Cullet,
2025
University of Montana, Missoula
Cullet, Celia Alice Easton Koehler
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
“Cullet” is an industry term for the refuse and smashed-up glass added to new material in the process of making new glass. It is related to the word “cull” from the old french “to collect” or gather. This collection of poems picks up the term as a framework for investigating the piece-meal of daily life, tracing relations between the individual and collective, and also tracing vantage and scale; shifts of where and how the speaker directs their gaze. The poems are invested in assembling an ethos of the domestic that recasts “the domestic” to include more public sites of daily …
Lineation To Liberation: The Transformative Power Of Poetic Rhetoric,
2025
Cal Poly Humboldt
Lineation To Liberation: The Transformative Power Of Poetic Rhetoric, Amber Rae Alvarez
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
This project explores the transformative power of poetic rhetoric and examines how poetry as a form of expressive art serves as a means of reclamation in the aftermath of encounters with the American criminal justice system. I contend that poetry provides a space where folks can reimagine (and reclaim) their identities, asserting their agency in empowering and authentic ways. Taking a Cultural Studies and Critical Prison Studies informed approach, this project engages the concept of lineation to liberation to conduct a close reading analysis of artist (Reginald) Dwayne Betts’ poetry. Betts’ work not only provides a powerful example of how …
Poetry Is Change: Close Reading In The Context Of Trauma Research,
2025
University of New Hampshire
Poetry Is Change: Close Reading In The Context Of Trauma Research, Maeve Cecilia Tobin Flusser
Honors Theses and Capstones
No abstract provided.
The Dirt Underneath My Fingernails: The American Pastoral And 21st-Century Food System Reform,
2025
Scripps College
The Dirt Underneath My Fingernails: The American Pastoral And 21st-Century Food System Reform, Annabella Isaacson
Scripps Senior Theses
The following is an amalgamation of my experiences personally and vested interests academically, and is meant to be read as just that. As a thesis that combines Environmental Analysis and Writing & Rhetoric degrees, this project challenges traditional academic forms by integrating creative nonfiction and poetry with academic writing and analysis. This thesis attempts to fuse the academic and personal essay into one cohesive piece. The inconclusive nature of the narratives and explorations that follow are intended to represent my process in grappling with the histories and significance of American pastoral literature through the ways in which this genre has …
Glitching Mayakovsky: Teaching The Accidental Poetry Of Machine Learning,
2024
United States Military Academy
Glitching Mayakovsky: Teaching The Accidental Poetry Of Machine Learning, Carlotta Chenoweth
Russian Language Journal
In this article, I seek to build on recent scholarship investigating the aesthetic status of AI-generated objects and the creative potential of machine learning by asking how AI glitches can be productive, both poetically and pedagogically. The report outlines an activity I designed for an undergraduate Soviet literature survey course. For this activity, I ask students to work in small groups and generate their own pseudo-Mayakovsky poem using ChatGPT. After sharing the poems, we discuss questions including the following: in what way can Mayakovsky be considered the “author” of these poems? Does this constitute a new literary genre or form? …
Normal, Perfectly Normal And Monotropic Academic,
2024
University of Toronto
Normal, Perfectly Normal And Monotropic Academic, Jan A. Wozniak
Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture
No abstract provided.
A Symphony Of Distractions,
2024
Western Illinois University
A Symphony Of Distractions, Alisha M. White
Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture
No abstract provided.
The Enduring Enigma Of Tom Bombadil: From Riddlic Styling To Metaphorical Encounter,
2024
St. Thomas University, Canada
The Enduring Enigma Of Tom Bombadil: From Riddlic Styling To Metaphorical Encounter, Derek Simon
Journal of Tolkien Research
Conversationalists and critics alike continue to take delight in Tom Bombadil, yet remain perplexed by his enduring enigma. Interpretive positioning appears to be determined by the semantics of the term enigma deployed and how it intersects with any of the several textual standpoints adopted. The primary contention of this article is that the enigma is intentionally both a riddle (noun) and a riddling (verb). Reading the enigma through literary features of the Old English riddle-song can yield an alternate interpretation of Tom Bombadil that has received scant attention in critical commentary. In support of this contention, I propose to read …
The Weight Of Speed,
2024
DePauw University
The Weight Of Speed, Cole Pedro
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Cole Pedro is a senior from Griffith, Indiana, majoring in English literature with a minor in creative writing. They use poetry and fiction as outlets for their lifelong love of storytelling.
