Analecta exclusive: Wes Anderson’s undergraduate writing.
As editor of Analecta, the official literary and arts journal of the University of Texas at Austin, I am excited to welcome you to our new blog! At analectajournal.com you will find information about the journal, announcements regarding local literary goings-on, book reviews/ recommendations, and glimpses into past issues.
Speaking of past issues: While organizing the shelves in our little office the other day, I got distracted by a retro-looking magazine with “Analecta XV” printed on the spine. Analecta 15 was published in 1989 (the year I was born!). When I cracked it open to the table of contents, I realized I had stumbled on the stuff of college literary journal lore – the first name on the page was Wes Anderson.
Mr. Anderson, a UT undergrad at the time, did not win the prose contest that year, but he did go on to write and direct a number of highly acclaimed films, including Rushmore, which bears more than a few similarities to this short story, “The Ballad of Reading Milton.”
Here, reproduced below, is the story:
I hope the success of past contributors will inspire all undergraduate and graduate students (at any university) to submit their work to Analecta 37. Please see the post below for details and instructions about the contest, which ends on December 15.
Mia
