Red Weather's story began in 1976 when Kirkland sophomore Jo Pitkin became editor of the campus literary magazine, changed its format, and christened it anew as "Red Weather" from the Wallace Stevens poem "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock":
Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock
The houses are haunted
By white night-gowns.
None are green,
Or purple with green rings,
Or green with yellow rings,
Or yellow with blue rings.
None of them are strange,
With socks of lace
And beaded ceintures.
People are not going
To dream of baboons and periwinkles.
Only, here and there, an old sailor,
Drunk and asleep in his boots,
Catches Tigers
In red weather.
The rest, as they say, is history. Our publication is dedicated to showcasing the diverse creative talent of the Hamilton community that varies in genre, theme, and style. A publisher of poetry, prose, and art, Red Weather seeks to embolden the Hamilton campus with creative work that challenges accepted modes of expression and experiments with language.
We publish work once per semester. Submissions are currently CLOSED.
