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Not Guilty, Joseph F. Workman

Manuscripts

Second Place, Short Story Division, 1945 Butler Literary Contest

The courtroom was lighted with a bright, blinding flash. The twelve selected ministers of the jury, representing all religious denominations, stared solemnly at the defendant who sat in the seat of judgment. With flrm straight lips but in a manner not Unkind, the foreman arose, and said the jury was ready to hear the evidence. The defendant, a sailor with an oil-soaked uniform that showed spots of blood on his shoulders and chest, stood and faced the jury.

The Birthday, Joan Fuller

Manuscripts

First Place, Short Story Division, 1945 Butler Literary Contest.

The woman's arms were tired, and her back, as she pushed the iron. But the pain of her body was somehow outside her, and she was only her thoughts. There was so much to do before Grandma's party. After Mrs. Knox's ironing was done there was hall and living room to clean, the cake to ice, and lunch to fix for Grandma and the baby. If only Ella May's time hadn't come early, she could have helped with the easy things. She'd been early with Carol, too, though, and they might …

Objective, E. Janet Rugg

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First Place, Essay Division, 1945 Butler Literary Contest

Have a purpose! Certainly if one is to get on in life with a degree of success, this seems a practical injunction. To know one's objective is prerequisite to worthwhile living, for the goal determines the course to be pursued, and the nature of the goal influences the method of pursuit.

The Translation Of Peter Polo, Mary Kershner

Manuscripts

Prize Story - Indianapolis Branch, League of American Pen Women Contest

In a way, the morning opened like any other morning. Peter wakened, scratched an ear, rubbed an eye, straightened out a leg that had been folded like a bent wing beneath him. The same stiffness all over his body, the same heaviness weighting down his eyes. The difference was that he had wakened earlier. He floated quietly on a wave with his face turned to the sky.

A Letter, Joe Berry

Manuscripts

This is part of 'a letter which Joe Berry wrote to his mother less than three weeks before his death.

The Silversmith, Joe Berry

Manuscripts

This selection is an excerpt from. "The Silversmith," winner of the 1942 League of American Pen Women Prize

Poems, Louise Dauner

Manuscripts

These poems are chosen from the group which won the 1936 Butler Literary Contest Poetry Prize.

Jonathan's House, Marguerite Young

Manuscripts

This poem placed first in the 1929 Butler Literary Contest, Poetry Division.

Front Matter

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.

A Wwii Veteran Shares His Stories In Person, Via Social Media, Jeremy Dobbins, Will Davis

Veterans' Voices on WYSO

Jim "Pee Wee" Martin, an World War II Army Veteran, parachuted into Normandy on the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion at the age of 93. Jim was in the now famous 506th parachute infantry regiment featured in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. He was nicknamed “Pee Wee” because he was the lightest man in the unit. At the end of the war, Jim returned to Xenia to build a house, raise a family, and live a modest life. But when Jim got online and connected with social media, his popularity reached celebrity status.

Dr. Jeannie Ludlow: “Undue Burdens And Personal Responsibility: Literary Pregnancy And Abortion In The Post-Choice Decade In The United States”, Jeannie Ludlow

Speaker Series

Dr. Ludlow is Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Women’s Studies. Her research interests include representations of abortion and reproduction in contemporary literature and writing, abortion discourse, and activist pedagogy. Exploring author Julia Alvarez’s claim that there are truths that “can only finally be understood by fiction, only finally be redeemed by the imagination,” her presentation is about the power of the humanities to redeem complex truths in a transitional historical moment in U.S. reproductive rights.

The Oil Man And The Sea: Navigating The Northern Gateway By Arno Kopecky, Patricia H. Audette-Longo

The Goose

Review of Arno Kopecky's The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway.

Imperiling Our Children: An Interview With Fred Stenson About Who By Fire, Jon Gordon

The Goose

This interview with Alberta novelist Fred Stenson focuses on his most recent novel, Who By Fire. The discussion examines the role of environmentalists and the legal system in responding to the oil and gas industry in Alberta, as well as other issues connected to Stenson's work.

The Dove In Bathurst Station By Patricia Westerhof, Matthew Zantingh

The Goose

Review of Patricia Westerhof's The Dove in Bathurst Station.

Invisible Dogs By Barry Dempster, David Huebert

The Goose

Review of Barry Dempster's Invisible Dogs.

Outside, Inside By Michael Penny, Mark Byers

The Goose

Review of Michael Penny's Outside, Inside.

After Alice By Karen Hofmann, Dania Tomlinson

The Goose

Book review of Karen Hofmann's After Alice.

Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• Sholeh Wolpé (Georgia Poetry Circuit poet) campus visit & reading

2014-2015 Ppc Recital - Delcho Tenev (Violin), Delcho Tenev, Sheng Yuan Kuan

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

Cockrill, David Steven, B. 1949 (Sc 1548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1548. Correspondence between David Steven Cockrill, Louisville, Kentucky, and Ta Thi Chien, Da Nang, Vietnam, relating to their marriage. Includes photographs.

Harper Family Papers (Sc 1546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1546. Wartime correspondence between Private Alfred Harper and his wife Elizabeth W. (Montgomery) Harper. Harper, from Columbia, Kentucky was serving as a machine gunner with the 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division when he was killed in Belgium 25 November 1944. Includes telegrams and letters to his wife related to his death.

Jackson Family Letters (Sc 2883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2883. V-mails to Aph P. Jackson, Eminence, Kentucky from her sons, Eli O. Jackson and Laban P. Jackson, written during their military service in World War II. Laban comments on a new birth in the family, on news of German and Japanese atrocities, and on the domestic peace movement; Eli asks about their farm and requests some twists of chewing tobacco.

Pastoral By André Alexis, Alec Follett

The Goose

Review of Pastoral by André Alexis.

Rewriting The Break Event: Mennonites And Migration In Canadian Literature By Robert Zacharias, Jenny Kerber

The Goose

Review of Rewriting the Break Event: Mennonites and Migration in Canadian Literature by Robert Zacharias.

Conversations With A Dead Man: The Legacy Of Duncan Campbell Scott By Mark Abley, Rebecca Phillips

The Goose

This review explores Mark Abley's book on the legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott, the poet/bureaucrat responsible for the development and implementation of Canada's failed residential schools policy for indigenous children. The book places Scott in the context of his time while examining the results of his agency's policies.

In The Interval Of The Wave: Prince Edward Island Women's Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Life Writing By Mary Mcdonald-Rissanen, Joshua Bartlett

The Goose

Review of In the Interval of the Wave: Prince Edward Island Women's Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Life Writing by Mary McDonald-Rissanen.

Journey With No Maps: A Life Of P.K. Page By Sandra Djwa, Mckay Mcfadden

The Goose

Review of Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page by Sandra Djwa.

Sybil Unrest By Larissa Lai And Rita Wong, Emily Mcgiffin

The Goose

Review of Sybil Unrest by Larissa Lai and Rita Wong.

In Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage By Jay Ruzesky, Jennifer Schell

The Goose

Review of In Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage by Jay Ruzesky.

2014-2015 Senior Recital - Jie Ren (Piano), Jie Ren

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.