-form the organi- forehand. As co-president, just 30 minutes before he was is set to last three years, and of PEEPS about their initia- zation before they graduate. she found the process very required to give an interview. will be followed by three ad- tion process. However, it also means that stressful. “I was in my room at 7 on a ditional years of probation. As a result of the investi- for most current members, “There would be no word Friday,” Haberberg said. “I The process began in Jan- gation, the administration their time in PEEPS is at an from them for several days, got a phone call from an Ohio uary, when Dean of Campus recommended that PEEPS end.