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Lizita, Meet Liz A Memoir, Elizabeth Shannon

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A change of life baby, Liz was born to poor, middle-aged Mexican American parents who didn't want the same things in life that she wanted. Generational trauma, internalized racism, and family dysfunction permeated her psyche and crippled her self-worth sending her into the fantasy worlds she created in her head. She managed to escape her family through marriage at nineteen years old, quickly realizing she had traded family dysfunction for marital dysfunction. But, then, an affair with a man more than twenty years her junior forced her to face the reality of her marriage. Newly divorced and finally free to …

Boxed In: Prose Poetry And Transgender Poetics, Lee Hooker

Honors Theses

Though lived experience is essential to every poet's work, transgender poetry especially must be filtered through the poet's "diet." The manifestation of this experience often results in cross-genre works, such as the prose poem. This thesis consists of a craft essay, in which contemporary queer poets and their genre-bending works are examined, and a creative portion, which emphasizes transgender experience and the prose poem.

Window Light, Abigail Fathauer

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

"Abigail Fathauer is a Senior English Literature major with minors in Art History and World Literature. When she’s not writing papers or reading the next book on her TBR, she’s working at the local animal shelter and not shutting up about it. In another life, she was a medieval scribe."

Amwr Spring 2025 Full, _ _

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

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Top 6 Reasons You Should Kill Bears, Anne Gregg

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

Anne Gregg is a Senior English Writing major, Honor Scholar, and Media Fellow at DePauw. She is also the Editor-In-Chief of A Midwestern Review. If you go looking for Anne Gregg, you will not find her. She has learned how to become incorporeal and spends her time singing in the breeze.

Calliope Liv Steadfast 2025, Calliope

Calliope

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The Supplicant, Julia Gartley

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Highway Forever; My Honest Thoughts On Yukio Mishima; Sunday Brunch, Ada Benedicto

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Trophic Cascade, Nicole Callahan

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Gandy Dancer 13.2 (Spring 2025), Gandy Dancer

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Art And Effort, Saul Gabriel Dominguez Ii

Theses and Dissertations

Since childhood I questioned living and my life itself. I wondered the extent of our own free will since people live to cry, to hate, to think they’ve been born simply to die. I use philosophers and some contemporary fiction to portray a lens of living where we must romanticize the present, rather than an uncertain future, and remove the idea that there is a reason for our living. This method of present thinking is a characteristic of a life-well lived. The manuscript will largely be told from my point of view, a young aspiring author with limited experience, through …

No Reservations: A Collection Of Truth, Josie I. Lockhart

English Undergraduate Honors Theses

This collection contains thirty orginal pieces of poetry, prose, and photography; and focues on many aspects of Native American history and Indigenous identity in modern America. Topics include: Native American boarding schools, Cherokee Freedmen, Indigenous potrayal in media, Native American incarceration, Indigenous identity, matriarchy, death and grief, substance abuse, MMIW, and Indian Child Welfare. A research grant was awarded for both semesters. The grant funded a research trip to the National Archives in Fort Worth, Texas. Research was conducted in order to retrieve materials and records pertaining to the subject of Native American boarding schools and case files for Native …

Oaxaca Stories Along The Way, James E. Gaasch

Trade & Scholarly Monographs

View the world of a local photographer... a market vendor... a painter... an academic... all through the eyes of an author who has fallen in love. This is not the simple infatuation of fairy tales, but the real love that comes from appreciating the whole. It comes from the beauty of a city and the hearts of its populace...

Scar Reveal, Danielle A. Unger

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Scar Reveal is a collection of twenty-eight poems. The author arranges the poems in three sections that explore the family of origin and religion, mental health and mortality, and love and labor. The collection is preceded by a preface essay where the author discusses her relationship with poetry and how her poetics have developed throughout her mental health recovery and work as a therapist. The author also provides a brief overview of some selected craft techniques and influences within the manuscript.

La Niebla, El Delirio, Cindy Catherine Martínez Martínez

Ciencias Sociales, Humanidades y Ciencias Políticas

Con un lenguaje fresco y sencillo, La niebla, el delirio realiza un trayecto imaginario por los mundos que trae la autora desde su memoria. Ente Trenes vagón capilla ardiente y vagón cementerio, el viaje sucede entre lugares de la infancia -"aparecimiento único de una lejanía, por más cerca que pueda estar"- y lugares inexistentes. Hay varios poemas en los que se percibe el equilibrio entre emoción, ritmo y tema. El libro fue escrito hace una década y algunos poemas fueron publicados en revistas y antologías nacionales, pero no se había editado como unidad; por lo que este poemario es …

Meet The Pulse Editorial Board

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

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In Lectio Divina, David Ting Com 25

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

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Pulse, Vol. 4 Spring 2025

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

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The Twelve Steps Of Emily, Emily Chick

Master's Projects

The methodology of this project aims to showcase the complex overlapping of Kavan and my life through the lens of Affect Theory, and memoir. My goal is to tie together our lives through a kinship that is rooted in historical resonance and explained through the relationship of emotion and behavior analyzed in Affect theory. I want to pull my audience through a troubling reality, dealing with the active decision to forget or remember our past, and how we behave moving forward based on such a decision. My other motivation for choosing this style is to showcase the growth of my …

The Dx7 Of Literature? Creative Writing In The Age Of Genai, Laura Valeri

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

Abstract:

This paper examines the impact of artificial intelligence on contemporary literature, focusing on how writers are incorporating AI into their creative processes. Through case studies of avant-garde artists, mainstream literary authors, and genre fiction writers, the study explores various approaches to AI collaboration in writing. The analysis reveals that while AI offers new possibilities for artistic expression, it also presents ethical challenges and potential threats to traditional notions of authorship. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of AI in creative writing education, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach that embraces technological advancements while preserving the human element …

Silver Star: The Superheroine Love Of My Life, Primo C. Murillo Jr.

Master's Projects

Silver Star: The Superheroine Love of My Life is a new adult, queer romance novel about a pair of young women living in a modern world filled with superheroes. This manuscript covers the first five chapters of this proposed novel, which is still in development. The story follows Freddie Silang, a Filipina-American superhero fan with no superpowers, who struggles to find her place in life after college. Freddie's mundane life is forever changed, however, when she meets her favorite superhero, Ms. Metropolis, during a battle against a minor villain. After Freddie saves Ms. Metropolis in an impulsive, yet selfless act, …

The Mother Of It All (Fiction), Ardis Berghoff

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

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Efficiency Versus Quality: A Reflection On Making A Children’S Book, Elizabeth Diehl

Honors Projects

When first looking at a children’s book, it appears to be a simple creative project. However, when one finds out the components that go into making one, it becomes clear that simplicity is deceiving. Research, ideation, rough drafts, and scripts are just a few of the necessary components for the finished product, and each one of these components can take multiple days or weeks to complete. This essay is a reflection on my experience of creating a picture book in one semester as I attempt to answer the questions “What if the most efficient process for creating a children's picture …

Jumpsuit Princess, Meghan Chou

Bryant Literary Review

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A Brief Study In Aristotelian Ethics, Robert Wallace

Bryant Literary Review

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The Day I Buried Myself, Lauren Robertson

Bryant Literary Review

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Heaven’S Star, Claudia Deluca

The Alembic

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Meet The Editors, Providence College

The Alembic

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Not Even Past, Michael Washburn

The Alembic

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Contributors' Notes, Providence College

The Alembic

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