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Tonight, I Broke A Glass., Sage Martin 2022 University of Mississippi

Tonight, I Broke A Glass., Sage Martin

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.


And Your Eyes Open, Benjamin Yusen 2022 Western Michigan University

And Your Eyes Open, Benjamin Yusen

The Hilltop Review

This piece explores the realties of dreams, and the blurring of dreams and reality.


Cultivating Creative Storytelling, Emma Kuli 2022 Santa Clara University

Cultivating Creative Storytelling, Emma Kuli

Canterbury Scholars

This essay investigates how the structural expectations and narrative conventions restrict contemporary creative writing. This work seeks to imagine how, in order to work towards the creation of an anti-racist creative space, a classroom may work without and against the limits set by writing and language conventions. Blending academic research, sample student work, and narrative anecdotes, this essay examines the ways in which storytelling can be used to uplift young writing voices.


Amjambo Africa! (June 2022), Kathreen Harrison 2022 University of Southern Maine

Amjambo Africa! (June 2022), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In this Issue Education ..................................3

Moonglade .............................4/5

Publisher’s editorial ..................7

Financial literacy: what is Credit .................8-13

In 7 languages Market Basket ..................14/15

Tips&Info ................................16

Lead in soil ..............................17

All about the Workforce ..18/19

Community Happenings .20/21

photos from community events

News from Africa .............22/36

Health&Wellness ...............24-31

Bridging the healthcare gap

In 7 languages

Columns .......................32/33/39

Nonprofit Organizations

Ask the D.A.

Let’s Talk/ELL

New Voices columns ........34/35


Testimony, Violence, And Silence: An Examination Of Agamben And His Critics, Yagmur Uygarkizi 2022 N/A

Testimony, Violence, And Silence: An Examination Of Agamben And His Critics, Yagmur Uygarkizi

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

This paper investigates the difficulties faced by survivors of atrocities in testifying. I work on the case of female victims of domestic torture as reported by Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald. The starting point is Giorgio Agamben’s Remnants of Auschwitz with his discussion on Primo Levi’s paradox and the testis/superstes/auctor distinction. I build on his nuances while arguing that he has not looked enough into power dynamics that render one speechless. “Unspeakable violence” refers simultaneously to incapacity and not being allowed to speak. Pain renders the victim speechless; perpetrators distort language and speak over survivors. Victims are often not allowed …


The Messiness Within: Personal Essays On Peeling Back The Facade, Chava Pearl Lansky 2022 CUNY Graduate Center

The Messiness Within: Personal Essays On Peeling Back The Facade, Chava Pearl Lansky

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This collection of three interconnected personal essays draws from the genres of memoir and biography to answer the following question: What are the physical, mental, and emotional repercussions of covering up hardship and sickness with a facade of normalcy and perfection? Overlaid by themes of chronic illness, dance, beauty, and control, this project chronicles my own personal battle against this tendency. The first essay explores the complexities of the year and a half I spent working as a ghostwriter for Larry Rhodes, an elderly dancer attempting to rewrite his history in the wake of societal change. The second piece follows …


Because They Think They Can: A Memoir In History, Sarah Goodyear 2022 CUNY Graduate Center

Because They Think They Can: A Memoir In History, Sarah Goodyear

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

What’s in a name? How are we connected to our ancestral lines? What responsibility do we bear for our lineages? How did the American character form, and how can we understand our society better by reckoning with our individual family histories? These are some of the questions at the heart of this thesis. In it, I combine memoir and history by following the Goodyear name, which has been mine since the day I was born. I weave together personal memories, historical research, and exploration of place to attempt to answer these questions for myself.

I begin with an examination of …


The Process Of Publishing A Crow Book, Claire L. Curry 2022 Portland State University

The Process Of Publishing A Crow Book, Claire L. Curry

University Honors Theses

This creative thesis consists of a book on crows in urban environments and an accompanying craft essay exploring the publishing process of the book.

The crow book explores crows in urban environments, where cities offer them warmth and protection from predators. Crows are intelligent; they’re able to recognize human faces. Their diet often overlaps human food sources, which has led to historical conflict. Crows also have a strong presence in human culture. For these reasons, they thrive in cities, and this creates a complex relationship since people also have concerns regarding noise, cleanliness, and aesthetics.

The craft essay reflects on …


A Murder Of Crows Sit Watching, Sarayah Villasenor 2022 Dartmouth College

A Murder Of Crows Sit Watching, Sarayah Villasenor

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Purple Flowers Always Bloom, Lilabeth Martchenke 2022 Dartmouth College

Purple Flowers Always Bloom, Lilabeth Martchenke

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Dut Zie, Jian Liang 2022 Dartmouth College

Dut Zie, Jian Liang

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


In Training, Tim Fish 2022 Dartmouth College

In Training, Tim Fish

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Starting From Mushrooms, Shuwen He 2022 Dartmouth College

Starting From Mushrooms, Shuwen He

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Eternal Blue, Matthew Garrell 2022 Dartmouth College

Eternal Blue, Matthew Garrell

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Something Ancient, Something Blue, Erin Bennett 2022 Dartmouth College

Something Ancient, Something Blue, Erin Bennett

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Post Blast, George Byford 2022 Dartmouth College

Post Blast, George Byford

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


A Flood Of Memories, Emmett Frank 2022 Dartmouth College

A Flood Of Memories, Emmett Frank

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Entities: A Field Of Imaginary Games, Thrasyvoulos Ioannis Kalaitzidis 2022 Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Entities: A Field Of Imaginary Games, Thrasyvoulos Ioannis Kalaitzidis

LSU Master's Theses

With this body of work, I am looking for visual symbols that help communicate unuttered meanings through storytelling and stimulate an affectual response to the viewer. This exploration is presented in two different forms: a surreal sculptural installation and a board game. The installation consists of large-scale sculptures made from light and soft materials (polyurethane foam, plastic waste, paper) that are available to move inside the gallery, while the board game is presented as a set of 3D prints with instructions on how the participants can play it. The materials used in the installation suggest a way to transform waste …


A Tedious Oscillation Between Heartfelt Knowledge And Tears: A Metamodern Essay On Bo Burnham’S Work, Josh Denzel C. Ng 2022 De La Salle University Integrated School (Manila)

A Tedious Oscillation Between Heartfelt Knowledge And Tears: A Metamodern Essay On Bo Burnham’S Work, Josh Denzel C. Ng

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

Ever since the late 1900s until the early 2000s, philosophers such as Linda Hutcheon declared the death of the postmodern senses and looked ahead to a new generation of intellectuals to provide a heading and analysis for what was still a new concept. David Wallace perceived that literature had to shift away from irony and postmodern deception to recover a forgotten referentiality and essentialism. He introduced the notion of using sincerity and honesty, which conform to the beliefs of transcendentalism. Successively, this gave rise to the birth of the idea of New Sincerity commonly defined as an oscillation between irony …


Batter: A Creative Writing Portfolio, Hannah Newman 2022 Kennesaw State University

Batter: A Creative Writing Portfolio, Hannah Newman

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

My capstone project, Batter, is a collection of creative writing pieces, consisting of short stories, flash fiction, and two creative nonfiction essays. I decided to do a portfolio because creative writing is simply what I enjoy the most and have been intrigued by since I took my first fiction writing class at Kennesaw State University. Composing stories, imagining how characters could behave believably, their problems and their solutions, all of it combined gives me a sense of creative determination that I have not found in any other area of work or craft. I believe I’ve been rather lucky because working …


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