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Darling: An Adaptation Of "The Yellow Wallpaper", Dawniqueca A.L. Steele

FUSION

Based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the following story depicts the vacation of a young woman and her fiancé to an isolated mountain cabin. Similar to the original text, the woman gains a fixation on a specifically colored item, this being the white snow outside. The intentions of this story were to depict how misogyny and female insanity have both evolved and remained stagnant throughout time. Even though the original text featured traditional concepts of misogyny while the following focuses on modern forms, the two show the same maddening fear of a woman in the presence of inequality. …

Mom, Svea I. Silverberg

Emerging Writers

This nonfiction essay gives a look into beginning the grieving process of an abusive parent.

Same Earth, Different Planet, Daisy J. Anderson

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction essay demonstrates the impact moving countries can have on a young person. It describes the major differences between countries and the narrator's various emotions at different stages of the transition.

Me, Myself, And My Muppets, Sara Jones

Emerging Writers

In this personal narrative, the author explores her relationship and upbringing in relation to Jim Henson’s Muppets. She illustrates her experience at puppet camps, on long Muppet-filled road trips, and the special connection her mother and her share with the Muppets. Find out how the Muppets have shaped the author’s life, morals, and aspirations, as well as how Jim Henson’s creations have influenced and brought joy to past generations and future generations to come.

The Biological Influence Of Stories & The Importance Of Reading Fiction, Elise N. Good, Katharine Schaab

The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research

Fictional narratives and stories have persisted throughout human history. However, perhaps due to a bias that stories offered nothing more than entertainment for the reader or perhaps that they are not useful outside of the realm of academia, the research within science academia has been lacking in literature on why these narratives have endured. Unfortunately, due to the lack of conversation across disciplines, particularly those of science and literature, this subject has not been thoroughly investigated through an interdisciplinary lens. Within this paper, the goal is to analyze the benefits of fictional narratives through biological, evolutionary, and neuropsychological perspectives. Research …

And The World Will Keep Spinning, Jasey Seitz

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction article is a study in grief and what it means to lose a friend.

The Window To The Soul, Erica Bolding

Emerging Writers

This essay surveys the idea of "tone" and all of its complexities, including a focus on its relations to mental health conditions such as depression. Intertwined with personal memoir, research, and examples from social media, the essay unravels a difficult and under-discussed issue that surrounds tone. The essay also asks unconventional questions that hope to stir readers' thinking, such as: Is raising one’s voice always bad? Are our screams telling us something else?

Heart Hurts From Higging, Nia Pettway

Emerging Writers

This essay examines an emotion that does not have a word and offers a neologism to apply. "Higgs," the neologism in question, defines a feeling of nostalgia for the present that blends itself with a fear of moving into the future. With the word having such a timeless, yet relevant application, this essay takes readers through its creation, examples in contemporary media, as well as how implementation of the word may help users better understand the emotion it describes.

The Influence Of Words, Emilie Hewgley

Emerging Writers

"The Influence of Words" tells the tale of a young writer overcoming her fear of mediocrity and discovering validation within an art form. She tells of how she first discovered her talent, why she pushed it away, and how she learned to embrace it again. The piece argues that words have the ability to impact many in several ways and lists several examples from her own life to illustrate this point. This creative nonfiction story serves to encourage others to continue to pursue their dreams despite their own doubts.

Keeping It Real, Robin Tandongfor

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction essay examines a woman's transition into college after living with strict parents. She explains how she felt unprepared to protect her own body through telling the story of a date gone wrong during her freshman year of college.

Untitled, Dani Calix

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction article is of the writer's childhood memories of her relationship with her brother.

The Diagnosis, Thomas Montroy

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction piece explores the author's memories of his mother's cancer diagnosis.

The Details In An Abyss Of Worries, Candace King

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction article describes the author's memories of a struggle with anxiety during a trip to New Orleans.

The Walkout, Lucy Lansdowne

Emerging Writers

This short essay explores the author's memories of participating in a school walkout to protest gun violence.

Mr. President, Andrew Friedman

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction essay describe the author's memories of running for senior class president in high school.

