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Reshaping The Canon: How “Insta-Poets” Are Creating A New Literary Space For Readers Using Social Media, Hannah Salsbery Dec 2021

Reshaping The Canon: How “Insta-Poets” Are Creating A New Literary Space For Readers Using Social Media, Hannah Salsbery

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Reading and analyzing poetry can be an equally beautiful and frustrating experience. Interacting with a poem allows a reader to access untapped emotions through the words on the page; yet, when not given the tools to understand canonical poetry, young readers are often left at a loss. The rise of “Insta-poetry” gives younger generations of readers access to poems that are both relatable in experience and language. Using Rupi Kaur as a vehicle towards unmasking the importance of the rise of poetry on Instagram, this thesis highlights the importance of reshaping the literary canon to become a more inclusive, diverse, …


Selected Poems Fall Of 2021, Sara Anne Hook Oct 2021

Selected Poems Fall Of 2021, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

A selection select poetry from MFA student Sara Anne Hook from 2021.


America, The Pinnacle, Micah Horne Sep 2021

America, The Pinnacle, Micah Horne

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Garden Of Secrets, Angelina Butters Sep 2021

Garden Of Secrets, Angelina Butters

Manuscripts

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Ascension, David Chadburn Sep 2021

Ascension, David Chadburn

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Fool’S Gold, David Chadburn Sep 2021

Fool’S Gold, David Chadburn

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From The Shower Floor, Angelina Butters Sep 2021

From The Shower Floor, Angelina Butters

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Sigh, Carly Duncan Sep 2021

Sigh, Carly Duncan

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Wish, Elie Heile Sep 2021

Wish, Elie Heile

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So Says The Busboy, Macy Kent Sep 2021

So Says The Busboy, Macy Kent

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Message In A Muse, Alexis Bloom Sep 2021

Message In A Muse, Alexis Bloom

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Leapfrog, Elie Heile Sep 2021

Leapfrog, Elie Heile

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Radiance, Miriam Berne Sep 2021

Radiance, Miriam Berne

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Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff Sep 2021

Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff

Manuscripts

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The Maypole (For Carole And Ken), Sara Anne Hook Sep 2021

The Maypole (For Carole And Ken), Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

No abstract provided.


Collected Poems: Summer 2021, Sara Anne Hook Jul 2021

Collected Poems: Summer 2021, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a collection of poetry from the Summer of 2021.


Sometimes I Think I’M Going Crazy, Connor Kesslering May 2021

Sometimes I Think I’M Going Crazy, Connor Kesslering

Graduate Thesis Collection

"Sometimes I Think I’m Going Crazy" is a short story collection containing three stories of more or less equal length. Each of three main characters face conflict that tests their resolve and ultimately forces them to reevaluate who they are as human beings. Stress helps people to grow and evolve and the protagonists in these stories are forced to face their greatest fears head on and (with varying degrees of success) come out the other end better for it. But not before going a little crazy in the process.


Subversion Of Form: Mixing Poetry And Prose, Darby Alexandria Brown May 2021

Subversion Of Form: Mixing Poetry And Prose, Darby Alexandria Brown

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

My honors thesis project is called Subversion of Form: Mixing Poetry and Prose. The purpose has been to research how writers have interwoven poetry and prose, to write a creative nonfiction piece that uses both genres, and to improve as a writer through committing myself to this piece and solidifying writing as a daily practice. In my introduction, I outline the research I conducted on poetry and prose and my takeaways from the writers I read. I conclude that the purpose of prose is to tell, while the purpose of poetry is to search.

The piece that I have worked …


Sweat, Cigs And A Ball Of Noise, Tyler Jacob Hughes May 2021

Sweat, Cigs And A Ball Of Noise, Tyler Jacob Hughes

Graduate Thesis Collection

Corduroy Jones is contacted by a local promoter to reunite his band Streetwise Preacher. Over a three week span, Corduroy and his bandmates Tony and Johnny go through a series of events leading up to their Halloween Night reunion show.


Ludington North Breakwater, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2021

Ludington North Breakwater, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a poem written in 2021 by graduate student Sara Ann Hook. originally published in the Sable Points Beacon Newsletter by the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA).


Ode To The Crafty Foxes, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2021

Ode To The Crafty Foxes, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a poem written in 2021 by graduate student Sara Ann Hook.


Lighthouse Haiku, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2021

Lighthouse Haiku, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

Inspired by the lighthouses of the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA).


Mars Hill (A Haibun), Sara Anne Hook Jan 2021

Mars Hill (A Haibun), Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

No abstract provided.