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Under Glass: The Girl With A Thousand Christmas Trees, Jen Hirt

University of Akron Press Publications

According to Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, when she went back to Ohio, her city was gone. For Jen Hirt, her Strongsville, Ohio greenhouses were gone. Her ancestry, bloodlines, memories, and her complete identity were replaced by a large-chain pharmacy store. Four generations taken away by the wrecking ball; fourteen greenhouses dismantled and shattered. Under Glass traces the rise and fall of the family business and the family itself.

Hirt is the girl with a thousand Christmas trees, growing up surrounded by life and vitality. She is the greenhouse filled with hope and growth. Then the rubble sets in—financial pressures, …

The Eye Of A Whale In Tonga, Jeff Rasley

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Article for Real Travel Adventures about kayaking in Tonga and encountering whales.

Skunk River Review 2009-10, Vol 22, Austin Leeds, Kari S. Griffin, Ezmeralda Montemayor, Faith Burket, Jason Scholbrock, Hillary Ann Brighton, Eric J. Linn, Paul Richard Adam, Sage Devaney, Melanie M. Cox, Latroya Marie Sickler, Zach Dalaba, Andrew Kopaska, Sylvia King, Kristen Glick, Sara L. Roggemann, Jason Lighthall, Paige Sanders, Catherine Drahota, Jason Lee Borkowski, Douglas J. Meyer, Roselyn Harbart, Shelaine Harbart

Skunk River Review

Welcome to the 2009-2010 edition of The Skunk River Review!

We received a record number of entries this year, making this volume one of the best and most competitive! We even added a new category called Art & Literary Analysis to include a growing number of submissions dedicated to inspiration and critique. Each year we continue to receive many fine examples of student writing. Selection is a challenging process but enjoyable as the submissions range from a variety of topics and styles. Selected entries were only minimally edited for clarity.

The Skunk River Review focuses on students from various DMACC …

Reflective Writing And Life-Career Planning: Extending The Learning In A Learning Community Model, Nicholas Nownes, Michael J. Stebleton

Michael J. Stebleton

This essay recounts the authors’ experiences as community college faculty members in a learning community linking first-year composition with a class in life-career planning and development.

My Mother's Story: Retold And Annotated, Joe Wilkins

Faculty Publications

In this annotated essay, Joe Wilkins tells the story of how his mother met his father and how the two of them came to be his parents.

Otis, Jessie Pascarelli

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

The Death Rattle Of Lori Mcrae, Dawn Hackett

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

Inscape 2010, Morehead State University

Inscape: Art & Literary Magazine Archive

The 2010 edition of the Inscape: Literary and Art Magazine.

Queen Of The Buzzards: A Southern Woman's Legacy (Excerpt), Callie Dowdy

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

Mastering The Digital Age: How The Liberal Arts Can Turn Technology Into Progress, Caleb Hamman

Kristi Schultz Broughton Liberal Arts Essay Contest

2010 Topic: "The Importance of the Liberal Arts in a Digital Age"

The immediacy and ease of publication is fraught with pitfalls and potential issues that provide new challenges for the next generation of readers, writers, and thinkers. Consider the place of your liberal arts education in this mix and write an essay in which you analyze how that education has better prepared you as a consumer of, contributor to, and critic of the texts that flow from new media outlets.

The Book Of Water, Joe Wilkins

Faculty Publications

In this essay, Joe Wilkins contemplates the intersection of water and drought with the human experience.

0777: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Personal family papers, photographs and correspondence. Includes research material for Hechler's book, "The Bridge at Remagen". Also includes campaign material for Congressional races, West Virginia Secretary of State and a bid for the governorship of West Virginia.

Commonthought (2010), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

4. Baseline Lake: George, Washington, Paul Ford

A Wenatchee Fly Fisher's Notebook

Baseline Lake: George, Washington is number 4 in a series of six personal narratives by Paul Ford with art work by Mary Ann Ford. The title of the collection is A Wenatchee Fly Fisher.

3. Lahontan Log: Lake Lenore And Grimes Lake, Paul Ford

A Wenatchee Fly Fisher's Notebook

Lahontan Log: Lake Lenore and Grimes Lake is number 3 in a series of six personal narratives by Paul Ford with art work by Mary Ann Ford. The title of the collection is A Wenatchee Fly Fisher.

Volume 42 (2010), C. V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2010 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis. The publication contains fiction, non-fiction, art, poetry, and photography. The cover was photographed by Justin Roper. The winner of the J. Calvin Koontz Poetry Award, given annually for a portfolio of poetry to a senior English major, is Nicholas Laughridge. The Broad River Review Editor's Prizes in Fiction and Poetry are chosen among all submissions from Gardner-Webb University students. The prize in poetry was awarded to Jennifer Hart for her work titled, "In August." The prize in fiction was awarded to Sarah Steadman for her work …

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 97, No. 1, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

Respect Street, Evan Mychal Smith

Intertext

No abstract provided.

Pajammin’, Amelia Bienstock

Intertext

No abstract provided.

Front Cover

Intertext

No abstract provided.