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Commonthought (2017), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

Blazing The Real: Writing By Indiana Children, Susan C. Adamson, Julie Patterson

Anthologies

I got my first camera when I was in third grade—a Brownie Hawkeye flash model with a snazzy little camera case. The instruction manual provided six simple steps for taking successful pictures.

Hold the camera steady, supporting it underneath. Then, with the sun behind your back or over your shoulder, locate the subject in the finder. At the instant of exposure, hold your breath and press the shutter release with a gentle squeezing action (Brownie Hawkeye Instruction Manual).

The camera came with two rolls of film, each with16 frames. I eagerly used them up and sent the exposed film off …

Reflections 1977, Wayn Blankenship, Becky Bost, Suzette Thompson, David Putnam, Barbara Wray, Charlotte Hughes

Reflections

The 1977 issue of Reflections is sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta (the Gamma Lamba chapter) and the Department of English at Gardner-Webb College. Wayn Blakenship, Becky Bost, Suzette Thompson, David Putnam, Barbara Wray, and Charlotte Hughes served as editors of the issue. Artistic renderings from the issue are sampled from "Scenes from the 19th Century Stage in Advertising Woodcuts" collected by Stanley Applebaum (1976).

Reflections 1974, Becky Sigmon, Henry Harrison Long

Reflections

The 1974 issue of Reflections is dedicated to join editors Becky Sigmon and Henry Long Harrison III. Cover art is by Jan Hafling with Terry Sigmon, Bruce Stuart, and Judy Greene contributing additional art to the issue. Dr. Betty S. Cox served as faculty adviser.