Have You Considered?, Gloria Frimpong

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction piece explores the impact of humanity on the environment and argues that humanity bears great responsibility for its actions.

Abjection In Fiction: A Study Of Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, Emily Jobe

The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research

Julia Kristeva’s focus on understanding what the abject is and how it is manifested plays a key role in this essay. This essay argues that abjection informs the representation of dual personality and addiction in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. By determining what is an abject for Jekyll through an analysis of the characters and plot development, this essay argues that not only is abjection possible for an individual, but it is a necessity of fiction. Using literary and psychoanalytic scholarship and theory, this essay demonstrates key factors in figuring out what, how, …

Freedom, Maria Cabrera Yannotta

Emerging Writers

First-place Winner in the Creative non-fiction category of the 2019 Emerging Writers Contest. This personal essay describes the writer's experiences on January 23, 2019, when a new president was sworn into office in Venezuela.

A Melody Of Leaves, Adriana English

Emerging Writers

Finalist in the Creative Non-fiction category of the 2019 Emerging Writers Contest. This personal essay describes the writer's discovery of the benefits of tea after she makes a cup of it one evening.

New Year's Gay, Jacob Eubanks

Emerging Writers

Second-place winner in the Creative Non-fiction category of the 2019 Emerging Writers Contest. This personal essay describes the writer's experiences that led to his coming out on New Year's Eve 2017.

A Lover's Heart - No, Mind, Marcos Gonzalez

Emerging Writers

Third-place winner in the Creative Non-fiction category of the 2019 Emerging Writers Contest. This essay describes the writer's personal reflections on love.

Why Do I Love Figure Skating? Good Question., Natalie Dayvault

Emerging Writers

Finalist in the Creative Non-fiction category of the 2019 Emerging Writers Contest. This personal essay describes the writer's experiences as an ice-skating athlete.

The Spare Bedroom, Valerie Smith

The Crambo

The Spare Bedroom

What does it feel like behind that door

at the end of the hall, in that nosebleed

section of the house? No matter how small,

we fill our extra corners with fake ferns

and peace lilies, a lonely aloe vera plant.

Palms Up, Fingers Curled, Abby N. Lewis

The Crambo

Bio: Abby N. Lewis is a poet from Dandridge, Tennessee. She is the author of the chapbook This Fluid Journey (Finishing Line Press, 2018) and the poetry collection Reticent (Grateful Steps, 2016). Her work has appeared in Timber, The Mockingbird, The Allegheny Review, Sanctuary, and elsewhere. Follow her website: freeairforfish.com.

My Own Private Godfather, Richard Stuecker

The Crambo

A memoir of the author's visit to his wife's Italian family in Elmhurst, Illinois for a wedding. Her cousin and father of the groom takes the author on an early morning ride showing him various points of interest related to the Mafia.

Prisoner, Abby N. Lewis

The Crambo

Bio: Abby N. Lewis is a poet from Dandridge, Tennessee. She is the author of the chapbook This Fluid Journey (Finishing Line Press, 2018) and the poetry collection Reticent (Grateful Steps, 2016). Her work has appeared in Timber, The Mockingbird, The Allegheny Review, Sanctuary, and elsewhere. Follow her website: freeairforfish.com.

Soulmate, Zachary Daniel Kaplan-Moss

The Crambo

Soulmate is a 4,300 word short story about a sentient orange dress and the man who wears it.

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Unpacking Halcyon, Andrew Kulak

The Crambo

A poem titled "Unpacking Halcyon"

Another Life, Jillian D. Bailey

The Crambo

"Another Life” is a short story about going home again. The main character, Julie, returns home and reflects on the life she left behind after high school. She reflects on the love that she lost when she lost Chris, her high school boyfriend. On this trip home, Julie experiences the sickening discomfort of returning to a place and person she no longer is and is surrounded by the memories that never really leave. Chris and his memory never left Julie, and in the sickening claustrophobia of hometown life, she discovers the man he became and what could have been.

Manifesto For Immigration, Mary T. Duerksen

The Crambo

A poem expressing outrage and passion on behalf of refugees and immigrants. This poem was composed in response to the Syrian refugee crisis.