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Friendship Road, No Fabio, Mandy French Burkhead 2013 Lindenwood University

Friendship Road, No Fabio, Mandy French Burkhead

Arrow Rock

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Charity And Kindness, Mandy French Burkhead 2013 Lindenwood University

Charity And Kindness, Mandy French Burkhead

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


Intangible, Hannah Lawson 2013 Lindenwood University

Intangible, Hannah Lawson

Arrow Rock

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Always Hope: The Matthew Jessen Story, Christopher Jessen 2013 University of South Dakota

Always Hope: The Matthew Jessen Story, Christopher Jessen

Honors Thesis

Everyone is at risk of a brain injury every day. The effects of a brain injury can range from the minimal to the debilitating. Matthew Jessen is a brain injury survivor and my brother. His story is one of struggles and triumph as he overcame an injury that could have killed him. This documentary examines the impact brain injuries have through Matthew’s story. It describes Matthew’s journey through his initial seizures, his stay at the Mayo hospital and the brain injury facility On With Life, and his return home and to school. The documentary also shows wide range of effects …


Love, Wonder Woman, Cady Gottlieb 2013 DePauw University

Love, Wonder Woman, Cady Gottlieb

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.


The Perils Of Hilda, Elizabeth Sackett 2013 SUNY Geneseo

The Perils Of Hilda, Elizabeth Sackett

Gandy Dancer Archives

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There Isn't A Word, John Allan Chapman 2013 SUNY Potsdam

There Isn't A Word, John Allan Chapman

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Letters To Home, Kate Jordhamo 2013 SUNY Geneseo

Letters To Home, Kate Jordhamo

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Pretty In Blue, Christina Mortellaro 2013 SUNY Geneseo

Pretty In Blue, Christina Mortellaro

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.


I Believe In My System, Guy Choate 2013 University of New Orleans

I Believe In My System, Guy Choate

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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A Hole In The Mud, Behind The Garage, Noah Droddy 2013 DePauw University

A Hole In The Mud, Behind The Garage, Noah Droddy

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.


A Ten Cent Dream, Kunkyong Lee 2013 DePauw University

A Ten Cent Dream, Kunkyong Lee

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.


Still Life With Nancy, Katherine Funke 2013 DePauw University

Still Life With Nancy, Katherine Funke

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.


Elements Of Living, Dan Steele 2013 Longwood University

Elements Of Living, Dan Steele

Theses & Honors Papers

The purpose of this thesis is the exploration of influential personal events through creative nonfiction which remains thematically centered on the four traditional elements of earth, air, fire, and water. In the four essays serving as my thesis, collectively entitled "Elements of Living," I reflect on personal experiences which have bad significant impact on my life and philosophical outlook, and assign an element to each.

The topics covered in each essay vary, and some take historical information into consideration. Although the history that is covered does serve an important metaphorical purpose in the essays, reading straight historical data can be …


The Visit, Jiordan Castle 2013 The University of San Francisco

The Visit, Jiordan Castle

Creative Activity and Research Day - CARD

I will be reading a creative essay constructed for Professor Ryan Van Meter's spring 2012 workshop in nonfiction. English Department Chair Dean Rader assisted me in getting my paper chosen for presentation (with a Q&A session) at the upcoming Sigma Tau Delta International Convention this month. The essay is about visiting my father in prison as a teenager and relates to race relations and our justice system in a personal, yet unsentimental way.


Lawrence Welcomes Authors For Fox Cities Book Festival, Lawrence University 2013 Lawrence University

Lawrence Welcomes Authors For Fox Cities Book Festival, Lawrence University

Press Releases

Lawrence University will host visits by three authors and a documentary film screening in conjunction with the 6th annual Fox Cities Book Festival. All events are free and open to the public. Lawrence is one of the sponsors of the book festival.

Writer and neuroscientist Lisa Genova, author of the New York Times’ bestsellers “Love Anthony,” “Still Alice” and “Left Neglected” speaks Friday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. in Harper Hall. Genova, who writes “about people living with neurological diseases and conditions that are feared, ignored, or misunderstood,” has appeared on Dr. Oz and CNN and was featured in the …


5th Annual Rainbow Book Fair, Sarah Chinn 2013 CUNY Hunter College

5th Annual Rainbow Book Fair, Sarah Chinn

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

Each year, the Rainbow Book Fair grows larger and more exciting: as the largest LGBT book expo in North America, the RBF is the place to learn about new trends in queer publishing. Exhibitors at the Fair range from academic presses to romance and erotica, from trade presses to art books and literary journals and beyond: it’s the Fair’s goal to represent the amazing variety of queer and trans writers and publishers.


Santa Clara Review, Vol. 100, No.2, Santa Clara University 2013 Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 100, No.2, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

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The Lantern, 2012-2013, Nora Sternlof, Kerrey Kahn, Quinn Gilman-Forlini, Chelsea Callahan, Anna Lorine, Sophie Zander, Caroline Putscher, Dominick Knowles, Samuel Brenner, Amanda Sierzega, Emily Duffy, Emily Fogel, Chloe Campbell, Andrew Tran, Maxwell Bicking, Jillian Goldstein, Erica Gorenberg, Alex Niedmann, Kelsey Knowles, Logan Metcalf-Kelly, Edwin Kosik, Gladys Martinez, Olivia Hovick, Shane English, Brooke Haley, Isabella Esser-Munera, Joshua Hoffman, Michael Heimbaugh, Anna Lobo, Kristin Cichowski, Brett Neslen, Allison Cavanaugh, Monica Reuman '15, Rikki Kathryn Eble, Angier Cooper, Rayna Nunes, Stephanie Breitsman, Julianna Lepore, Rachel Blunt, Nicole Kovacs 2013 Ursinus College

The Lantern, 2012-2013, Nora Sternlof, Kerrey Kahn, Quinn Gilman-Forlini, Chelsea Callahan, Anna Lorine, Sophie Zander, Caroline Putscher, Dominick Knowles, Samuel Brenner, Amanda Sierzega, Emily Duffy, Emily Fogel, Chloe Campbell, Andrew Tran, Maxwell Bicking, Jillian Goldstein, Erica Gorenberg, Alex Niedmann, Kelsey Knowles, Logan Metcalf-Kelly, Edwin Kosik, Gladys Martinez, Olivia Hovick, Shane English, Brooke Haley, Isabella Esser-Munera, Joshua Hoffman, Michael Heimbaugh, Anna Lobo, Kristin Cichowski, Brett Neslen, Allison Cavanaugh, Monica Reuman '15, Rikki Kathryn Eble, Angier Cooper, Rayna Nunes, Stephanie Breitsman, Julianna Lepore, Rachel Blunt, Nicole Kovacs

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• How They Run
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• New Document
• We Were Stars, and the Sky was Our Grass
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• An Ode
• Yr Body Sour
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A Telescope In The Smog, Sam Walder '13 2013 Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

A Telescope In The Smog, Sam Walder '13

2013 Spring Semester

Clostridium acetobutylicum is a tricky little bacterium which can eat almost anything with carbohydrates and produce a fuel similar to ethanol. Recently, a researcher inserted its ability to make fuel into E. coli, a much more celebrated bacterium. Imagine how little Clostridium must have felt, having its only unique trait copied by the popular kid.


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