Flower Of Fire,
2015
Lindenwood University
Acknowledgements,
2015
Lindenwood University
Cat,
2015
Lindenwood University
There’S No Way You Can Avoid Taking Sides,
2015
Lindenwood University
There’S No Way You Can Avoid Taking Sides, Sergio Poveda
Arrow Rock
No abstract provided.
Sunrise At Fisherman’S Bastion,
2015
Lindenwood University
Must Be An American Citizen,
2015
Loyola Marymount University
Must Be An American Citizen, Guadalupe Astorga
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
Living in a limbo state is something many individuals have experienced throughout America’s history, and it is something author Guadalupe Astorga has lived through firsthand. Though she has worked to make Los Angeles her home since moving from Mexico as a young girl, Astorga struggles with the legal definition of “American,” which causes her to feel as though she is living a border existence with “little to no control over [her] future.” Through an exploration of collected memories, Astorga fights against the fear, impatience, and doubt over her “American” identity, but as she waits for an interview that will decide …
The Guide To Leadership: How The System’S Daughter Learned Strength,
2015
Loyola Marymount University
The Guide To Leadership: How The System’S Daughter Learned Strength, Maya Combs
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
Maya Combs has found herself both implicitly and explicitly governed by the rules, regulations and expectations of what it means to be successful as an African-American woman and scholar. She uses the different forms of adversity she has experienced, along with the presence of the strong matriarchs who surround her, to articulate the importance of leadership and progress despite socioeconomic disadvantage and the inevitability of death.
La Gente No Nace, Se Hace,
2015
Loyola Marymount University
La Gente No Nace, Se Hace, Angelica Diaz
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
In her narrative, author Angelica Diaz writes about her development as a daughter, sister, and aunt. Through the use of flashbacks to her childhood she relates the experiences that have brought her to where she is now—a student at Loyola Marymount University working to find her own place in the world and reflecting on her past experiences. By considering the life of her mother—her best friend—Diaz is able to realize her strength and her drive, and that her own place in her world is here and now, at the crossroad between the past and future, right where her faith has …
Pieces Of Me,
2015
Loyola Marymount University
Pieces Of Me, Cynthia Garcia
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
By describing the relationship with the most important people in her life, Cynthia Garcia connects the ways in which each individual has contributed to shaping her into the young woman she is today. As a first-generation college student, she struggles with pleasing her parents, accepting the unsuspecting financial sacrifices of her younger siblings, and the exploration of herself through a romantic relationship.
Too Much Of Everything And Not Enough,
2015
Loyola Marymount University
Too Much Of Everything And Not Enough, Guadalupe Mejia
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
For author Guadalupe Mejia, the notion of identity as a multifaceted marker of one’s personhood created a sense of confusion and displacement within her. She struggled with a feeling of not belonging. Chronicling some of her experiences leading up to her college years, Mejia attempts to negotiate the ways in which her lived experiences, heritage and customs, and language and accent play a role in the person she strives to be and is expected to be. In the end, she comes to terms with her multicultural reality as a first-generation college student and first-generation U.S.-born American, but it isn’t easy.
Te Doy Gracias,
2015
Loyola Marymount University
Te Doy Gracias, Citlaly Orozco
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
Citlaly Orozco came into college as a quiet and shy person, obedient to all authority including her parents. This narrative reflects on the challenges, conflicts, and contradictions that Orozco has experienced with her mom, who she considers a close friend. Orozco shows how fear and guilt have shaped her college experience and interactions with her family; however, by being the strong, independent, and loving woman her mom taught her to be, Orozco comes to understand that she can be true to herself without feeling guilt. This realization helps Orozco to work through the challenges and moments of weakness to arrive …
Tenemos Que Trabajar, No Hay Otra,
2015
Loyola Marymount University
Tenemos Que Trabajar, No Hay Otra, Rene Silva
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
Growing up, Rene Silva spent most of his time after school with his father. Despite this early connection, however, today father and son share few words. In the following narrative, Rene Silva delves into the nonexistent relationship he has with his father through the lenses of Latino culture and masculinity.
Tearing Down Walls And Building Bridges,
2015
Wayne State University
Tearing Down Walls And Building Bridges, Melba J. Boyd
Criticism
A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000–2010 by Cherríe L. Moraga. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. Pp. 280, 9 illustrations. $84.95 cloth, $23.95 paper.
Chasing Ghosts: A Memoir Of A Father, Gone To War [Table Of Contents],
2015
Hunter College
Chasing Ghosts: A Memoir Of A Father, Gone To War [Table Of Contents], Louise Desalvo
History
When literary biographer and memoirist Louise DeSalvo embarked upon a journey to learn why her father came home from World War II a changed man, she didn’t realize her quest would take ten years, and that it would yield more revelations about the man—and herself—and the effect of his military service upon their family than she’d ever imagined. During his last years, as he told her about his life, DeSalvo began to understand that her obsession with war novels and military history wasn’t merely academic but rooted in her desire to understand this complex father whom she both adored and …
A Letter To My Future Self: Culture Shock,
2015
Augustana College
A Letter To My Future Self: Culture Shock, Kayla L. Butler
Honors Program: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
This personal essay encourages personal reflection upon entering college and the challenges that arrive for a student of color, moving from a diverse hometown to a Predominantly White Institution. There are creative manipulations of language that speak to one of the changes found upon entering the new college campus culture.
October 2015,
2015
University of Southern Maine
October 2015, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Shabbat Dinner and Musical Shabbat Service; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements
Santa Clara Review, Vol. 103, No. 1,
2015
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Review, Vol. 103, No. 1, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Review
No abstract provided.
2015 Fall Chapbook,
2015
Otterbein University
2015 Fall Micro Chapbook,
2015
Otterbein University
2015 Fall Micro Chapbook, Otterbein English Department
Quiz and Quill
No abstract provided.
T&C Magazine Issue 09 - Fall 2015,
2015
Otterbein University
T&C Magazine Issue 09 - Fall 2015, T&C Media
T&C Magazine
Articles include: Tattoo You // The Curtain Rises // Study Abroad // Audience of One // Alumni with Cool Careers // Arranging Success // The Inner Food Fight // Dating Package // Hidden Organizations // Otterbein's Hall of Fame // Where in The World Are You From?
