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Fly In The Air, Judy Klass Jan 2011

Fly In The Air, Judy Klass

Bryant Literary Review

...strafes the dinner party guests but does not land, cuts through the invisible gases jagged,


The Telephone Pole, Jay Baruch Jan 2011

The Telephone Pole, Jay Baruch

Bryant Literary Review

Everyone leaves--the medics, the police, the coroner, the late night news crew


The Lemon Tree, Emily Swaine Jan 2011

The Lemon Tree, Emily Swaine

Bryant Literary Review

I was walking back to camp with some new supplies when I noticed all the boys standing around,


The Disappearing Japanese, Tabitha Russo Parker May 2010

The Disappearing Japanese, Tabitha Russo Parker

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


The Aloha State, Adam Berlin May 2010

The Aloha State, Adam Berlin

Bryant Literary Review

It wasn't our honeymoon but it was Hawaii. It had been all sky and water for thousands of miles, blue above, blue below.


Pretty Ballerina, Kerry Jones May 2010

Pretty Ballerina, Kerry Jones

Bryant Literary Review

It's just one of those things that sometimes happens to me: I'll find myself walking by a playground, or I'll be walking through the mall, and I'll see a little girl about eleven or so, and that's when my mind takes on a life of its own.


Doing The Math, Martin Cloutier May 2010

Doing The Math, Martin Cloutier

Bryant Literary Review

James was experiencing a breach -- a psychic breach. Like his real self was coming into contact with a parallel universe self.


Light, Extra Sugar, No Patsy, Nancy Lee Craven May 2010

Light, Extra Sugar, No Patsy, Nancy Lee Craven

Bryant Literary Review

"1992: A slice of life when dollars to donuts sometimes bought more than an even dozen"


Without Breath, Michelle Soucy May 2010

Without Breath, Michelle Soucy

Bryant Literary Review

I'm eight years old and my parents make me sleep in my sick younger brother's bed with him in case he stops breathing again


Through Stolen Eyes, Sarah Hannah May 2010

Through Stolen Eyes, Sarah Hannah

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


The Nightingale Of Austerlitz, Lindsay Marianna Walker May 2010

The Nightingale Of Austerlitz, Lindsay Marianna Walker

Dissertations

The Nightingale of Austerlitz employs poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to articulate the theme of (mis)communication. A pliable, multi-genre approach was necessary to convey the urgency of two central characters’ desire to connect despite the impossibility of doing so. Prose interrupts and challenges the set precision of poetry in order to embody the stops and starts—the literal and figurative breakdowns—of communication. The juxtaposition of genres dramatizes dialogue, silence, affective distance, and desire. Song, sound, repetition (using lullaby, referencing music, thematizing the ear) further assert the power of language as performance and aesthetics as consolation, and provoke a particular kind of attention …


Tierra Blanca, Andrea Lewis May 2010

Tierra Blanca, Andrea Lewis

Bryant Literary Review

I had what I wanted. I was alone with Charles.


Pages From The Textbook Of Alternate History: Plato, King Of Syracuse, Phong Nguyen May 2010

Pages From The Textbook Of Alternate History: Plato, King Of Syracuse, Phong Nguyen

Bryant Literary Review

When Dionysus II first offered to Plato the city of Syracuse, jewel of Sicily, for the philosopher to rule as his own, there was a moment of hesitation


To Be So Dead He Sure Is Big, Phillip Gardner May 2010

To Be So Dead He Sure Is Big, Phillip Gardner

Bryant Literary Review

Donnie Swank said, "He sure was big."


2010 Spring Chapbook, Otterbein English Department Apr 2010

2010 Spring Chapbook, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

No abstract provided.


2010 Spring Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department Apr 2010

2010 Spring Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

No abstract provided.


The Lantern, 2009-2010, Ronak Darji, Callie Ingram, Robert Whitehead, Scott Sherman, Katherine Murphy, Josh Ecker, Sophia Lazare, Elisa Diprinzio, Allison Cavanaugh, Sarah Brand, Nathaniel Rosenthalis, Pete Lipsi, Ellyn Rolleston, Shane Kowalski, Josh Aungst, Ciara Adams, Gianna Paone, Brooke Haley, Connor Mcnamara, Sarah Schwolsky, Arielle Ross, Greta Martikainen-Watcke, Katie Simmon, Stephanie Bartusis, Ross Whitehurst, Jared Ellis, Amanda Schwartz, Shaun Frank, Judson Monroe, David J. Hysek, Sean Rosenberg, Maeve Sutherland, Nicole Feight, Edwin Kosik, Tanja Johansson, Maire Moriarty, Elizabeth Cannon, Elizabeth Mathis, Amber Spurka, Josh Krigman, Lindsay Hogan, Samuel Stahller '10, Deanna Hayes '10, Anne Johnson, Matt Whitman, Kieslana Wing, Ananda Holton Apr 2010

