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Pyramid Of The Sun, James Joseph Brown

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Pyramid of the Sun is a novel which is experimental in structure. It weaves traditional prose with original poems based on Aztec creation myths. The narrative is not strictly linear, but approaches the plot from several angles - past, present, and future - simultaneously. It comes back to its starting point at the end, like a snake devouring its own tail. The novel takes the Aztec and Mayan belief that time is circular and never-ending and reinterprets it in a contemporary, hard-edged setting that touches down at various points across the globe, including Moscow, Seville, Seoul and Las Vegas. Pyramid …

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, …

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 …

In What Array That They They Were In And Participating Godlike Food, Thomas Jackson Wills

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

I am submitting two manuscripts for my creative dissertation, In What Array That They Were In and Participating Godlike Food. The former is a sequence of odes followed by a brief epic, followed by a cycle of verse dramas, with an ode epilogue. The latter is a book-length excerpt from an epic poem/crime novel/Menippean satire/television show/Dada collage/historical document/vatic investigation that comes in 20 page sections that are supposed to approximate the 42 minutes of an average crime show.

Hollywood Voodoo, Katie Johnson

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Apre2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From April 2013 Robert Kelly Archives

Aprd2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From April 2013 Robert Kelly Archives

Aprc2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From April 2013 Robert Kelly Archives

Apra2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

from April 2013 Robert Kelly Archive

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.

Columbia Poetry Review, Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Poetry Review

Literary journal produced annually. Student editors: Tara Boswell, Brian Miles, Patti Pangborn, Patrick Samuel, Joshua Young. Editorial Board: AmyJo Arehart, John Kenneth Bishop, Alyssa Davis, James Eidson, Tyler Cain Lacy, Joseph Meads, David A. Moran, Chris Neely, Daniel Scott Parker, Victoria A. Sanz, Matthew Sharos, Gabrielle Faith Williamms, Abigail Zimmer. Cover: Izziyana Suhaimi.

Cape Town Performance Poetry: The Activist’S Pen Is Mighty, Kelsey Rae Brattin

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Beginning with a look back to historical Xhosa oral traditions and then examining the role of performance poetry in resistance during Apartheid, this paper explores the existence of contemporary Cape Town performance poetry in a setting that has been a home to poets for centuries. Specifically, this project is a look into the space, mental and physical, that exists within Cape Town’s current performance poetry scene for themes of resistance and activism. Through the observation of public poetry performances in local bookstores and coffeehouse, and through interviews with poets and audience members, contemporary attitudes of writers and community members toward …

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

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

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
• What Was Said in Boston
• On the Last Day of the Month
• An Angel Tries to Surprise Humans
• I Wonder if God Modeled Boys After Books
• Marred with Modern Scars
• Feather Bed
• Ode to a Pen
• Objet Petit A
• Breaking News: Grownups Fear Return of Disco
• Neuroscience
• New Document
• We Were Stars, and the Sky was Our Grass
• About a Man
• Trojan
• An Ode
• Yr Body Sour
• That Lake in Jamaica
• Live While Chiefs are Still Fighting
• …

Nor'easter, Geneva Renegar

Wrack Lines

An ode to New England fishermen.

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine Volume 9, Damian Hey Ph.D., Stephen Digiorgio, Suzy Domanico, Peter Davis, Amanda Devivo, Alexis Drennan, John Elliot, Christine Oliva, Roger Smith, Travis G. Williams

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine, sponsored by Molloy College’s Office of Student Affairs, is devoted to publishing the best previously unpublished works of prose, poetry, drama, literary review, criticism, and other literary genres, that the Molloy student community has to offer. The journal welcomes submissions, for possible publication, from currently enrolled Molloy students at all levels. All submitted work will undergo a review process initiated by the Managing Editor prior to a decision being made regarding publication of said work. Given sufficient content, The Molloy Student Literary Magazine is published twice annually in Spring and Fall.

Interested contributors from the …

Satori 2013, Winona State University

Satori Literary Magazine

The Satori is a student literary publication that expresses the artistic spirit of the students of Winona State University. Student poetry, prose, and graphic art are published in the Satori every spring since 1970.

New Tricks (2013), John Nelson, Dillon Dwyer

New Tricks

This publication was produced and sponsored by Alpha Gamma Lambda, DSU's chapter of the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta. Submissions enclosed are original poems, prose and artwork created by campus faculty and students.

Loki And Sigyn, Edward M. Lisovicz

Student Publications

Loki and Sigyn discusses love, pain, and dependency in the Norse myth of Loki’s Binding.

Arizona, Edward M. Lisovicz

Student Publications

Arizona reflects on the beauty of that state through the sestina form.