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Artificial Magic, Tawny Ventura

Senior Theses

This novella by Tawny Ventury emerged from a short story written for a creative writing course on speculative fiction.

The First Flowers Of Spring, Gretel Valdes

Senior Theses

This creative writing thesis contains a series of poems by Gretel Valdes.

I.

• Pillowtalk
• Autumnal Hues
• Mis Cejas
• Intimacy
• Without You, in San Francisco
• Sundown of Person

II.

• drinking honey with the bees
• The Lady of Crescent Lake
• A Collection of 2 am Thoughts
• Cold Feet
• Another Year of Thankfulness
• My Grandfather’s First Time in the ICU
• For Oregon Where I Have Yet to Fall in Love

III.

• The First Flower of Spring
• A Dandelion Before the Wind
• Weightless
• Aubade to the Other Woman
• To Denica
• Someday Soon

IV.

• Recovery
• Anxiety
• On the first girl I ever kissed
• Drinks I …

Spiral, Anna Davis

The Purple

No abstract provided.

I Came Home, Grace Manning

The Purple

No abstract provided.

Capitulated Memory, Anna Davis

The Purple

No abstract provided.

The Houseplants, Christine Mclaughlin

The Purple

No abstract provided.

Deodand, Brian L. Frye

Seattle University Law Review Online

Deodands are a delightful example of a common law doctrine that caused something to happen: the Crown was enabled to tax tortfeasors. But not in a way anyone expected at the time or anyone understands today. Look on their logic and despair. You’ll never figure it out, no matter how hard you try. And that’s what makes them so lyrical. The concept of the deodand is beautiful even though we can’t understand it. Or rather, it’s beautiful because we can’t understand it. If we understood deodands, surely they would be as prosaic as life insurance and conceptual art.

In 1964, …

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Connecticut by Rene Laubach and Charles W.G. Smith. AMC’s Best Day Hikes Near Boston by Michael Tougias, John S. Burk, and Alison O’Leary. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Vermont by Jen Lamphere Roberts. Trails or Timber? The Creation, Destruction, & Rebuilding of Paths on the Northern Presidential Range, 1857–1914 by Judith Maddock Hudson. Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul, a film by Huey Coleman. Sky Runner: Finding Strength, Happiness and Balance in Your Running by Emelie Forsberg and Kilian Jornet. A Mountaineer’s Life by Allen Steck. Way Out There: Adventures …

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of selected accidents in winter and spring 2018 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Mishaps include a hiker whom rescuers search for after he’d checked into a hotel, a phone-guided rescue during a whiteout, hikers trapped by two rain-swollen streams, and more.

The Struggle: An Injured Deer And A Dilemma, Benjamin Alva Polley

Appalachia

A man struggles with a dilemma when a badly injured deer collapses in the Illinois forest.

My Time Is Short: A Woodsman Shares Hidden Treasures Of The Forest With His Stepdaughter, Judi Calhoun

Appalachia

A tribute to the stepfather who understood the lessons of abandoned settlements in New Hampshire’s forests.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: On Ceding Control: Motherhood In A Pathless Landscape, Emily Mitchell Heidenreich

Appalachia

At her new home base of eastern Vermont, a young mother gives over her mountain energy to her children’s needs. “I wander these pathless woods, my baby strapped to my chest, as an attempt to reassert control over my body after the violence of pregnancy, of motherhood. This wandering is body work.”

Finding An Unforeseen Labrador: From The St. Lawrence To Ungava, David K. Leff

Appalachia

A memoir of a 1988 trip to Labrador begins with a long train ride to Schefferville and proceeds to long days paddling two rivers north toward Ungava Bay.