Every Minute As I Live It Feels Like An Hour,
2024
DePauw University
Every Minute As I Live It Feels Like An Hour, Ellie Davis
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Ellie Davis is a sophomore from Fishers, Indiana, majoring in English writing. She enjoys writing fiction, poetry, and screenplays that focus on identity and self-discovery.
Sonnet For Troubled Earth,
2024
DePauw University
Sonnet For Troubled Earth, Elizabeth Davis
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Elizabeth Davis is a first-year student from Indianapolis, Indiana. Elizabeth is undecided on a major but is interested in the ways words and images can communicate complex and personal themes.
Modern Obsequies,
2024
DePauw University
Modern Obsequies, Elizabeth Davis
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Elizabeth Davis is a senior biochemistry major and Honor Scholar at DePauw university. Her hometown is North Liberty, Iowa, where her beloved cats Tracy and Vin live. She enjoys Brandon Sanderson novels, playing the guitar, and Dungeons and Dragons, but her greatest passion is theatre.
How Beautiful Are We,
2024
DePauw University
How Beautiful Are We, Abigail Fathauer
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Abigail Fathauer is a junior English literature major, with minors in world literature and art history. She also works as Editor-in-Chief of the DePauw and president of the English Department Student Association (EDSA). In her free time, Abigail enjoys reading, hammocking with friends, and working at the Humane Society.
Sonnet For Two Birds,
2024
DePauw University
Sonnet For Two Birds, Elizabeth Davis
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Elizabeth Davis is a first-year student from Indianapolis, Indiana. Elizabeth is undecided on a major but is interested in the ways words and images can communicate complex and personal themes.
Women In Parts,
2024
DePauw University
Women In Parts, Cole Pedro
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Cole Pedro is a senior from Griffith, Indiana, majoring in English literature with a minor in creative writing. They use poetry and fiction as outlets for their lifelong love of storytelling.
Kansas,
2024
DePauw University
Kansas, Tatum Coi
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Tatum Coi is a junior majoring in English writing and film & media arts. She is an aspiring poet, novelist, screenwriter, and film director. She has written a poetry book that she has yet to publish, and is currently writing her first novel. She would like to thank Chris White.
Bs (A Condition),
2024
DePauw University
Bs (A Condition), Trista Keeton
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Trista Keeton has always been a writer, ever since she held a pen she’s been writing little stories. The popular kids on the bus would pay her to write a survival plot line that included slight nudity. Now she’s writing at DePauw with no nudity :/ not as fun.
Catch And Release,
2024
DePauw University
Catch And Release, Elizabeth Davis
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Elizabeth Davis is a senior English writing major from Indianapolis, Indiana. Her work explores themes of vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, often with a focus on the natural world.
Ode To Passed Poetry,
2024
DePauw University
Ode To Passed Poetry, Justus Morgan
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
Justus Morgan (class of 2026) is a musician and writer from Bloomington, IN, and is pursuing an independent major in song. Between class, homework, and the practice rooms, you may find him questing after unfamiliar sounds, admiring campus squirrels, or imagining that he can play the banjo.
A Spectrum Of Light: Speculative Poetry Of Celestial Bodies And Astrophysics,
2024
Stephen F. Austin State University
A Spectrum Of Light: Speculative Poetry Of Celestial Bodies And Astrophysics, Shannon Sosebee
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This is a collection of speculative poetry with a focus on celestial objects within our solar system and larger bodies outside of our solar system, some of which are only theorized to exist. The author finishes the collection with introspective works, laying bare vulnerabilities and insecurities.
