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Bryant University

Bryant Literary Review

2010

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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities

At The Harbor, Martha Christina May 2010

At The Harbor, Martha Christina

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Some days,
light passing
its benevolent hands


The Aloha State, Adam Berlin May 2010

The Aloha State, Adam Berlin

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It wasn't our honeymoon but it was Hawaii. It had been all sky and water for thousands of miles, blue above, blue below.


36., Sean Lause May 2010

36., Sean Lause

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Thomas Null, machine 36, the hole-puncher,
was secretly apprenticed to despair


Sonny, R. Steve Benson May 2010

Sonny, R. Steve Benson

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Seized by the day
he fell under a harrow


Pretty Ballerina, Kerry Jones May 2010

Pretty Ballerina, Kerry Jones

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It's just one of those things that sometimes happens to me: I'll find myself walking by a playground, or I'll be walking through the mall, and I'll see a little girl about eleven or so, and that's when my mind takes on a life of its own.


Contributors May 2010

Contributors

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No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents May 2010

Table Of Contents

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Confidence, Laura Buermann May 2010

Confidence, Laura Buermann

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I am a polysyllabic phenomenon,
a thesauric wunderkind


You And I, Gregory Sherl May 2010

You And I, Gregory Sherl

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This morning we decide to build
a baby in your belly.


On The First Morning, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff May 2010

On The First Morning, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff

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of spring
when I see a red shiny
balloon valentine shaped
descend


43rd And Main, Linsey Morse May 2010

43rd And Main, Linsey Morse

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They see a burnt-out bitch on a sidewalk,
selling sex, her soul, to the devil for a smoke.


Light, Extra Sugar, No Patsy, Nancy Lee Craven May 2010

Light, Extra Sugar, No Patsy, Nancy Lee Craven

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"1992: A slice of life when dollars to donuts sometimes bought more than an even dozen"


We And The Joneses, Robert Laughlin May 2010

We And The Joneses, Robert Laughlin

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Firmament will hit our heads--the
Ecos have the final word.


On The Pardoning Of Two Thanksgiving Turkeys By The President Of The United States Of America, Jennifer Perrine May 2010

On The Pardoning Of Two Thanksgiving Turkeys By The President Of The United States Of America, Jennifer Perrine

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For this particular sentence, there is a reprieve
because there's a precedent, an annual event
stretching back to Harry Truman's postwar days, lurking


Dedication, Charles Harper Webb May 2010

Dedication, Charles Harper Webb

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Where did Blake Bumgardner find the washtub-sized
cojones to confess over the phone, then listen


Without Breath, Michelle Soucy May 2010

Without Breath, Michelle Soucy

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I'm eight years old and my parents make me sleep in my sick younger brother's bed with him in case he stops breathing again


Secret Lives, Mary Elizabeth Parker May 2010

Secret Lives, Mary Elizabeth Parker

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A lacy blouse, two breasts beneath


The Place Of Literature, Paul Hostovsky May 2010

The Place Of Literature, Paul Hostovsky

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Mr. Gordon was perhaps a little tipsy
at the awards ceremony, perhaps a little


Editor's Note May 2010

Editor's Note

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I Killed A Bug Last Night, Carol Hamilton May 2010

I Killed A Bug Last Night, Carol Hamilton

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He was walking along the edge
of the tasseled rug, no hurry,


A Map For Students, William Jolliff May 2010

A Map For Students, William Jolliff

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They want to make their poems right themselves,
and they know they should, but to win the A
they need me to like their work (so goes the rumor).


A Bullfight, C. W. Owens May 2010

A Bullfight, C. W. Owens

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Warily, the bull's hooves pound the sand--
black hide, muscle, churning with intelligence--


Art Of The Bardo, Robert Haynes May 2010

Art Of The Bardo, Robert Haynes

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What can be known of the Bardo is simply
a reawakening to, say, a Monach,


The Palm Reader Is Packing It In, Richard Luftig May 2010

The Palm Reader Is Packing It In, Richard Luftig

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Since the cops have cracked down
there's no future in fortune telling anymore.


Children At The Wake, John Grey May 2010

Children At The Wake, John Grey

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I admit that, more than once,

I've pointed to the sky


Title Page May 2010

Title Page

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No abstract provided.


Traveling Alone, She Fell In The Sistine Chapel--, M. J. Iuppa May 2010

Traveling Alone, She Fell In The Sistine Chapel--, M. J. Iuppa

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collapsed in a whirl, as if a gust of wind
struck her weak ankle and set her spinning--


Pages From The Textbook Of Alternate History: Plato, King Of Syracuse, Phong Nguyen May 2010

Pages From The Textbook Of Alternate History: Plato, King Of Syracuse, Phong Nguyen

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When Dionysus II first offered to Plato the city of Syracuse, jewel of Sicily, for the philosopher to rule as his own, there was a moment of hesitation


On John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things", Nathaniel Lee Hansen May 2010

On John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things", Nathaniel Lee Hansen

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With steady three-beat brushes and cymbal
of Elvin Jones, stand-up pulse of Steve Davis,


He's A Thief, Eliza Demarseilles May 2010

He's A Thief, Eliza Demarseilles

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He stole a piece of my heart, attached it to a voodoo doll