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Circumnavigation, Vincent Reusch
Circumnavigation, Vincent Reusch
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This creative work, a novel, set in the late 1980s, tells the story of twenty-seven-year-old Davison Johnson (Davi), as she sails around the world in a solo race. For Davi, sailing is more than a challenge, however; it is an escape. On her previous year-long sail, she sailed away from the guilt of her non-action as her Cambodian student, Chanthavy, was abducted from a market in Siem Reap, where Davi was working as an English teacher. Now, she is sailing away from the uncomfortable reality of her older brother's slow death to AIDS. Her brother, Peter, does not disappear as …
The Sins Of Kalamazoo, A Full-Length Play Based On The Works Of Carl Sandburg, Christine Iaderosa
The Sins Of Kalamazoo, A Full-Length Play Based On The Works Of Carl Sandburg, Christine Iaderosa
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The Sins of Kalamazoo , is a creative work, a frill-length play adapted from the poem of the same name and other works by Carl Sandburg. This playfollows a nonlinear storyline based on images suggested by Sandburg's poem as well as portions of the city of Kalamazoo's history.
"The Sins of Kalamazoo", poses the question: "I hear America, I hear, what do I hear? America's national narrative is made up of both the shining promise of the future and of the recognition of the decay as its cultural identity becomes fragmented through time. The theatre provides an exceptional cultural space …
Intimacy, Elizabeth Knapp
Intimacy, Elizabeth Knapp
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In one of his finest poems, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower," William Carlos Williams writes: "It is difficult / to get the news from poems / but men die miserably everyday / for lack / of what is found there." Earlier, his contemporary, W.H. Auden, had made his famous claim that "poetry makes nothing happen." While the views of the two great modernists appear to be at odds with each other, they are in fact two sides of the same argument, the yin and yang at the center of all true art. For what these poets saw as critical to both …
You Will Come Safe From The Sea, Peter J. Geye
You Will Come Safe From The Sea, Peter J. Geye
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Set against the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior, "You Will Come Safe From the Sea" examines the lives of Olaf and Noah Torr, a father and son whose long estrangement began after Olaf survived a shipwreck on Lake Superior. Thirty years after the wreck, Olaf is dying of cancer and has asked his son home to help him die. Over the course of two weeks in November, the protagonists learn each other's lives and summon the courage to forgive. Multiple stories-within-the-story evolve, including the harrowing account of the wreck of the SSRagnarek (Olaf s ore boat), and Noah's own …
2008 Complete Digest, Department Of English
2008 Complete Digest, Department Of English
Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive
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To-Do List, Andrew Soliday
How I'Ll Know If You Are Home, Rebecca Mansberger
Untitled, Amber Adams
A Giant Outside The Window, Laura Citino
Carrion, Simon Thalmann
In My Bedroom/Winter Has Been Far Too Long, Andrew Soliday
In My Bedroom/Winter Has Been Far Too Long, Andrew Soliday
The Laureate
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Archipelago, Rebecah Pulsifer
Recalling A Mood To Be Aghast., Nathan Lipps
The Things We Don't Talk About, Victoria Blevins
Phantom, Stephanie Yates
Harvest's Dusk, Kimberly Knopf
Grandpa's Collections, Keith Carver
French Vanilla, Ren Kim
Drink To The Moon, Shoshana Mcintosh
Hyena, Kathleen Tarleton
The Ocean Is Sitting Alone In A Chair In The Corner Of A Nearly Empty Room, Jodi Hovey
The Ocean Is Sitting Alone In A Chair In The Corner Of A Nearly Empty Room, Jodi Hovey
The Laureate
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"It Looks Like The Ground Is On Fire", Kimberly Schoetzow
"It Looks Like The Ground Is On Fire", Kimberly Schoetzow
The Laureate
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Crescendo, Jenna Cashera
Consumption, Carolyn Racine
Camille, Caroline Lampinen
Superfan, Erin Beal
Wake, Jacob Frye
To The Squirrel On Rose, Jessica Rethman
Echo, Jennifer Dempsey
The Pains In My Stomach, Theresa Thomas