Santa Clara University
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Xavier University - Cincinnati
Ursinus College
Eastern Illinois University
University of Massachusetts Boston
Dordt College
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Mercer University
University of Dayton
Falling Down The Rabbit Hole: World Building In Ya Literature,
2023
East Tennessee State University
Falling Down The Rabbit Hole: World Building In Ya Literature, Claire Webb
Undergraduate Honors Theses
World building is a key component to many young adult novels, but what is world building and what are some different styles and techniques that authors use when constructing fictional universes? In this thesis, Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: World Building Techniques in YA Literature, I will examine Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865), The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973), and my own unpublished novel, The Sun Kingdom, to compare different techniques and styles of world building. These works will be explored through the aspect of world building, focusing specifically on the importance of the geography, language, …
When The Moon Rises And You Want To Sing,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
When The Moon Rises And You Want To Sing, Frances Boyle
The Goose
Poetry by Frances Boyle.
Because The Muddiness Of Mud Must Be Uttered: A Personal Essay,
2023
n/a
Because The Muddiness Of Mud Must Be Uttered: A Personal Essay, Dorothy Ellen Palmer
The Goose
"Because the Muddiness of Mud Must Be Uttered," by disabled senior writer Dorothy Ellen Palmer, is a personal, braided, nonfiction essay tracing how her access to and understanding of moving on land has been shaped by ableism, ageism, and the pandemic.
Tetrapod: Adapted For Locomotion Across Land,
2023
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Reflections From A Maternity Leave: The Complex History Of Beaver Dam Flats And Refinery Park,
2023
N/A
Reflections From A Maternity Leave: The Complex History Of Beaver Dam Flats And Refinery Park, Emily Ursuliak
The Goose
A personal essay reflecting on my relationship with Refinery Park and Beaver Dam Flats in light of its complex history.
Falling Into Action,
2023
n/a
Falling Into Action, Kent Hoffman
The Goose
Kent Hoffman explores human movement, his own mobility, and how it influences the way he moves on land. This personal essay, told through the lens of disability and accessibility, outlines his experience of living with Becker muscular dystrophy. Hoffman's approach to walking and mobility is heavily influenced by a fear of falling. As his mobility is changing, he's adapting and seeking out new ways to move on land. Different modes of mobility determine the way we experience personal movement, but accessibility determines who is welcome in spaces in the first place. Accessibility in the form of providing equal access is …
Surface Tension,
2023
University of Winnipeg
Surface Tension, Kerry Ryan
The Goose
"Surface Tension" is a piece of creative nonfiction by Kerry Ryan.
When A Saunter Starts To Taunt Her: Exploring The Outdoors With Disabilities,
2023
Western Carolina University
When A Saunter Starts To Taunt Her: Exploring The Outdoors With Disabilities, Jessica Cory
The Goose
This first-person creative nonfiction piece examines engaging with the outdoors, primarily through walking and hiking, while struggling with diagnoses of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos (hEDS) and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). The author also considers how growing up with a parent whose disabilities made it more difficult to enjoy hikes impacted her own perception of the ableism inherent in the design, architecture, and infrastructure of many state and local parks. The author discusses the importance and struggle of teaching environmental literature through the lens of Disability Studies and advocates both for visibility as well as concrete changes to make hiking and sauntering …
Two Poems,
2023
University of Victoria
Fungi Moves, Night Crawler, Tree Futures,
2023
University of Michigan
Fungi Moves, Night Crawler, Tree Futures, Petra Kuppers
The Goose
Three Gothic Eco-Poems by Petra Kuppers.
On Foot,
2023
alumna, University of Saskatchewan
On Foot, Dee Hobsbawn-Smith
The Goose
“On Foot” is an interdisciplinary examination of the importance of walking and running to the creative life. It is primarily a personal essay braided together with free verse poetry and a small proportion of inquiry into a few famous thinkers and writers who walked regularly. The essay traces a serious foot injury and the effects of that trauma, coupled with the threat of loss of sight, on a writer with a long history of walking and running as part of their creative process. The five poems unspool the sights and sounds of the natural rural world where they walk daily, …
Co-Editors Notes: Moving On Land? Choose Your Instrument,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Co-Editors Notes: Moving On Land? Choose Your Instrument, Tanis Macdonald, Ariel Gordon
The Goose
Editorial Introduction to The Goose Volume 20, Issue 1 (2023).
Sun In Eponymous Glasses: Two Poems,
2023
Trent University
Sun In Eponymous Glasses: Two Poems, Angela Hibbs
The Goose
Scintillating nature imagery captured in nouns.
Bindweed,
2023
University of Waterloo, Waterloo
Baby Steps,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Baby Steps, Amy Neufeld
The Goose
A creative non-fiction piece about childbirth and walking, situating the self and the new child, and climate anxiety and fear for the future.
Pink Telephone,
2023
Niagara Regional Rhyme Gland Laboratory
Pink Telephone, Gary Barwin
The Goose
"Pink Telephone" is a psychogeographical exploration of walking in woods considering ideas of communication and internal monologues and situating oneself and one's place in community.
Before Showtime,
2023
University of Alberta
Before Showtime, Amy Kaler
The Goose
In this piece of creative nonfiction, I reflect on the experience of having time on my hands in peri-urban spaces that are characterized by transience, liminality, and contingency, while waiting for performance time at youth cheerleading competitions. I describe walking around these places, specifically Las Vegas and Abbotsford (BC). I connect my experience to other accounts of aimless wandering, such as the "derive" of psychogeography, and note the ways in which the exercises of power and potential world-ending catastrophe are present, but latent, in these landscapes. In particular, I consider the historic cold-war threat of a nuclear bomb as well …
Memories Of Hope And Loss: “Kerhi Maa Ne Bhagat Singh Jameya”,
2023
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Memories Of Hope And Loss: “Kerhi Maa Ne Bhagat Singh Jameya”, Sheher Bano
Masters Theses
My Masters thesis focuses on socialist Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s memory in contemporary Pakistani Punjab. I use the analytical category of memory to argue that Bhagat Singh is invoked by various groups and individuals, specifically those who identify as leftists or Marxists, in contemporary Pakistan to serve a range of political purposes. My analysis particularly sheds light on how activists and writers use the figure of Bhagat Singh to highlight the erasure of regional and lingual identities in Pakistan. Their remembrances underline a perceived historical injustice; the imposition of a national identity based on Urdu language and Sunni Muslim-ness, …
Inclement,
2023
University of Waterloo (retired)
Inclement, Susan Wismer
The Goose
"Inclement," by Susan Wismer, is from Hageography:
Hagios, a Greek word for holy.
Hag, an old woman. Hag, an overhang at the edge of a cliff
Rough notes. Foot notes. Choreographies of happenstance.
Elegy For The Fall(En),
2023
David Brearley Middle / High School
Elegy For The Fall(En), Nicole Warchol
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
