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The Present Giver And Other Stories On Human Connections, Erin B. Waggoner

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The Present Giver and Other Stories on Human Connections is a collection of seven short stories dealing with individuals that struggle to connect to another person. However, the stories also explore that these characters still feel the need to connect, stories very indicative of my own struggles with apathy and relationships. The critical analysis takes on a creative non-fiction approach as a way to show my development as a writer and how these stories relate to what I've learned through the years from my love of reading.

The Search For Irishness (Chapter One Of Buffoonery In Irish Drama: Staging Twentieth-Century Post-Colonial Stereotypes), Kathleen A. Heininge

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Excerpt: "A striking feature in Irish culture since at least the late 19th century is an impulse to define what constitutes "Irish," seemingly to establish the qualifications of those who claim to be Irish. It is an impulse that manifests itself in literature as diverse as George Bernard Shaw's play, john Buff's Other Island, James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, or Seamus Heaney's Station Island. The same impulse is at work in the public lives of figures like Oscar Wilde, who while exiled created a fascinating persona for himself; Patrick O'Brian, who refashioned himself as …

The Natural Order Of Things: Stories, Gene Albamonte

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Natural Order of Things is a collection of unrelated short stories that focuses on the love, despair, happiness and sorrow prevalent in relationships. Another common thread is how the lack of communication between family, friends and lovers can create burdens that, in some cases, are simply too heavy to lift. Some of the stories have a humorous voice while dealing with those burdens. Many others deal with the complexities of those emotions in a more somber tone. These fictional stories are completely unrelated to each other, and yet they all aim to shine a light on life's conflicts--and on …

Flaming Red Wig, Carla Christina Howl

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

"Flaming Red Wig" is a collection of short stories and prose poems with a critical preface. Both the preface and the creative work explore notions of artifice, apposition and entering into a text (both written and character) with stillness or intrusion. I try to create an examination and communion with language on much the same level, ultimately yielding a musicality that creates a rhythmic discourse and dynamic between the significance and the notion. The title of my thesis refers to the obvious motif of artifice and the reoccurring theme of emotional pain attached to gender and humanistic role within specific …

The Animal Kingdom, Matthew Ladd

Birmingham Poetry Review

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Celebration, Joshua Potter

The Oval

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 96, No. 1, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

The Mockingbird - 2009, Department Of Art And Design, East Tennessee State University, Department Of Literature And Language, East Tennessee State University

The Mockingbird [magazine]

Maja Savic [Yuko, No. 2]; Brian Bowman[Circadian]; Tina "Kitty" Michael [Comperhension]; Kellye Evans [The Seven Crows]; Whitney L. Ellison [Deej]; Robert Kottage [Attention Deflicit Dingo]; David Mazure [Door]; Samantha Gregory [Education???]; Matthew Israel Byrge [Reading Beckett: A Fragment]; Reese Chamness [Lines in Space IA]; Meara Bridges [Your Words are like the Ocean]; Amanda Kate Rigell [Crossing Over]; Seth Arnall [HIV Baby Rattle]; Kimberly Foli [Oburoni Reflections]; Nicole Osborne [Starting Resist]; Jasen Bacon [The Office of Tipton, Hersch, and Long, Plastic Surgeons, No Smoking]; Shanon Kelley [Round Trip on the Rainbow Tail]; Isaac Wilson [Converstion Sur la Terrasse]; Hailey Eaton [Untitled]

"The Stance Of A Last Survivor": C. S. Lewis And The Modern World (Chapter One Of The Rhetoric Of Certitude), Gary L. Tandy

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Excerpt: "As professor and scholar of medieval and Renaissance literature, C. S. Lewis wrote and published well-respected and influential literary criticism. At the same time, following his conversion to Christianity around 1930, he felt a duty to apply his argumentative and philosophical skills to the writing of Christian apologetics-defenses of traditional Christian principles against the attacks of skeptics and religious liberals. More important, Lewis lived in an age largely hostile to his attitudes and thought, both in literature and Christianity. In a period that s.aw such startling literary productions as The Waste Land and Ulysses, Lewis chose to defend traditional …

Dick Cheney Is A Mermaid!, Jessica Parkhurst

Intertext

No abstract provided.

Teach The Children: Education And Knowledge In Recent Children's Fantasy, Elisabeth Rose Gruner

English Faculty Publications

This essay is an investigation into how learning is portrayed in children's books. It starts from two premises: first, that at least one origin of children's literature is in didacticism, and that learning and pedagogy continue to be important in much of the literature we provide for children today. Thus, for example, David Rudd claims that most histories of children's literature on "the tension between instruction and entertainment," and that the genre as we know it develops within, among other things, "an educational system promoting literacy" (29, 34). Seth Lerer's recent Children's Literature: A Reader's History similarly traces the origins …

What Happens To Dead Babies, Justin Quarry

CutBank

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CutBank

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In Your Kingdom Translated By Daniel Alarcon, Carlos Villacorta

CutBank

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Sight, Rebekah Beall

CutBank

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Through Windows, Sarah E. Jones

Theses

This short story collection focuses on the female perspective and expectations based on a host of influences: familial, cultural, and mythical. Even in extraordinary circumstances decisions are made about how to lives one's life. The collection explores the context in which women put their life experiences and personal relationships, and the space needed to consider these things. Readers familiar with Lorrie Moore's short fiction may find echoes of her solitary souls in these stories.

