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Friday Afternoons, Emily Bell 2013 DePauw University

Friday Afternoons, Emily Bell

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

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Other: Poems, Catherine Pritchard Childress 2013 East Tennessee State University

Other: Poems, Catherine Pritchard Childress

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This creative thesis is a collection of original poems entitled Other. The poems in Other reflect my study of the aesthetics of poetry as well as that of how women are represented as poets and as the subject of poems. Some of these poems are the product of my particular interest in the use of persona. Most reflect my desire to achieve self-reflection, to write from my experiences and perception, while still maintaining the universality that is an essential element of successful poems.

The critical introduction situates my poems within the framework of the poetic mode Personal Classicism—poetry that …


There Are Moments That Hang Suspended, Mark B. Lennon 2013 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

There Are Moments That Hang Suspended, Mark B. Lennon

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This project is the culmination of ten years of work in poetry. It was begun in imitation of those who impressed, not only with their fine words and dexterity with language, but also with their clear conviction in their subject material. Reflected in the works of Allen Ginsberg, Walt Whitman, and Adrienne Rich, among others, was evidence of a life lived, in Thoreau's term, deliberately. The writing of poetry seemed to be not simply a means of expression, but a goad to live a life worth examining, and to keep doing so; a progress report for a radical mind.

Politics …


Soil And Space: Fumigation // Language Barrier, Samuel Preminger 2013 SUNY Geneseo

Soil And Space: Fumigation // Language Barrier, Samuel Preminger

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Ersatz Umbrella, Jeff Handy 2013 SUNY Geneseo

Ersatz Umbrella, Jeff Handy

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Afterimage // The Depot, Daniel T. O’Brien 2013 SUNY Geneseo

Afterimage // The Depot, Daniel T. O’Brien

Gandy Dancer Archives

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The Bone Oracle—The Introvert, James Ryan 2013 SUNY Geneseo

The Bone Oracle—The Introvert, James Ryan

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Ossified Scaffold // Triptych Of Phase Change, Bibi Lewis 2013 SUNY Geneseo

Ossified Scaffold // Triptych Of Phase Change, Bibi Lewis

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Due Partly To Inertia, Justin Lee Irizarry 2013 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Due Partly To Inertia, Justin Lee Irizarry

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In the preface to Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman said, "The poets of the kosmos advance through all interpositions and coverings and turmoils and stratagems to first principles. They are of use--they dissolve poverty from its need, and riches from its conceit." My poetry aims to exist in Whitman's `kosmos' and in doing so advance through the turmoil and the strategies of certainty to something resembling principles. Politics is a common theme; it is not in an attempt to write political poetry, but an attempt to not leave anything out. Other themes throughout this manuscript include death, music, wanting, having, …


Strange Little Vehicles, Andrew Merecicky 2013 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Strange Little Vehicles, Andrew Merecicky

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

It isn't an exploration in or an experiment regarding. It is a praxis, as a commute is the opposite of an adventure. As le chat regarde le poisson. As when one looks at anything, it becomes strange. That is, a thing (a thought, a feeling, Gertrude Stein's "piece of coffee") once considered becomes little and different. It is the world that is large and alike. It is ultimately the similarity, the recognition of which we, who feel small and unique in the grand scheme, find terrifying. Language is always, as Lyn Hejinian wrote, social; it is a vehicle.

As I …


Samsara, Erica Anzalone 2013 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Samsara, Erica Anzalone

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In Samsara, I bring a spiritual-historical lens to art, war, feminism, religion, and the body in extremis. Although the word samsara resonates mostly within the Hindu and Buddhist faiths, meaning literally to wander through the rounds of death and rebirth, my poetics of transience and trauma crosses cultures, including Muslim, Christian, and Judaic notions of spirituality. Bosnia, Iowa, Boston, and Prague are all shifting sands within the mandala-like hourglass of this collection. My voice often issues from a working class register and speaks with rebellious power from a place of powerlessness: "E-bay nirvana, you want me to yes sir/I'll get …


Dogwood Thoughts, Grayson Pitts 2013 DePauw University

Dogwood Thoughts, Grayson Pitts

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

No abstract provided.


For Monique, Carianna Arredondo 2013 DePauw University

For Monique, Carianna Arredondo

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

No abstract provided.


Herring Bay, Maryland, Storm Strader 2013 DePauw University

Herring Bay, Maryland, Storm Strader

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

No abstract provided.


The Home-Wrecker, Jim Easterhouse 2013 DePauw University

The Home-Wrecker, Jim Easterhouse

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

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Intrinsic, Storm Strader 2013 DePauw University

Intrinsic, Storm Strader

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

No abstract provided.


Paranoia In 1967, Nicky Chokran 2013 DePauw University

Paranoia In 1967, Nicky Chokran

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

No abstract provided.


Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, New York, 1911, Nicky Chokran 2013 DePauw University

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, New York, 1911, Nicky Chokran

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

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Online Discovery, Amanda Feller 2013 DePauw University

Online Discovery, Amanda Feller

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

2013 Paul Query Prize in Poetry


Fuchsias, Amanda Feller 2013 DePauw University

Fuchsias, Amanda Feller

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

2013 Paul Query Prize in Poetry


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