If genres of writing were countries, Ted Hornick would be quite the globe-trotter. Drama, fiction, poetry, journalism, graphic novels--he explores them all, often seeking ways to keep a foot in two art forms at the same time. He wrote a first-year English paper juxtaposing Thoreau's Walden with music by the rap group Atmosphere. He did an art-history research project on New York's graffiti culture. He's drawn to the mix of narrative, poetic, and religious elements in Dante. He loves playwriting for the challenge of producing good dialogue as well as for the self-discovery entailed in creating characters. "If they're yours," says Hornick, "you have to ask yourself: 'What is my connection to these characters?'"

An English major in the Class of 2007, Hornick--who comes from Great Barrington, Massachusetts--immersed himself in Kenyon's literary life starting his first week on campus, when he joined the staff of the Collegian, the student newspaper. He ended up becoming the art and entertainment editor, and then co-editor in chief during his junior year. As a Kenyon Review student associate, he has devised creative-writing exercises for local schoolchildren. And as a campus writing-lab tutor, he helps fellow students craft their papers, discussing everything from usage and grammar to questions of focus, organization, and point of view.

He's also one of the founders of WALRUS, a student-run writing club devoted to sharing creative work "without the fear of criticism or the reward of grading." At the outset, most of the participants brought in prose--there's already a Kenyon Poets Society--but "we can go in any direction," Hornick says.