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The Wackiness Of Wacky World, Michael Dan Mccormick

Theses and Dissertations

This critical introduction takes a closer look at the situations presented in my manuscript “Wacky World” and offer insight on the actions seen from the main character. This insight is meant to clear confusion as to whether or not the character can be viewed as a heroic figure and explore his personality to draw conclusions. “Wacky World”, a full-length play, tells the story of a man with an obsession with a defunct theme park and the deranged actions that he takes in order to prevent its demolition.

I explore the topic on whether or not sympathy …

Smoke And Mirrors, Adara London

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

When a human trafficking ring comes to town, a grieving graduate student must choose between investigating on her own to save her sister or leaving the investigation to her impassive cop boyfriend.

Sunday, Kyle Sherman

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

Kyle is from Western Springs, Illinois and is currently a sophomore studying political science. His poetry is inspired by nature and the beauty of the mundane.

Vol. 36, Iss. 1 [Full Issue], _ _

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

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Drowning Dreaming, Micaiah Furbert

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

Micaiah Furbert is a junior DePauw University student from the island of Bermuda. He has a love for poetry which started in high school and his poetry is often influenced by his background growing up on an island and his identity as a person of color.

Eternal Colleagues, Audrey Ickes

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

Audrey Ickes is a junior at DePauw University, majoring in English writing and double minoring in history and communications. She is a member of the sorority, Alpha Phi. She is also the Outreach Coordinator for Tiger Catholic and co-hosts a WGRE radio show. These are her first published works.

The Crumpled Pink Receipt From My Dorm Drawer, Eliana Jolanda Alzate

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

Eliana Alzate is a sophomore majoring in English writing and computer science with a minor in media studies. On campus, she’s the managing editor of The DePauw and a video streaming specialist for Media Services. During her free time, she loves singing karaoke and writing poems in her secret journals.

Falling Down The Rabbit Hole: World Building In Ya Literature, Claire Webb

Undergraduate Honors Theses

World building is a key component to many young adult novels, but what is world building and what are some different styles and techniques that authors use when constructing fictional universes? In this thesis, Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: World Building Techniques in YA Literature, I will examine Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865), The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973), and my own unpublished novel, The Sun Kingdom, to compare different techniques and styles of world building. These works will be explored through the aspect of world building, focusing specifically on the importance of the geography, language, …

A Million Little Griefs, Justine Hayes

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A Million Little Griefs is a poetry collection that explores themes of time, place and identity through personal experiences and observations of a young mother living cross-culturally in Malawi, Africa. The book is divided into the three sections, Embrace, Ground, and Release (EGR,) which create a cyclical trajectory that serves as a guide for walking through transitions and new experiences.

Coffee Black & Melancholy Bright, Lisha Elizabeth Mccurry

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A hybrid memoir encompassing a collection of personal essays and poetry that tells a story of depression, grief, and family intersecting in a journey through destruction and healing.

Illuminations, Kristina Michelle Thoman

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Abstract: Illumination is the multi-general story of a Jewish family, and their oral traditions. The story will trace the family from just before the biblical exodus, through the holocaust, and follow them to modern day America. The family will face antisemitism at each place in history along the way, losing a child to the pharaoh's cruel decree to slay the male children of the Hebrew slaves, narrowly escaping a death camp in the holocaust, and finally facing growing anti-Jewish hate in America. In the last act of the story, the family will be faced with the question, if you are …

The Homecoming Game, Olivia Dorothy Daras

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The Homecoming Game follows 16-year-old Ellie as she discovers that growing up is a lot more difficult than she thought it would be. To her horror, high school has become less about getting good grades and more about your popularity status — or so that’s what her best friend tells her. The growing pains of being a teenager and dealing with a not-so-perfect home life culminate when something utterly insane happens: she’s asked to the Homecoming Dance by someone other than the guy she’s been kind of dating. With her social life and personal life in flux, Ellie has to …

Dish Pit, Leah Beecher

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Curse Of The Ninth, Mollie Mcmullan

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Can't Sleep, Heather O'Leary

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Requiem In Dee Miner, Evan Youngs

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Serenading Flesh, Zoe Lavallee

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[Oh, September], Madelyn Malgieri

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Devour Me, Kaelin Martin

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As Mother's Flowers Rot, Elianiz Torres

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An Ode To The Not-Me // Some Of The Things That I Do Not Know // To The Weeds That Might Be In...My Garden, Kendall Cruise

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Lethal // Boiling Over, Mollie Mcmullan

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Duo, Megan Moran

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Overdose, Lauren Basile

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Sarah Freligh’S A Brief Natural History Of Women: A Review, Jess Marinaro

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Little Eulogies, Griffen Labianca

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An Interview With Sarah Freligh, Lili Gourley

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I Got A Boo-Boo From A Car Crash, Madison Butler

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What The Unburied Said, Katharine Rees

English Undergraduate Honors Theses

"What the Unburied Said" is a short collection of documentary poetry written during the waning years of the COVID-19 pandemic. In conversation with T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, it seeks to exalt the beauty of humans who help each other live within an often-tragic, always-fascinating world.

Cornfields, Nargis Kachrumathur

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

Nargis Kachrumathur wishes she existed in Victorian England, because it would be nice to be sent to the seaside as a legitimate medical prescription when one falls sick. But she also likes having rights and being able to wear pants and music and the internet and taking lots of pictures of the sky.