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Coping, Mikayla Marazzi

Manuscripts

Poetry by MiKayla Marazzi

Dark As Skin, Alexandrea Sanders

Manuscripts

Poetry by Alexandrea Sanders.

After The Baby, Carey Ford Compton

Manuscripts

Prose by Carey Ford Compton. Runner-Up in the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

On The Execution Of Last Year, Cole Hardman

Manuscripts

Poetry by Cole Hardman.

Interview With Roxanne Gay, Chelsea Yedinak

Manuscripts

Roxane Gay is a writer, editor, blogger, and professor with a diverse bibliography. Her written works include Bad Feminist, An Untamed State, and the forthcoming Hunger. She is also a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times and a professor at Purdue University. Her work often handles race, gender, and sexuality through the lens of her own personal experiences. During her visit to Butler University as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series, Gay took the time to speak with Manuscripts staff member Chelsea Yedinak.

First Date, Ashley J. Junger

Manuscripts

Prose by Ashley J. Junger.

Bluebird, Chelsea Yedinak

Manuscripts

Prose by Chelsea Yedinak. Finalist in the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

Vessel, Meghan L. Davis

Manuscripts

Poetry by Meghan L. Davis.

Interview With Laila Lalami, Cassandra Christopher

Manuscripts

In an interview with National Public Radio, Laila Lalami mentioned that she believed the “closest we come to truth is in the form of fiction.”

Truth: the supernatural powers that be do not spare anyone based on race or religion. In shared adversity we all become equal.

Truth: humans are complex creatures, equally capable of cruelty, kindness, and unimaginable darkness in desperation. No one is purely hero or villain.

Truth: Mustafa, the titular character of Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account tells us what he knows as fact, but we must infer our own truth, so that each reader discovers his …

Providence, Elena Decook

Manuscripts

Prose by Elena DeCook.

Reading Boy, Marissa Pruett

Manuscripts

Illustration by Marissa Pruett.

Merry Christimas, Papa, Sarah Coffing

Manuscripts

Prose by Sarah Coffing.

Jake, The Too-Angry Child, Katherine Shelton

Manuscripts

Poetry by Katherine Shelton.

Phobias, Michelé Strachota

Manuscripts

Prose by Michelé Strachota. Finalist in the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

Interview With Anne Marie Macari, Wesley Sexton

Manuscripts

Anne Marie Macari is the author of five books of poetry. Most recently published was her book Red Deer, which was released in 2015. She spoke to a Manuscripts staff member, Wesley Sexton, about how to generate new material and what to do when ideas seem blocked. Macari founded and teaches in the Drew MFA Program for Poetry & Poetry Translation.

Sophomores, Claire Christoff

Manuscripts

Poetry by Claire Christoff.

Mowin' Day, Carey Ford Compton

Manuscripts

Prose by Carey Ford Compton.

Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff

Manuscripts

Includes table of contents and note from faculty advisor.

Lingua Franca: An Analysis Of Globalization And Language Evolution, Abigail Watson

Honors Projects

This project details the evolution of languages and how globalization and advances in communication have effected smaller language groups. A world community in which communication is standardized by a Lingua Franca is in most cases harmful for isolated language groups without many speakers. The extinction of language is harmful for human society and culture, and there are many different ways to help prevent language extinction.

This project includes an essay, an animation, six illustrations, and a coloring book that all relate to endangered languages.

Sacrifice To Teiresias, Kelsey Law

The Anthology

Artwork