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18 Dorset Ct., Allison Catherine Campbell
18 Dorset Ct., Allison Catherine Campbell
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The following poems and essays were completed by the author between October 2012 and April 2016.
Material Matters, Thomas George Holmes
Material Matters, Thomas George Holmes
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Material Matters is a collection of original poems written by Thomas G. Holmes, while a doctoral student at The University of Southern Mississippi. The poems explore the materiality of writing.
Cacophony: Stories, Michael J. Goodwin
Cacophony: Stories, Michael J. Goodwin
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Cacophony: Stories was written over three years in the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. The collection depicts middle-class characters disconnected from relationships, careers, and family. Each story explores disillusioned characters forced to confront a major moment in their lives from a bleak setting. Characters find varying degrees of success in forging an identity in the face of flawed existence. This existence lingers, producing an apathetic lifestyle where characters must act. These characters act passively through the narrative and the collection sees them forced to break away from their malaise. The collection aims to explore austere suburban …