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Meera Atkinson. The Poetics Of Transgenerational Trauma. Bloomsbury, 2017., Katie Lally
Meera Atkinson. The Poetics Of Transgenerational Trauma. Bloomsbury, 2017., Katie Lally
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Review of Meera Atkinson. The Poetics of Transgenerational Trauma. Bloomsbury, 2017.
Midwestern Writers Need Midwestern Historians, Bonnie Jo Campbell
Midwestern Writers Need Midwestern Historians, Bonnie Jo Campbell
Studies in Midwestern History
These remarks were given on a plenary panel titled "Writing on the Midwest," held at the Fourth Annual Midwestern History Conference in Grand Rapids on June 6, 2018. Bonnie Jo Campbell received her MFA in creative writing from Western Michigan University. Her 2009 book, American Salvage, published by Wayne State University Press, was a finalist in fiction for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
The Audience Of Siblings, Genevieve Weaver
The Audience Of Siblings, Genevieve Weaver
The Kabod
Literature has the unique ability to create an environment where one can address specific issues and hard questions in a comfortable way and at a relevant level. Children’s literature specifically plays a valuable role at a crucial time in the development of children and through this is privy to being used to explore the issues that most children deal with. In reference to the importance of children’s literature acting as a mirror for children, Sims Bishop stated that “literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection, we can see our own lives and experiences …
If This Man, Matthew Spireng
If This Man, Matthew Spireng
Bryant Literary Review
If this man with hairy ears, ears
sprouting--not like an old man,
It Wasn't In The Cards, Sarah Brown Weitzman
It Wasn't In The Cards, Sarah Brown Weitzman
Bryant Literary Review
"I'm in", I announced and sat down
to play the cards I'd be dealt.
Prayer Of The Bell, Laura Bonazzoli
Prayer Of The Bell, Laura Bonazzoli
Bryant Literary Review
I guess you probably want to know how I got to be in a mess like this.
Right Now At This Moment As We Speak, Tom Chandler
Right Now At This Moment As We Speak, Tom Chandler
Bryant Literary Review
Two humpback whales
are breaching eight miles
off the coast of Venezuela
What's Going On, Ruth Holzer
What's Going On, Ruth Holzer
Bryant Literary Review
I'm making my way through the stormy night,
a long road back, after I've left Father
Eating The Whale, Mitch Lescarbeau
Eating The Whale, Mitch Lescarbeau
Bryant Literary Review
He brings the sizzling strip
on a bone china plate.
Death Comes To The Office For Daniel Downer, Jennifer Companik
Death Comes To The Office For Daniel Downer, Jennifer Companik
Bryant Literary Review
He might've dispatched one of his Angels to do it, but Death knew Daniel would resist, and his best Angel was on vacation, harvesting souls in Costa Rica for the next month, so Death resolved to take Daniel himself.
With A Phone Call To Heaven, Bill Hoadley
With A Phone Call To Heaven, Bill Hoadley
Bryant Literary Review
I wish I had a phone
that could talk straight to heaven.
Lists, Michael Onofrey
Lists, Michael Onofrey
Bryant Literary Review
Earl has begun the prep work for painting the "foyer" of Bob and Lisa Kob's house, "foyer" a term Bob had used.
Elegy, Brendan Nixon
Elegy, Brendan Nixon
Bryant Literary Review
Death stood there in a leather jacket,
sunglasses on and his hands in his pockets.
Birds Of The Black Canyon, Vicki Lindner
Birds Of The Black Canyon, Vicki Lindner
Bryant Literary Review
As they crossed the big mountains only she talked, hands off the wheel to gesture vivaciously.
Perseids, Deborah Fleming
Perseids, Deborah Fleming
Bryant Literary Review
Mid-August and the hemisphere
Now turns its head away from light;
My Date With The Scientist, Kristy Nielsen
My Date With The Scientist, Kristy Nielsen
Bryant Literary Review
He tells me even land has tides,
pulled like water by the moon.
What Is, Stephen Malin
What Is, Stephen Malin
Bryant Literary Review
It is what it is
unless of course
it isn't in which case
Space Storms, Sarah Thompson
Space Storms, Sarah Thompson
Bryant Literary Review
You are the star
In the blackened sky
Every Few Years, Jack Cooper
Every Few Years, Jack Cooper
Bryant Literary Review
Every few years
I look back and think
what a fool I was before
Big Red, Ryan Warneke
Late To Find Me, Marge Piercy
Late To Find Me, Marge Piercy
Bryant Literary Review
In my adolescence, high school
and through college, I was amorphous.
As If It Mattered (Gambling Sounds), Fredda S. Pearlson
As If It Mattered (Gambling Sounds), Fredda S. Pearlson
Bryant Literary Review
if today moves
through its hours
with no lost rings
Leaning Into The Party, Stephen Roberts
Leaning Into The Party, Stephen Roberts
Bryant Literary Review
I was having a good time at the party
until I leaned back on the door frame
Block Island Haiku, Fred Yannantuono
The Blind Man At The Grand Canyon, John Kristofco
The Blind Man At The Grand Canyon, John Kristofco
Bryant Literary Review
He stood there with his friend,
the hundreds at the rim,
Respect Your Elders, Charles Harper Webb
Respect Your Elders, Charles Harper Webb
Bryant Literary Review
"Ready for a fastball," the grizzled grampa
leather-lungs. "Alls he's got's a fastball.
Bald Eagle, Blackbirds, Matthew Spireng
Bald Eagle, Blackbirds, Matthew Spireng
Bryant Literary Review
A dead blackbird on the driveway, eagle
swooping down to avoid the plague of blackbirds
Rising To The Call, Christa Albrecht-Vegas
Rising To The Call, Christa Albrecht-Vegas
Bryant Literary Review
Julie heard them calling: the high, shrill pinging of a thousand points of--not light, but tinnitus.
Chez Moi, Dennis Saleh
Victor As A Victim Of Precipitation, Jonathan Greenhause
Victor As A Victim Of Precipitation, Jonathan Greenhause
Bryant Literary Review
Victor's car was stolen, but he chose to drive it anyway.