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The Siren Of San Francisco, Emily Gage 2023 Whittier College

The Siren Of San Francisco, Emily Gage

Whittier Scholars Program

The Siren of San Francisco is a story I have been interested in telling for the longest time focusing on the coming of age of the main character, Mia, and how she deals with change through gaining the power of shapeshifting. A lot of the graphic novel explores the relationships between Mia, her mom, and her close friends and how her relationships with them change during this transitional period.

The driving force behind this story was my enduring interest in relationships, identity, feminism, and how people can shape the people around them, including themselves. I approached this particular story from …


Something Holy, Madison Silva 2023 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Something Holy, Madison Silva

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This thesis contains two parts: a craft paper on interiority and seven chapters of a young adult social realism novel. The craft paper explores different strategies for “showing and telling” as a means of conveying interiority in faith-based characters, and it analyzes these strategies in two YA novels, Let’s Call it Doomsday by Katie Henry and Autoboyography by Christina Lauren, both of which center around queer, Mormon characters. The novel chapters in the thesis are from Something Holy, which follows Beck Taylor, an eighteen-year-old, mostly closeted bisexual boy who only has a few months until he leaves on a two-year …


Καθαρός: The Pure - Setting Narrative In The Fourth-Century Roman Empire, Emma Branstetter 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Καθαρός: The Pure - Setting Narrative In The Fourth-Century Roman Empire, Emma Branstetter

Scholar Week 2016 - present

My presentation illustrates the development of the Christian historical fiction novella named Καθαρός set in the early fourth century of Christian history closely following the events of the Great Persecution and its long-term effects on Christian communities in Asia Minor and North Africa. Previous Christian novels set in the Roman era primarily focus on the first century, and with the significant thematic potential found in later centuries after the life and resurrection of Christ, I embarked on this writing project. The research that affects my narrative is separated into four categories: the history and effects of Diocletian’s Great Persecution, fourth-century …


Behind The Backyard, Rachel Carter 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Behind The Backyard, Rachel Carter

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Patience Slowly Set My Mind Free, Chase Negley 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Patience Slowly Set My Mind Free, Chase Negley

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Seven, Grace A. Anton 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Seven, Grace A. Anton

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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The Moment I Forgot, Rachel Carter 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

The Moment I Forgot, Rachel Carter

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

No abstract provided.


Knock Knock, Tate J. Walters 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Knock Knock, Tate J. Walters

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Linnea, My Roomie, Naomi H. McMahan 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Linnea, My Roomie, Naomi H. Mcmahan

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Narnia, Naomi H. McMahan 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Narnia, Naomi H. Mcmahan

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Promises To My Past Self, Emma G. Edens 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Promises To My Past Self, Emma G. Edens

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Moonbeams, Emily Grisham 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Moonbeams, Emily Grisham

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Dawn, Lillian Roberson 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Dawn, Lillian Roberson

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Dreams From The Cavern Wall, Ash Aurig 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Dreams From The Cavern Wall, Ash Aurig

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Everyone Feels Something, Aaron Curtis 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Everyone Feels Something, Aaron Curtis

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Running, Aaron Curtis 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Running, Aaron Curtis

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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The Pair Refused To Fall, Dorrien I. Mapes 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

The Pair Refused To Fall, Dorrien I. Mapes

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Treaties Of Fallacies, Madison Thompson 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Treaties Of Fallacies, Madison Thompson

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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Why You Should Stay Away, Kaitlyn Tibbetts 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

Why You Should Stay Away, Kaitlyn Tibbetts

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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A Wonderful Little Lady, Chase Negley 2023 Olivet Nazarene University

A Wonderful Little Lady, Chase Negley

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

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