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R.A., Fred G. Leebron Dec 2012

R.A., Fred G. Leebron

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Angela Ciaverella, Nostra Bisnonna, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2012

Angela Ciaverella, Nostra Bisnonna, Michael C. Vocino

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Family history of an individual's great grandmother who lived in a small village in the Gargano of Italy's Mezzogiorno.


Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2012

Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino

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Brief short story or observation about life in a small southern Italian town.


Best Laid Plans And Other Betrayals, Kimberly Clouse Aug 2012

Best Laid Plans And Other Betrayals, Kimberly Clouse

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


You're Among Friends, Denise Dirks May 2012

You're Among Friends, Denise Dirks

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino Jan 2012

Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Brief short story or observation about life in a small southern Italian town.


To The Moon, Said Newt Or Informing New Yorkers That Outer Space Contains Space, Marleen S. Barr Jan 2012

To The Moon, Said Newt Or Informing New Yorkers That Outer Space Contains Space, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a short story.


After A Funeral, Before A Test; And Other Stories, David Stewart Robinson Jan 2012

After A Funeral, Before A Test; And Other Stories, David Stewart Robinson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

After a Funeral, Before a Test; and Other Stories is a collection of nine fictional short stories. Their focus is diverse in regard to multiple aspects of creative fiction: subject matter, theme, style, setting and characters. Despite the array of material, one common method was to provide narration that would invite readers to make their own interpretation rather than to present overt, didactic stories. This narrative strategy was accomplished by using fictional concepts of setting, the objective correlative, and literary minimalism. Other elements include surrealism, Hemingway’s “iceberg effect,” and psychologically complex narrators. Literary influences include F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great …


Trade Secrets, Rachel Kolman Jan 2012

Trade Secrets, Rachel Kolman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Trade Secrets is a collection of fourteen short stories that explores characters falling in and out of relationships and coping in unusual and even comedic ways. These characters are often obsessive and do not trust one another. They think life is funny, and discover that love is funny, and yeah, sex can be funny too. They don’t feel the right things when they’re supposed to. They find love, and lose love. They find hope, and lose hope. They escape sometimes, but more often are unable to go anywhere. These stories consider relationships through the disconnection between reality and fantasy, exploring …