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Brides Of The Jasmine Land: A Collection Of Short Stories Exploring Womanhood In The Middle East, Batool Alzubi May 2021

Brides Of The Jasmine Land: A Collection Of Short Stories Exploring Womanhood In The Middle East, Batool Alzubi

MSU Graduate Theses

This creative thesis includes four short fiction stories, introduced by a critical essay about rhyming action in coming of age narratives. I discuss the works of John Gardner, Milan Kundera, Charles Baxter, and Mohamed Makhzangi to explore techniques in symmetrical composition and narrative echo. My hypothesis is that rhyming action in coming of age stories can be used as an effective technique to highlight the characters’ change and realization by the end of their stories. When reading about a character’s coming of age, the reader is not able to spot rhyming action until completing the work and reflecting on motifs. …


Satori 2021, Caitlyn Salinas, Jacelyn Schley, Megan Haldorson, Carly Weber, Megan Martin, Amanda Gade, Shannon Laurance, Miranda Templeton, Ryanne Mikunda, Jay Lee, Emily Venné, Cheyenne Halberg, David Som, Xandra Okori May 2021

Satori 2021, Caitlyn Salinas, Jacelyn Schley, Megan Haldorson, Carly Weber, Megan Martin, Amanda Gade, Shannon Laurance, Miranda Templeton, Ryanne Mikunda, Jay Lee, Emily Venné, Cheyenne Halberg, David Som, Xandra Okori

Satori Literary Magazine

The Satori is a student literary publication that expresses the artistic spirit of the students of Winona State University. Student poetry, prose, and graphic art are published in the Satori every spring since 1970.

The Satori 2021 editors are Andrew Sitter, Cheyenne Halberg, Kaela Appicelli, Meghan Haldorson, and Xandra Okori. The Satori 2021 faculty advisor is Dr. Delta Eddy, Professor of English.


Okay, Kassie H. Bohannon Mar 2021

Okay, Kassie H. Bohannon

Honors College Theses

Okay is a minimalistic literary fiction short story cycle that examines the lives of Collin and Charlotte Grearson, two children who grow up with a working class status in a broken home, and their journeys to adulthood as they both respectively cope with their underlying mental health problems. The stories in Okay exemplify how refusal to seek help for a mental health problem, or the lack of support from others even if the illness is communicated, can cause a disconnect between family members, the worsening of the illness itself, and the eventual possibility of fatal conclusions. Okay is composed as …


Aubade As New Pastoral, Ellen Kombiyal Jan 2021

Aubade As New Pastoral, Ellen Kombiyal

Nelle

pp. 26-27


Fire & Ice, Debora Kuan Jan 2021

Fire & Ice, Debora Kuan

Nelle

p. 1


The Drugstore At 8 Am, Debora Kuan Jan 2021

The Drugstore At 8 Am, Debora Kuan

Nelle

p. 2


After, Melissa King Rogers Jan 2021

After, Melissa King Rogers

Nelle

p. 47


It Came From Beyond The Snow, L M. Davenport Jan 2021

It Came From Beyond The Snow, L M. Davenport

Nelle

pp. 51-68


Water For Martians (Scientists Discover Water On Mars), Kai Coggin Jan 2021

Water For Martians (Scientists Discover Water On Mars), Kai Coggin

Nelle

pp. 114-116


Flaneur, C L. White Jan 2021

Flaneur, C L. White

Nelle

p. 109


After Reading About The Orca And Its Calf, Patricia Clark Jan 2021

After Reading About The Orca And Its Calf, Patricia Clark

Nelle

p. 112


Sumidero, Angela Winsor Jan 2021

Sumidero, Angela Winsor

Nelle

pp. 117-188


An English Play, Alice Turski Jan 2021

An English Play, Alice Turski

Nelle

p. 122


Something Will Survive Us, Kathleen Balma Jan 2021

Something Will Survive Us, Kathleen Balma

Nelle

p. 135


Cloud Cover, Laurie Rachkus Uttich Jan 2021

Cloud Cover, Laurie Rachkus Uttich

Nelle

pp. 48-49


6th Grade, Lisa Fay Coutley Jan 2021

6th Grade, Lisa Fay Coutley

Nelle

pp. 30-31


Nocturne, Anne Pitkin Jan 2021

Nocturne, Anne Pitkin

Nelle

p. 82


Ode To The Babies I Have Not Had, Ashley M. Jones Jan 2021

Ode To The Babies I Have Not Had, Ashley M. Jones

Nelle

pp. 7-25


The Catalog Of Happy Chance, Amy King Jan 2021

The Catalog Of Happy Chance, Amy King

Nelle

p. 88


The Red Door, Lesley Wheeler Jan 2021

The Red Door, Lesley Wheeler

Nelle

p. 124


Lottery, Kristin Robertson Jan 2021

Lottery, Kristin Robertson

Nelle

p. 133


When We Were Normal, K C. Vance Jan 2021

When We Were Normal, K C. Vance

Nelle

pp. 36-45


My Life, Rachel Mallalieu Jan 2021

My Life, Rachel Mallalieu

Nelle

pp. 69-70


Sometimes A Spark, Susan Sonde Jan 2021

Sometimes A Spark, Susan Sonde

Nelle

pp. 105-106


Reprise, Susan Sonde Jan 2021

Reprise, Susan Sonde

Nelle

pp. 107-108


Psychology Of Travel, Patricia Clark Jan 2021

Psychology Of Travel, Patricia Clark

Nelle

p. 113


Nelle 4 (End Matter), Nelle Staff Jan 2021

Nelle 4 (End Matter), Nelle Staff

Nelle

pp. 136-146


Moorland Hawker Dragonfly, Caroline Parkman Barr Jan 2021

Moorland Hawker Dragonfly, Caroline Parkman Barr

Nelle

p. 89


Fever, Lisa Fay Coutley Jan 2021

Fever, Lisa Fay Coutley

Nelle

pp. 28-29


Winter Harvest In Lahore, Hananah Zaheer Jan 2021

Winter Harvest In Lahore, Hananah Zaheer

Nelle

pp. 72-74