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Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

Nadine Gordimer's Fictional Selves: Can A White Woman Be At Home In Black South Africa?, Nancy Topping Bazin

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

(First paragraph) Growing up in South Africa where only 5.6 million people are white out of a population of 37.9 million, Nadine Gordimer became increasingly conscious of her whiteness¹. The colour of her skin instantly signaled 'oppressor' to black South Africans. Her whiteness imposed upon her a social and political identity that she rejected; yet, it was like a face she could not wash off, a mask she could not take off. As she said in a 1978 interview, 'In South Africa one wears one's skin like a uniform. White equals guilt' (Bazin & Seymour 1990:94). She often …

Living Whole Without A Better Half, Wendy Widder

Alumni Book Gallery

An unabashed celebration of the wholeness of single life lived within the will of God. Using the lessons of Bible characters, the author shows singles how to find abundance in life instead of letting it slip away while waiting for marriage.

Smoke, Rénee Olander

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

What Does That Mean?, Carolyn Rhodes

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Decision, Edith White

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Songs Of A Turning Body, Luisa A. Igloria

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Cover Girl Run For Cover, Rénee Olander

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Two Birds On A Postcard, Farideh Dayanim Goldin

English Faculty Publications

(First paragraph)My sister, Nahid, is four years younger than me. She suffers from osteomyelitis, which began from an infected umbilicus at birth, the result of unsanitary conditions at Morsalin hospital in Iran. She was given massive doses of antibiotics to help fight the infection, followed by surgery at the age of one to drain the affected area. Despite these efforts, the top of Nahid 's right femur was eroded by the infection. It left her with a hanging hip and a severe limp.

Pai Dos Burros, Luisa A. Igloria

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Excerpts From "Death Journal", Nancy Olthoff

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.