The Bridge, Volume 6, 2009, Bridgewater State College

the bridge

Volume 6 Staff

Sarah Haag, Editor-in-Chief
Tara M. Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief
Amanda Armas
Laura M. Bowen
Rachael Dunphy
Grant Ferro
Kyle J. Giacomozzi
Matthew Keogh
Jillian Moore
Lauren Rheaume
Shannon Rosenblat

Mary Dondero, Faculty Advisor
Jerald Walker, Faculty Advisor
Linda Hall, Alumni Consultant
Rosann Kozlowski, Alumni Consultant

Litmag 2008-09, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Litmag

Litmag is a student-run literary magazine published annually each spring through the English Department. Our purpose is to promote the creative work of students and staff and increase awareness of the ever-present literary talent on UMSL’s campus. We aim to produce a high quality journal that gives emerging writers and artists a venue to display their work and experience the world of professional publishing.

The Years Without A Santa Claus, Kathleen M. Flynn

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

Re-Enacting, Eric J. Kozlik

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

Now & Then (Volume 25, Issue 01, 2009), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 25, Issue 01, published in 2009. The theme of this issue is Foodways. This issue explores the rich diversity of Appalachian food culture, tracing how Native American, European, and immigrant traditions have blended to shape the region's kitchens, farms, and tables. Articles examine local agriculture, foraging, home cooking, preservation methods, community meals, and restaurant traditions, alongside iconic foods such as cornbread, beans, pork, pepperoni rolls, and candy making. Through stories that connect food to memory, labor, faith, and identity, the issue portrays Appalachian cuisine as dynamic and multicultural, rooted in both historical …

Now & Then (Volume 25, Issue 02, 2009), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 25, Issue 02, published in 2009. The theme of this issue is Spirits of Appalachia. This issue explores the many meanings of "spirits" in Appalachian culture, from ghost lore and supernatural traditions to religious faith, memory, and distilled beverages. Articles recount haunted places, prophetic experiences, protective folk practices, and enduring legends, while also reflecting on ancestral presence, community figures who inspire others, and personal encounters with loss and resilience. Features on moonshine, wine, and regional drink traditions complement essays, poetry, and reviews that portray spirits as both otherworldly and deeply human, revealing …

I Knew You When, Jami Dittus

Theses and Dissertations

Four short stories and the first quarter of a novel revolve around characters sick with want, sick of and from the worlds in which they live. They crave connection with other people, often through indirect methods, but can’t always manage the connections they make with other characters. Objects, comforting and static when people cannot be, take prominence as connection to the real world.

How To Make A Love Box, Sarah Wienke

Theses

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Rock Child, Deborah Garwood

Theses

Physician Lawrence "Doc" Bass lives in Ellington, Missouri. Forced to close his practice due to crippling arthritis, Doc has resigned himself to early retirement-until the day he meets Aubrey, a boy with an unusual birthmark on his back. Aubrey fits perfectly into the already quirky family of Hickcocks. He may be just a child, but strange things-good things-begin to happen whenever Aubrey is around. But not all of the Ellington folks feel the same way about him; some have an agenda for the boy. Doc, his good friend Sheriff Baines, and a host of other folks come in contact with …

Banana Peels, Ferris Wheels, And A Cup Of Joe, Katherine Petersen

Global Tides

The "Journeyer's Journal" consists of short narratives describing international experiences. Here, Katherine Petersen describes Heidelberg, Germany.

The Ephemeral Bloom, Robbieana Leung

Global Tides

The "Journeyer's Journal" consists of short narratives describing international experiences by Pepperdine University undergraduate students. Here, Robbieana Leung describes Cadiz, Spain.

Gods R Us, Alivelu Nagamani

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Around Grecian orchards. On Trojan battlefields. In Siva's realm. Inside Hanuman's heart. Of gods, demons, and others who love us, hate us, serve us, interfere with us. Of humans larger than life. When gods were not in hiding. About a space not reached via explanations. Poems in Gods R Us come from Greek/Roman and Indic myths, they retell myths, comment on myths, and refer to myths - they could not have been without myths. Distillation and attentiveness create the time needed to be one in the spirit of the poem. I range from reverential to playful.

Dancing In The Ashes, Vytautas Adolph Malesh

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The following novel is the third draft of my creative thesis entitled Dancing in the Ashes . It is an exploration of the Detroit rave scene in its dying days, and it mixes real and imagined places and events in order to portray the essence of that time, if not the factuality. The bulk of the novel follows just over two weeks in the life of Thomas Kowalski, a drug dealer living with his parents in suburban Detroit. He parties constantly and seldom works except as necessary to keep his job at a local record store - an invaluable source …

Designated Dater, Michelle Marek

Theses

The following stories are a collaboration of my most influential moments in life concerning relationships with men and my family. I take seriously what a lot of people have said to me based on their words, choices, and decisions. I am an avid listener and am constantly thinking about how I could incorporate something into a story. I spent a lot of time thinking about my past and talking with those close to me to determine what type of memoir would best exemplify the real me.

In the beginning of this collaboration, I write mainly about men and how I …