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Creative Writer's Festival 2017 Email Promotion, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Smith Center for the Arts

Creative Writer's Festival 2017

Friday, March 17th

Saturday, March 18th 7 PM

The Idea Of You, Julia Zygiel

Student Publications

A woman confesses to a man but it doesn't go as planned. Although she is rejected the woman walks away pleased, and the man is left befuddled and without resolution.

Red Sheets, Maggie E. Burke

Student Publications

A poem about a painting of a dark bedroom with a large window.

Creative Writers Festival 2017 Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Smith Center for the Arts

Creative Writers Festival 2017

Friday & Saturday, March 17 & 18, 2017, 7pm

Stay, Gabriella M. Sanchez

Student Publications

Stay is a liberation poem as told by a young woman recounting various memories of a tumultuous relationship that threatens to hold her back. Despite the pain of heartbreak, the woman is determined to not stay stuck, but respect her true self and independence.

Little Rock Celebration To Honor Ouachita Professors Johnny And Susan Wink April 1, Kacy Earnest, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Honoring the influence and impact of longtime Ouachita Baptist University English professors Johnny and Susan Wink, Ouachita’s Department of Language and Literature will host a celebration recognizing the couple on Saturday, April 1. “An Evening with Johnny Wink: Stories and Poems” will be held in the Darragh Center Auditorium of the Little Rock Main Library from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

March 16, 2017: Scholarly Speakers Series, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

Trans*+ing Classrooms and Schools: The Pedagogy of Refusal as Mediator for Learning Under a Trump Regime

Putting Gender Revolution into Practice: A Workshop with sj Miller

Wesley Sun Interview, Chad Novotny

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Bio: BA, 2004, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida; M.Div, 2008, The University of Chicago. Both Wesley Sun and his brother (Brad Sun) were born and raised in Orlando, Florida, by their parents who are Chinese immigrants from Malaysia. Wesley serves as the Director of Field Education and Community Engagement at the University of Chicago Divinity School and is a volunteer chaplain at Cook County Jail. He also does creative writing for graphic novels that both he and his brother have collaborated on. His completed graphic novels include: Chinatown, Apocalypse Man, and Monkey Fist. Eisegesis: Kings + Queens is expected to be …

Into The Chappaqua Woods: Or A Spaceship From A Feminist Planet Lands On Trump's White House Lawn, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a science fiction story about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

What If I Told You?, Shyla Cummings

Integrative Studies Symposium

Ms. Cumming's presentation on character and color.

Untitled, Madelyn Chennells

Integrative Studies Symposium

An original poem on the theme of "where I come from."

When They Are Gone: How We Grieve, John Chovan

Integrative Studies Symposium

Dr. Chovan reflects on his roots through the lens of grief.

Likovrisi, Costa Poulias

Integrative Studies Symposium

Costa uses a Pecha Kucha to share stories about his roots in Likovrisi, Greece.

10,000 Black Women (Visual Album), Claudia Owusu

Integrative Studies Symposium

Claudia Owusu speaks about growing up in Ghana in both an essay and a video which she created about where she comes from.

A Writer's Center: The Relationship Between Roots And Art, Rachel Bell

Integrative Studies Symposium

An integrative Studies paper on being a writer and the relationship between roots and art.

Where I'M From: One, Beth R. Daugherty

Integrative Studies Symposium

A poem describing her Appalachian roots.

Creature Feature, Thomas Sinclair

Thomas Sinclair

No abstract provided.

Sameena Mustafa Interview, Uyanga Chinzorig

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Bio: Sameena Mustafa is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer named in the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2016 issue. She has been featured in videos by The Onion and performed on world-famous stages like the Laugh Factory and Biograph Theater. A Northwestern University graduate, Sameena is a sought-after speaker and host, praised for founding Simmer Brown, a comedy showcase featured in the Chicago Sun-Times and Redeye Chicago.

Landay As The Voice Of Pashtun Women's Passion And Social Life, Fahim Rahimi

Journal of Research Initiatives

This paper explores Landay a form of folk poetry and consist of couplets; the first one consists of nine syllables and the second thirteen. This format of poetry is described by some to consist of one and one half verses. The author of such couplets is generally unknown. Some of them have names of authors or national figures and heroes attached.

In the study of a society various aspects of society can be discussed like historical background, cultural elements, cultural heritage, which are main points of a society. Furthermore, it gives importance to fundamental values and customs along with life …

Desperate Times Call, Hector Duarte Jr

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

DESPERATE TIMES CALL is a collection of short stories and a novella about people whose lives intersect with violence. The young girl in Of Course She Would is forced to leave her home after finding her meth-addicted father dead of a heart attack. Tomas Mangual, the main character of She Said Two, sets off on a blind date to discover his counterpart has recently been the victim of a disturbing hate crime. The featured novella, Diablo Corrido, raises the question: How far would someone chase their ambition to see a life-long dream come true?

Using the intimate perspectives of …