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The Moral Of The Story: The Power Of Narrative To Inspire And Sustain Scholarship, Amy Vorenberg 2011 University of New Hampshire School of Law

The Moral Of The Story: The Power Of Narrative To Inspire And Sustain Scholarship, Amy Vorenberg

Law Faculty Scholarship

This article describes how I discovered the power of story as a tool to inspire scholarship. We think of stories as a means to bring life to legal cases in a way that grounds them and makes them visceral and comprehensible. We use storytelling to teach our students - showing how the emotive power of a story can persuade. However, stories can also serve a different function. In my search for a way to inspire and sustain my own writing, I found out that a good story can be the source of a writer’s motivation to both create and sustain …


Metaphors Of The Market Economy And The Learning Community, Ben Sippola 2011 Butler University

Metaphors Of The Market Economy And The Learning Community, Ben Sippola

Kristi Schultz Broughton Liberal Arts Essay Contest

2011 Topic: Education as Commodity: Liberal Arts Education in the Consumer Age

Contemporary higher education is increasingly dominated by the realities and metaphors of the market economy. Education is an investment or a product. Students are consumers. Admissions counselors are salespeople and professors deliver their customers goods and services. Write an essay about this mindset and how it has affected your education. Have your attitudes towards the commoditization of education changed during your time at Butler? Fundamentally, how can or should liberal arts education fit within this worldview?


Blazing The Real: Writing By Indiana Children, Susan C. Adamson, Julie Patterson 2011 Butler University

Blazing The Real: Writing By Indiana Children, Susan C. Adamson, Julie Patterson

Anthologies

I got my first camera when I was in third grade—a Brownie Hawkeye flash model with a snazzy little camera case. The instruction manual provided six simple steps for taking successful pictures.

Hold the camera steady, supporting it underneath. Then, with the sun behind your back or over your shoulder, locate the subject in the finder. At the instant of exposure, hold your breath and press the shutter release with a gentle squeezing action (Brownie Hawkeye Instruction Manual).

The camera came with two rolls of film, each with16 frames. I eagerly used them up and sent the exposed film off …


2011 Jim Wayne Miller Contest Winners, Creative Writing Committee 2011 Western Kentucky University

2011 Jim Wayne Miller Contest Winners, Creative Writing Committee

Mary Ellen and Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing

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Bible Bolt, Kathleen M. Flynn 2011 Gettysburg College

Bible Bolt, Kathleen M. Flynn

The Mercury

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Trapped In A Passing Storm, Chandra R. Kirkland 2011 Gettysburg College

Trapped In A Passing Storm, Chandra R. Kirkland

The Mercury

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A Case For The Human Condition, Austin W. Clark 2011 Gettysburg College

A Case For The Human Condition, Austin W. Clark

The Mercury

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Litmag 2010-11, University of Missouri-St. Louis 2011 University of Missouri, St. Louis

Litmag 2010-11, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Litmag

Litmag is a student-run literary magazine published annually each spring through the English Department. Our purpose is to promote the creative work of students and staff and increase awareness of the ever-present literary talent on UMSL’s campus. We aim to produce a high quality journal that gives emerging writers and artists a venue to display their work and experience the world of professional publishing.


Santa Clara Review, Vol. 98, No. 1, Santa Clara University 2011 Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 98, No. 1, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

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The Dance, . EPB 2011 Syracuse University

The Dance, . Epb

Intertext

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The Mercury 2011, 2011 Gettysburg College

The Mercury 2011

The Mercury

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Et Cetera, Marshall University 2011 Marshall University

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.


Ivy Leaves, Volume 85, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff 2011 Anderson University

Ivy Leaves, Volume 85, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2011 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Anna Davis, Brianne Holmes, Sarah Dobrotka, Rafael Alcantar, Jr., Josh Overstreet, Calli Lawson, Kelly Johnson, Jennifer Hall, Rachel Spoon, Mandie Wines, Naomi Nakazato, Lindsey Dilleshaw, Jivan Davé, Phillip Belger, David Bishop, Laura Jones, Seth Christie, Andrew Higgins, Teresa Jones, and Tim Speaker.


All The Forces At Work Here, Joe Wilkins 2011 Linfield College

All The Forces At Work Here, Joe Wilkins

Faculty Publications

In this essay by Joe Wilkins, a mistake is straightened out with the help of a family friend.


No Wake Zone, Brian W. Engelsma 2011 Gettysburg College

No Wake Zone, Brian W. Engelsma

The Mercury

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Aroma, Michelle Giordano 2011 Syracuse University

Aroma, Michelle Giordano

Intertext

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Put On A Happy Face, Kanika Teng 2011 Syracuse University

Put On A Happy Face, Kanika Teng

Intertext

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2011 Winter Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department 2011 Otterbein University

2011 Winter Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

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The Art Of Forgetting, Will Yarborough 2011 University of Richmond

The Art Of Forgetting, Will Yarborough

The Messenger

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The Messenger, 2011, 2011 University of Richmond

The Messenger, 2011

The Messenger

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