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Connection, Compassion, And Honesty: Using Picture Books To Help Build A Healthier Relationship To Death In A Death-Denying Culture, Kami Su Gould

University Honors Theses

This paper explores the ways children are taught about death and dying and how children’s picture books can be utilized in difficult conversations of this nature. I go into the historical advent of books specifically for children and research how different ways of explaining death can help or hurt a child. Through this research, I explore how our situationality in a death denying culture has shaped how we explain death to children and what steps can be taken to counter this denial.

If A Rifle Could, Wyatt Banks

Night Flight Journal

This short bit of prose follows a rifle through her travels across a war-torn world.

Heroes, Richard F. Colarco

Night Flight Journal

This is a short story. It should be read for entertainment.

A Rose Bush, Ester Gallagher

Night Flight Journal

Spring has arrived and flowers begin to awaken from their winter sleep. A rose bush thinks herself better than all the other flowers. A human woman comes to tend the garden regularly and the rose bush enjoys her presence. However, once the rose bush dazzles everyone with her newly boomed roses, the human woman returns and takes them. Devastated the rose bush finds comfort and friendship in the flowers she used to look down to. In the end the rose bush perks up and tries again at growing the perfect rose.

Charmed And Dangerous, Gilbert Carbajal

Night Flight Journal

Charmed and Dangerous is about a young man named Seth. A warlock, who possesses power over the elements. The story begins with him entering a festival with his date Thea. Thea is interested in finding a special spot she’s heard about and her and Seth set off to find it. Upon finding the area everything turns to chaos. Secrets and betrayals are revealed. And a battle for life, souls, and power ensues. With an ending that leaves you wanting more.

Short-Short Story, Jeffrey Caudle

Night Flight Journal

No abstract provided.

The Dawn Of A New Era, Eyon Mason

Night Flight Journal

The story starts at the election year of present-day America and looks at the outcome of a people that are tired of corrupt government practices and leaders. It branches into a realm of new ideas and true democracy. The story follows the main character Castiel, who is an activist and soon to be leader of the New America. Castiel has one friend who is an activist as well named Ishmael and this story talks about their sudden rise to leadership and the challenges and enemies that follow to.

The Eulogy, Zeeshan Khan

Night Flight Journal

The Eulogy

I didn’t know the amount of pressure that would come with being the first and only speaker at a funeral. Being a former comedian, I am not afraid of a crowd, but this crowd looks intimidating and dull. As I look around this dark and dusty church in Jacksonville, Florida. A city I’ve grown up in with my best bud Dennis, I hear my name being called. “Alexander, would you please step up and share a few words?” The Pastor says, with an eerie look on his face. I rise from my seat and walk to ...

The Virginians, Andrew N. Knowles

Night Flight Journal

No abstract provided.

Shadows In The Opera Lights, Kerry Mergler

Night Flight Journal

A look into the bounds of love and if the chains can be broken when the curtain peals back to reveal the truth.

Targets Of Opportunity, Richard F. Colarco

Night Flight Journal

This is a short story about an Army doctor.

Unlived Lives, Aneeq Ejaz

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.

The Uninvited, Unexpected, Unwelcome Guest, Timothy Poisson

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.

De La Esclavitud A La Libertad: La Historia De Una Esclava Afromexicana, Margaree G. Jackson

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

Resumen: “De la esclavitud a la libertad: La historia de una esclava afromexicana,” es una colección de poemas descolonizados contados desde la perspectiva de una mujer afromexicana ficticia del siglo XVII. La protagonista, Maricela Rivas, es una esclava que nació en la plantación azucarera Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, una plantación verdadera ubicada en Veracruz, México. Su historia se basa en las pocas historias que existen sobre la vida de la mujer afromexicana que formaba parte esencial de la sociedad y cultura mexicana pero que le falta representación y una voz. Estos poemas le dan una voz y perspectiva al ...

Irish, Russell Thayer

Mad River Review

No abstract provided.

Jane Doe, Susan Taylor Chehak

Mad River Review

No abstract provided.

Finally It's All Thanks, Jonah Smith-Bartlett

Mad River Review

No abstract provided.

Cruel Mercy, William Yasinski

Mad River Review

No abstract provided.

Two Poems By Myrna Stone, Myrna J. Stone

Mad River Review

No abstract provided.

The Mad Knotty Piner, Henry Stimpson

Mad River Review

No abstract provided.