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Riding Shotgun: Authenticity And Discovery, James Washington Jr
Riding Shotgun: Authenticity And Discovery, James Washington Jr
Dartmouth College Master’s Theses
The truth hurts.” So, my family said to me from my earliest comprehension. The poet’s fundamental ethic requires a commitment to authenticity, at the intersection of myriad creative possibilities. How to write poems about family, friends, and life experiences, mine included, through honest interrogation? Fortunately, empathy and truth are not mutually exclusive. When I began my thesis, my poems written during MALS enrollment were scattered, print and electronic. I could have saved myself plenty of time had I been a good curator. So said, there was an upside to gathering the strays. I was afforded the benefit of thematic discovery …
Ukrainian Beauty, Daryna Gladun
Ukrainian Beauty, Daryna Gladun
Dartmouth College Master’s Theses
‘Ukrainian Beauty’ is a collection of poetry that emerged from my two years in MALS. It confronts the misrepresentation of a female body and experience in a male-dominant society of a rising democracy.
The poetry collection commences with an essay, ‘Ukrainian Beauty—91’ and beyond,’ which delves into the historical and political backdrop of the first national pageant, ‘Ukrainian Beauty,’ held in February 1991, a pivotal year marked by the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The 20 poems in the collection reference the late 1980s-1990s artworks by the Kharkiv School of Photography and Odesa Conceptual Artists, Les Podervianskyi’s radio plays, texts …
Harvest: A Story Of Afropessimism, Briana Williams, Briana Williams
Harvest: A Story Of Afropessimism, Briana Williams, Briana Williams
Dartmouth College Master’s Theses
Afropessimism is the idea that Black people will never be able to truly overcome the centuries of racism and oppression they have faced. A bleak notion, the idea heavily contrasts with Afrofuturism, the ways in which Black people use technology to regain their autonomy and rise from the societal binds they’re placed in. This story focuses on how even in the supposedly more evolved and progressive political landscape of the modern world, Black people still cannot escape the shackles of racism, particularly in the United States. Taking the common themes of and ideologies of Afropessimism, Harvest follows the story of …
Ferment, Casey Carpenter
Ferment, Casey Carpenter
Dartmouth College Master’s Theses
The fermentation process – an act of breaking down, letting go, and moving forward – is used by the author as poetic lens and as a narrative tool for self-reflection, self-transformation, cultural reflection, and cultural transformation. Akin to our own adolescent maturation, plants, fruits, and vegetables develop protective barriers around their most vulnerable parts in reaction to the health and condition of their lived environment. While serving a purpose of survival in the moment, these barriers will later cause the food to rot and spoil if left unchecked. The act of fermentation is thus explored as a managed process of …
Kanyoo Bridge, Marlowe Frank
Sometimes In Spring, Marlowe Frank
When The Baker’S Bread Breaks, Davey Ozahowski
When The Baker’S Bread Breaks, Davey Ozahowski
CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal
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Kitchen Light, Sabine Hoskinson
A Longing, Sabine Hoskinson
Gone, James Washington Jr.
Anything Superfluous, Andras Gerevich, Andrew Fenthem
Anything Superfluous, Andras Gerevich, Andrew Fenthem
CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal
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Whiskey, Adella-Marie G. Cloutier
A Second Troy, Rob Keim
Oxidation, Rob Keim
Dark Purple Woods, Xiuqi Huang
Giiwe, Skyler Kuczaboski
Displaced, Charlene Browne
The Anti-Yellow Agenda, Karen Zheng