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Trickling, Marissa Medley
Trickling, Marissa Medley
Honors Projects
A collection of poetry and other writings that explore family relationships with a focus on mental illness.
Swamp Boat, Gravy Boat: Memory And Place In Fiction, Kaycie Surrell
Swamp Boat, Gravy Boat: Memory And Place In Fiction, Kaycie Surrell
MSU Graduate Theses
The importance of memory to place is of particular interest to me and forms the basis for the bulk of my work. In my critical introduction I explore the work of authors and essayists who inspire my fiction work through their focus on place and memory. Specific authors include Sandra Cisneros, David Sedaris, and Pam Houston. Through my short fiction pieces I weave together the stories of my childhood from Florida to Missouri into a quilt that covers the important pieces of my life thus far. I am interested in how people are motivated by fear to write around their …
Ghost, Moving, Andrea Wuorenmaa
Ghost, Moving, Andrea Wuorenmaa
All NMU Master's Theses
This collection of creative nonfiction essays weaves a journey through local history, genealogy, physical landscape, and personal memoir. The essays therein investigate the past through the lens of the present, and the present as informed by the past. Written from a first person perspective, many of the essays directly address individuals or time periods long gone, while all of them are constructed with the memory, research, and imagination of the author.
Though this collection is rooted in history, it also relies on the metaphysical to create a vision of the past. Intangible themes—life, death, a farewell to things and people …
Eyebrows: A Collection Of Stories About That Family You Saw In Aldi's Last Week, Wesley D. Pena
Eyebrows: A Collection Of Stories About That Family You Saw In Aldi's Last Week, Wesley D. Pena
Senior Honors Theses
This creative thesis will begin with an introduction to the idea of creative nonfiction and will also present a short collection of creative nonfiction stories. The creative body of the thesis will consist of short stories taken from the author's own life that center around the common theme of family, focusing especially on the author's role as a big sister in a family of nine children. Following these short stories, the conclusion of the thesis will briefly consider the value of personal stories like these in the larger scheme of literature. For those unfamiliar with the genre, this thesis hopes …
Toward Refuge, 43° 18’ N., 70° 47’ W., Ruth E. Towne
Toward Refuge, 43° 18’ N., 70° 47’ W., Ruth E. Towne
Creative Writing Minor Portfolios
This portfolio is a collection of some of my poetry and creative nonfiction pieces, all of which I wrote during my time as an undergraduate at Cedarville University. A few of the pieces in this collection have appeared previously in other publications. Literary Yard featured my nonfiction piece “Four Passages” on their website in November of 2014. Blotterature Literary Magazine published my nonfiction piece “This Is More Than Homesickness” in Volume 2, Issue 1, of their Winter 2015 publication. Burning Word Literary Journal published my nonfiction piece “Sun Fungus” in May of 2015. Magnolia Review featured my nonfiction piece “Nine …
Threshold, Sarah Luke
Cold Coffee, Reilly Mahan
The Space Between, Alicia Pitts
The Fields That Bind, Caroline Anderson
Ekphrastic. Lavender Misty (1950). Artist: Jackson Pollock, Erin Mellor
Ekphrastic. Lavender Misty (1950). Artist: Jackson Pollock, Erin Mellor
The Echo
No abstract provided.
Ten Things I Know As Of Thursday, January 21st, 2016 At 8:02 Pm, Jake Crouse
Ten Things I Know As Of Thursday, January 21st, 2016 At 8:02 Pm, Jake Crouse
The Echo
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Swamp Rabbit Collection, Hayden Cox
Mountains, Britt Viergever
Bruises, Taylor Kinsley
Anywhere, Lizzy Coyle
Home, Addison Tapp
Picnic Day, Maddie Allums
I Feel Time As Hues Branded Behind My Eyes, Emily Matthews
I Feel Time As Hues Branded Behind My Eyes, Emily Matthews
The Echo
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Traveling Leaves, Sarah Luke
Brooding Rebel, Sam Person
Twiggy, Emily Matthews
Audrey, Aaron Navarro
Fading, Corrine Helman
The Feminine Mystique, Sawyer Martin
Gilded Genie, Sawyer Martin
Bad Dream, Lauren Zimmerman
Descent Of Man, Lauren Zimmerman
Tree Of Life, Finley Buchanan
Drawing Water, Kristina Benson
Walking To School, Kristina Benson