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A Continuous Present, Margaret L. Lundberg

Margaret Lundberg

The readers of a text are—in many ways—also its authors, with the act of reading creating a dialog between a text already written and a text generated through reader response, creating a community along the boundary between author and reader. To illustrate that boundary, I situated myself—through my research and writing—as a responding audience to nineteenth-century Iowa farm wife Emily Hawley Gillespie, as she is revealed through the pages of her thirty-year diary. Through a constructivist paradigm, the methodology of philosophical hermeneutics, new historicism, and the creative vehicle of fiction, I entered Gillespie’s text to examine the themes which emerged …

Vincenzo Has Died, Michael C. Vocino

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Short story of life and a death in a Southern Italian town.

Barcelona And Madrid, Joseph Holub

Joseph C Holub

Suggested readings for the Penn Alumni travel trip to Barcelona and Madrid. See the Library Guide for this bibliography here.

A Vampire Hitman From San Francisco, Joel M. Drotts Esq.

Joel M. Drotts Esq.

Join our main character Joel in one of San Francisco's roughest neighborhoods, where vampires have decided to hide in plain sight. Joel earns his blood is deadly to vampires, as he learns that the Freemasons are also undercover vampire slayers battling an ancient evil who wants to take over mankind!

A Thousand Splendid Suns: Sanctuary And Resistance, Rebecca A. Stuhr

Rebecca A Stuhr

In his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, author Khaled Hosseini provides a vivid portrait of a country shattered by a series of ideological leaders and wars imposed on it by foreign and internal forces. The narrative, which spans several decades, is driven by the stories of two women, Laila and Mariam, who, despite starkly different beginnings, find themselves intimately connected and dependent upon one another. Hosseini’s women, much like the country of Afghanistan itself, appear to be propelled by the whims of outside forces, familial and societal, with little chance of influencing their own lives and futures Yet Laila and …

Man Of Steel, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Michelino: A Gay Short Story, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

A chapter, a gay short story, about a central character in an as yet unpublished novel.

Jon And His Dead Lover, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

Short story about a doctor who discovers a crime.

Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino

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

Bryan Furuness Is Writing An Essay On Facebook Status Updates, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Love And Mono, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Bryan Furuness Is Writing An Essay On Facebook Status Updates, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Love And Mono, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Portrait Of Lucifer As A Young Man, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Excerpts From Two Lists, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Must Be Nice, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

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Review Of The Calligrapher’S Secret By Rafik Schami, Rebecca Gould

Rebecca Gould

Ten Words You May Want To Strike From Your Manuscript If Reading To Middle-Schoolers, Bryan M. Furuness, Amy Minton

Bryan M. Furuness

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