Differents: Essays About A Human (And Humans), Will Gerdes-Mcclain

Creative Nonfiction MFA Theses

adult language and themes. :\

Mogoté De La Guira: Bay Of Pigs, Cuba, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Night Visions: A 15-Year-Old Walks 31.5 Miles Around The Pemi Loop, Alone, Alexandra Herr

Appalachia

The narrative of a 15-year-old’s one-day, 31.5-mile, solo circuit around the Pemigewassett Wilderness in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

A Wrong Turn: Lost In The Dark, Step By Step, Benjamin Alva Polley

Appalachia

Lost in a remote area of Idaho, a hiker must find his way and ponder what it means to be lost.

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2019: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2019 - Volume LXX, Number 2 - Issue #248. Hitting "Reset" in Wild Lands: Stories of Redemption, Reconnection, and the Crawford Path

A Week In The Wild At Medawisla: One Night In The Wild For Each Hour He Drove, Daniel Hudon

Appalachia

A writer moves slowly through the silent days at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Medawisla Lodge and Cabins in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Valley Of The Bulls: "I Have A Red Backpack. Is That A Bad Thing?", Jenny O'Connell

Appalachia

The escapades of a climber and her friends trekking in Huascaran National Park in Peru.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Do's And Don'ts Of Trail Running In The Appalachian Mountains: Written By A Hairless Bipedal Alien Who Has Learned To Take Nature Seriously, Alex Pickens

Appalachia

A comical list of tips from a trail runner.

Telling The Bees, Parkman Howe

Appalachia

Appalachia’s poetry editor describes his working relationship with Mary Oliver and their correspondence over such things as poems, weather, houses, and beekeeping.

Special Feature: Tributes To Mary Oliver, 1935-2019

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2020: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2020 - Volume LXXI, Number 1 - Issue #249. Farewell, Mary Oliver: Tributes and Stories; Reunion with Hamish MacInnes, Chris Bonington, and Other

Exploring The Ancient Old North Trail: A 13,000-Year-Old Route Along The Rocky Mountain Front, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

A backpacking trip along the Rocky Mountain Front searches for clues of an ancient route used by migrants across the Bering Strait.

Braiding, Widening, And Downslope Creep: Trying To Restore Overly Loved Trails Below Mount Washington, Laura Waterman

Appalachia

Foot traffic has altered the landscape along the exposed Gulfside Trail below Mount Washington. Members of the Waterman Fund visit the trail to understand how it can be restored.

The Butte, Natasha Bailey

Senior Theses

The Butte is a collection of short stories about a small town in the Pacific Northwest. In these short stories I explore idealistic small-town culture and blend it with the Pacific Northwest’s own (modern) paranormal mythology. This medley of different genre aspects in my stories makes The Butte difficult to label, but ultimately, my goal while writing was to explore various styles and points of view.

The nine stories set in The Butte shift styles on a variety of levels from character switching, point of view (1^st person, 3^rd person, and omniscient), and formatting (structure and linguistics). These …

"Woodburn, Texas: A Study In Southern Gothic", Katherine Stone

Honors Theses

My thesis, titled “Woodburn, Texas: A Study in Southern Gothic”, is a short story separated into four main sections as well as an introductory piece and conclusion that are separate from the other sections. The four main sections are separated by four prose poems ¾one for each season.

Separating the sections are four prose poems that follow the seasons. They allow for further access into the history and mindset of the people of this seemingly quiet and slow town as well as the Southern mindset in general.

Both the poems and the regular prose are told in the first person …

20 Things, Reann Parker

Honors Theses

20 Things is a short young adult novel that explores a variety of topics and themes, from mental health, recovery, and self discovery to race, love, and friendship. Beginning with a high school girl named Halle waking up in a hospital after a suicide attempt, the novel is a coming of age story about the help Halle receives and what she goes through in trying to find reasons to keep living. The novel is divided into ten chapters: “Waking Up,” “Going Home,” “Arriving,” “Being Honest,” “Keeping the Faith,” “Soul Searching,” “Willingness,” “Maintaining,” “Checking In,” and “Living.” Each chapter represents the …

To My Beloved Body,, Hanna Carstensen

The Oval

No abstract provided.