The Lantern, 2009-2010, Ronak Darji, Callie Ingram, Robert Whitehead, Scott Sherman, Katherine Murphy, Josh Ecker, Sophia Lazare, Elisa Diprinzio, Allison Cavanaugh, Sarah Brand, Nathaniel Rosenthalis, Pete Lipsi, Ellyn Rolleston, Shane Kowalski, Josh Aungst, Ciara Adams, Gianna Paone, Brooke Haley, Connor Mcnamara, Sarah Schwolsky, Arielle Ross, Greta Martikainen-Watcke, Katie Simmon, Stephanie Bartusis, Ross Whitehurst, Jared Ellis, Amanda Schwartz, Shaun Frank, Judson Monroe, David J. Hysek, Sean Rosenberg, Maeve Sutherland, Nicole Feight, Edwin Kosik, Tanja Johansson, Maire Moriarty, Elizabeth Cannon, Elizabeth Mathis, Amber Spurka, Josh Krigman, Lindsay Hogan, Samuel Stahller '10, Deanna Hayes '10, Anne Johnson, Matt Whitman, Kieslana Wing, Ananda Holton

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• I'm Pregnant. It's Yours
• The Nightmare
• What Death Became After Cyparissus
• Substances
• Ain't That a Man?
• Portrait
• The 100th Chemo
• Looking into Her Toy Box with a Lover
• They Used to Talk About Burning Cities
• MESSAGE: Absence for Allen Ginsberg
• Lunch with Candide
• Behold! Man of Unbelief! Behold!
• Dream #1 Final Strophe
• Patience (Things You Will Discover)
• Four Years
• He Falls Like Leaves
• The Quilt
• Ariel (Turning Tricks at Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, California)
• Extranjera
• The Taste of Morning
• Fear …


The Mercury 2010 Jan 2010

The Mercury 2010

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


The Last Transgression, William Peacock May 2009

The Last Transgression, William Peacock

Bryant Literary Review

August 31. Valerie cut her foot on a shell this afternoon and acted like she was going to die.


One More Time For Donny Deadborne, Stephen Roger Powers May 2009

One More Time For Donny Deadborne, Stephen Roger Powers

Bryant Literary Review

I'm a feature comedian.


Young Boy Riding The Wave Of Desire Out Of This Poem, Ken Meisel May 2009

Young Boy Riding The Wave Of Desire Out Of This Poem, Ken Meisel

Bryant Literary Review

The young boy who is about ten years old and sitting on the front step of a burned house and bouncing a small rubber ball on the charred garbage strewn sidewalk


The Other Betty, Pat Schultheis May 2009

The Other Betty, Pat Schultheis

Bryant Literary Review

Grow old and you'll become a stranger to yourself.


Colfax With The Sound Off, Erika T. Wurth May 2009

Colfax With The Sound Off, Erika T. Wurth

Bryant Literary Review

Pushing his head out of her lap, she stands.


The Song Of Louise Blue Feather, Zan Bockes May 2009

The Song Of Louise Blue Feather, Zan Bockes

Bryant Literary Review

I played violin in high school.


Exposed, Michelle Soucy May 2009

Exposed, Michelle Soucy

Bryant Literary Review

This should have been a clue, an omen.


Jerome And The Angel, Jennifer Anne Moses May 2009

Jerome And The Angel, Jennifer Anne Moses

Bryant Literary Review

Jerome had two secrets, both of them so beautiful that he wanted to burst open, just burst right open at the seams, spilling himself everywhere, all over the floor


How Far Is Home, Robin Caine May 2009

How Far Is Home, Robin Caine

Bryant Literary Review

Her younger sister, Beth, met a Venezuelan man at a wedding, where she was a bridesmaid and he was the best man.


Counting, Mitzi Mcmahon May 2009

Counting, Mitzi Mcmahon

Bryant Literary Review

Counting is important. Not that you're able to count because an idiot can count.


Karel And Eva, Michael Pikna May 2009

Karel And Eva, Michael Pikna

Bryant Literary Review

I wake up next to Eva again but I don't remember getting into bed with her or how dad's gun got into my left hand which is crazy I know.


2009 Spring Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department Apr 2009

2009 Spring Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

No abstract provided.