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Juggernaut: A Memoir In Pieces, Leeann Olivier Jan 2018

Juggernaut: A Memoir In Pieces, Leeann Olivier

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This experimental memoir is a collection of lyric essays that address the link between place (bodies of water in particular) and identity. They also examine my experiences being married to (and eventually divorcing) a man with a traumatic brain injury that led to drug addiction, domestic violence, and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.


At Night My Body Waits, Saul Hernandez Jan 2018

At Night My Body Waits, Saul Hernandez

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Catching On Dark In Public, Joshua Robert Long Jan 2018

Catching On Dark In Public, Joshua Robert Long

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Catching On Dark In Public contains sixty pages of poetry compiled by the author during his time in the MFA program at The University of Texas at El Paso.


The House On Jordan Road, Angela Ridley Jan 2018

The House On Jordan Road, Angela Ridley

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Rapsoda Texana Freestyles Desde La Frontera Norte A South Border Rap, Criseida Santos-Guevara Jan 2018

Rapsoda Texana Freestyles Desde La Frontera Norte A South Border Rap, Criseida Santos-Guevara

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Bajo el concepto de interseccionalidad, este trabajo transita entre las fronteras de forma física y emocional. La propuesta coincide con la idea de la literatura transfronteriza, entendiendo por fronterizo todas aquellas situaciones que están en el límite del discurso hegemónico, tales como la sexualidad, la maternidad lésbica, el uso del español en los Estados Unidos, el biculturalismo, etc. Para los fines de este trabajo, lo que busco es representar aquello que está en constante movimiento, no solo en lo geográfico sino en lo emocional, cosa que por supuesto se refleja en el aspecto formal. Este proyecto no puede suscribirse dentro …


Escape From Wonderland - A Novel, Crystal Denise Pennymon Jan 2018

Escape From Wonderland - A Novel, Crystal Denise Pennymon

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The Soldier's Journal, Randall Russell Surles Jan 2018

The Soldier's Journal, Randall Russell Surles

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The Soldier's Journal is a military thriller. Camila Mason is one of the first women to qualify as a green beret in the U.S. Army. Here first mission is to deploy to Afghanistan where she faces the memory of her father, a green beret killed thirteen years earlier by an IED. Soon, she begins to understand the environment surrounding her, filled with sexism, ineptitude, and enemies, both foreign and domestic.


We Make Our Own Heaven Here, Allyson Whipple Jan 2018

We Make Our Own Heaven Here, Allyson Whipple

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The poems in We Make Our Own Heaven Here are grouped around a series of artistic and intellectual concerns. The opening section of We Make Our Own Heaven Here covers a wide range of distances, as well as a number of topics, but ultimately, the pieces are grounded in the variegated landscape of Texas. In terms of subject matter, these are poems of ambivalence and tension. In these pieces, the speaker comes up against the beauty of the natural world, but also the danger within it. The poems in the second section of We Make Our Own Heaven Here engage …


The Sitting Bull, Joseph Crisafulli Jan 2018

The Sitting Bull, Joseph Crisafulli

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The following work is a screenplay telling a dramatic narrative of the life of Sitting Bull and some of the key figures in his life. The story draws on the history, but it naturally takes creative license in an attempt to paint a realistic portrait of the Hunkpapa Sioux leader.


Black Works, Eric R. Luthi Jan 2018

Black Works, Eric R. Luthi

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The story of a used-up bull rider who befriends a young girl and teaches her about horses and riding and roping and rodeo. And, while doing so, he seeks to reclaim a part of his life that was lost.


La Tumba Del Buque Perdido, Mario Martinez Jan 2018

La Tumba Del Buque Perdido, Mario Martinez

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La tumba del buque perdido es una novela que toma como punto de partida el viaje que hiciera Mark Twain a Nicaragua en 1866, cuando entonces funcionaba la antigua Ruta del Tránsito. En esta novela una serie de personajes van en busca de las huellas de ese viaje y de la utopía perdida de un país condenado a una verdad a medias. Asimismo, los personajes van en busca de la identidad perdida en un viaje que mezcla naturaleza, memoria e historia. Hechos reales mezclados con hechos ficticios. Una novela en constante construcción cuyos autores son los mismos protagonistas.


Deep Down, Jessica Granger Jan 2018

Deep Down, Jessica Granger

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