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And They Shall Be Men: An Original Anthology & Analysis Of The Modern Male Bildungsroman, Margaret Cox
And They Shall Be Men: An Original Anthology & Analysis Of The Modern Male Bildungsroman, Margaret Cox
Senior Honors Theses
The stories that boys have been told about what it means to be a man change throughout history. This study considers the postmodern effect of masculinities, female empowerment, as well as the canon of Western bildungsroman in an attempt to understand how the narratives have changed over the past 50 years. Additionally, an anthology of original fiction illustrates how universal stories persist within the changing social narratives.
Review Of Fly Already, Michael F. Russo
Review Of I Heart Oklahoma, Michael F. Russo
Review Of I Heart Oklahoma, Michael F. Russo
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Bryan Thao Worra, Pauline De Leon
Bryan Thao Worra, Pauline De Leon
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Artist Bio: An award-winning Laotian American writer, I work actively to support Laotian, Hmong and Southeast Asian American artists. I am recognized by the Loft Literary Center, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts. I also served as a consulting contractor with the Minnesota History Center, the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans and the Minnesota Humanities Commission. I am an active professional member of the Horror Writer Association and president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
Kentuckiana, And A Dash Of Cambodia: A Collection Of Short Stories, Brodie Lee Gress
Kentuckiana, And A Dash Of Cambodia: A Collection Of Short Stories, Brodie Lee Gress
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The following is a collection of five short stories set in regions familiar to me: “Dewberry Park,” “YouLead,” and “The Color Violet” in Indiana; “Mens Rea” in Kentucky; and “Tory Ride” in Cambodia. Gay identity plays a role in many of these stories, and other themes explored include family, region, socioeconomics, gender, mentality, and change. These stories are concerned with people on the brink, failing and surviving all the same. Some of them are intended to weigh, and some to satirize. I hope they all nick their readers.
Hypha, Emily Ruth-Diehl Brooks
Hypha, Emily Ruth-Diehl Brooks
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
For hundreds of years, Ona and her people have been unknowingly enslaved. Ona has given everything she is to the spiritual people on the mountain, including her own son. So when rumors spread through the swamp’s magical mycelium that she and her people are slaves, Ona must find the truth and, if possible, reunite with her son before he becomes as evil as those who raised him. Meanwhile, her son has his own doubts after his people leave his friend to die. As he and Ona journey separately to save the people they love, they find everything they believed to …
Review Of Song For The Unraveling Of The World, Michael F. Russo
Review Of Song For The Unraveling Of The World, Michael F. Russo
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of The History Of Living Forever, Michael F. Russo
Review Of The History Of Living Forever, Michael F. Russo
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Enforcer Blues, Jessica Borsi
Enforcer Blues, Jessica Borsi
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The science fiction novel ENFORCER BLUES follows cyborg and mob enforcer Gregory Rikard as he becomes involved with a conspiracy on Mars.
Ex-soldier and cyborg Gregory Rikard and his partner Platina work unwillingly for a crime syndicate until a charismatic stranger offers them the chance to rebel in the hope of claiming a better life. But when Rikard steals a dangerous prototype for the rebellion, he’ll be forced to choose between his own interests, the future of Mars, and a single innocent life.
Like Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, ENFORCER BLUES explores the relationship between …
The Dancing Policeman And Other Stories, Satyaki Kanjilal
The Dancing Policeman And Other Stories, Satyaki Kanjilal
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The Dancing Policeman and Other Stories, a collection of short stories set in India and the United States, looks at ordinary people facing challenges in societies undergoing economic and social change.
Some have historical settings. In “Faithful Naren,” a young man learns the complex political realities of British rule in early 20th century Natihati, West Bengal, while in the same town in the 1960s, a teenager deals with injustice in “Sabotage.”
Others take place in a present where past practices persist. "Shit Gibbon" centers on a store clerk driven to gambling rather than sacrifice his son's future. In “Road …
"The Tyrant Father": Leslie Stephen And Masculine Influences On Virginia Woolf And Her Novel, To The Lighthouse, Anya Graubard
"The Tyrant Father": Leslie Stephen And Masculine Influences On Virginia Woolf And Her Novel, To The Lighthouse, Anya Graubard
Honors Theses
This paper examines the volatile yet nurturing relationship between Virginia Woolf and her father, Leslie Stephen. It specifically considers the effects of three male “tyrants” in Woolf’s childhood, including not only her father but also her two half-brothers, who abused her sexually. Analysis of the dynamics of these relationships provides insight into Woolf’s lifelong battle with mental illness and helps us to understand the complicated relationships she had as an adult with men and women.
In her letters, diaries, and memoir essays, Woolf reveals how she drew from her own experiences of childhood to write her most famous novel, To …
Review Of The Altruists, Michael F. Russo
Review Of The Altruists, Michael F. Russo
Faculty Publications
A book review of the debut novel by Andrew Ridker.
Hurricane Training, Jerry Howard
Hurricane Training, Jerry Howard
Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive
A young university cadet faces a grueling training day and learns what he’s made of.
Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and audience may benefit.
Dandelion Wishes: Short Stories, Lucy E. Marcus
Dandelion Wishes: Short Stories, Lucy E. Marcus
English & Creative Writing Students Scholarship and Creative Work
Lucy Marcus was Roanoke's Writer by Bus in 2019. This is a collection of short stories inspired by her bus rides.
Climate-Change Fiction And Poverty Studies: Kingsolver’S Flight Behavior, Diaz’S “Monstro,” And Bacigalupi’S “The Tamarisk Hunter”, Debra J. Rosenthal
Climate-Change Fiction And Poverty Studies: Kingsolver’S Flight Behavior, Diaz’S “Monstro,” And Bacigalupi’S “The Tamarisk Hunter”, Debra J. Rosenthal
2019 Faculty Bibliography
No abstract provided.