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The Lyric Self: Artifice And Authenticity In Recent American Poetry, Alan Soldofsky

Alan Soldofsky

No abstract provided.

Gals With Guns: The Changing Role Of The Female In Detective Fiction, Warren J. Graffeo

Warren J Graffeo

ABSTRACT In creating this thesis, my aim is to put forth an argument that the role of women in detective fiction has undergone a major change. In the earliest renditions of the genre, women did not occupy a major role in this form of literature. Over time, particularly since the 1970s, that role has changed dramatically. The advent of the self-assured, assertive, independent, female detective, private, amateur, or professional has emerged and is solidly in place at the beginning of the twenty-first century and takes her place in the forefront of detective fiction.

In establishing my argument, I began at …

Kin, Stacy Moskos Nistendirk

Stacy Moskos Nistendirk

No abstract provided.

Triage, Stacy Moskos Nistendirk

Stacy Moskos Nistendirk

This piece is a work in progress as part of a series of chapters for a memoir

My Right Breast And Other Poems, Carmela Ferradans

Carmela Ferradans

The Thrill Of Being Here: A Letter From Fortin De Las Flores, Mexico, John D. Hazlett

John D Hazlett

"The Thrill of Being Here" is an epistolary meditative essay on the desire for, and difficulties of, penetration, considered as a goal of travel, intercultural communication, and understanding of the other. Writing from a small town situated in the uplands of Veracruz, Mexico, Hazlett considers the possibility that a series of acupuncture sessions might serve as a fine metaphor for his year living and working abroad.

Pressed, Stacy Moskos Nistendirk

Stacy Moskos

No abstract provided.

David Carson Miller (1948-2005), Patrick Scott

Patrick Scott

Haiku For Mike Roche, Frank Pommersheim

Frank Pommersheim

No abstract provided.