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Still Life, Ariana Hays

Manuscripts

Illustration by Ariana Hays.

Breathe In, Empty Out, Sonia Goldberg

Manuscripts

Poetry by Sonia Goldberg.

Putrid Pistols Ep, Carissa Marquardt

Manuscripts

Prose by Carissa Marquardt.

Deception, Stephen Neal

Manuscripts

Prose by Stephen Neal.

Liminal, Jessica Benzing

Manuscripts

Poetry by Jessica Benzing.

Detached, Liz Streiff

Manuscripts

Illustration by Liz Streiff.

Interview With Meghan Daum, Julian Wylie

Manuscripts

Meghan Daum is the author of four books, most recently the collection of original essays The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion, which won the 2015 PEN Center USA Award for creative nonfiction. She is also the editor of the New York Times bestseller Selfish, Shallow & Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not To Have Kids. Her other books include the essay collection My Misspent Youth, the novel The Quality of Life Report, and Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House, a memoir. Since 2005, Daum has been an opinion columnist …

Retaliation, Sarah Coffing

Manuscripts

Prose by Sarah Coffing.

Alopecia, Laura Wilhelm

Manuscripts

Poetry by Laura Wilhelm. Runner-Up in the 2017 Manuscripts Poetry Contest with Alessandra Lynch.

Seeing Lights, Ariana Hays

Manuscripts

Illustration by Ariana Hays.

Fake Tales Of San Francisco, Caroline Hyde

Manuscripts

Prose by Michelé Strachota.

Summer People, Claire Christoff

Manuscripts

Poetry by Claire Christoff.

Alana Williams, Jebri —

Manuscripts

Illustration by Jebri.

Interview With Robert Wrigley, Matthew Del Busto

Manuscripts

Robert Wrigley is the author of numerous collections of poetry, most recently Anatomy of Melancholy & Other Poems (2013), which won him the Pacific Northwest Book Award. During his visit to Butler, Wrigley sat down to talk with Manuscripts staff member Matt Del Busto about his most recent collection, titled after Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy, written almost 400 years prior. They discussed the power of poetry and melancholy in our lives. In 2016, Wrigley retired from a forty-year teaching career and currently lives in Idaho “in the woods on the side of a mountain” with his wife.

Illicit, Chelsea Yedinak

Manuscripts

Prose by Chelsea Yedinak.

Fools, Caitlyn Zegiestowsky

Manuscripts

Illustration by Caitlyn Zegiestowsky.

Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff

Manuscripts

Includes table of contents and editor's note.

Blueprints, Robert Blalock

Graduate Theses

This thesis statement is a written defense and an articulation of my thesis work Blueprints. Blueprints is a series of 78” X 42” indigo pencil on white paper drawings of clothed contemporary women in interaction with geometric objects. In this thesis statement, the method used to arrive at this body of work, my processes and materials, my artistic influences and artistic background will be discussed. My conclusion will connect the thread of ideas that ultimately led to Blueprints.

Bleeding Ink: Creativity In Grief For Resilience, Gabriel E. Sayre

Senior Honors Projects

A venomous void pierces the present.

Emanating from the past, echoing to the future.

Seething sensations burrowing beneath the bone.

Seek a road, to not corrode.

Scribe or scribble, Scavenge salvation.

Settle cement of a new foundation.

Faceless fears fading,

weakening woes waning,

mending mentality.

Internally Inspired.

Transformation Transpired.

Magyar Woman, Madeline Rupard

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

artwork

To The Moon And Back, Michael Tyler Pennekamp

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Almost fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission, the moon landing remains one of humankind’s most remarkable technological achievements. On the lunar surface, the Eagle’s flight crew left behind an American flag, mementos honoring those who lost their lives in the quest for such an achievement, and a plaque reading, “Here men from the planet Earth set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.” Despite overwhelming proof of this achievement—radio transmissions, photographs, film, rock and soil samples—a sizable minority of Americans continue to view the Apollo 11 moon landing as a hoax. To …

Off The Grid, Matthew Owen Buffington

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Off the Grid explores the messy relationship between public and private perceptions of our urban spaces, especially the tensions created when lived experience runs up against the physical and conceptual networks of cities: street grids, construction tape, and property lines. Incorporating different modes of spatial representation, from cartographic diagrams to isometric illustrations and Renaissance perspectives, this exhibition examines the role drawing plays in how we conceptualize the divisions and definitions of everyday space. The drawings engage the often overlooked detritus of city life, from layers of old graffiti to overgrown dirt piles and unmoored electrical wiring, that complicate our understanding …

The Living Chain: An Applied Exploration Of Mythological Narrative And Traditional Printmaking Techniques, Jordan M. Gillenwater

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The Living Chain is a body of work built to apply and analyze mythological narrative and traditional printmaking techniques. The work is a collection of prints telling an original narrative that derives much of its visual and thematic style from the works of the Baroque and Medieval periods, as well as significant influence from the prints of Gustave Doré. The purpose of this paper is to explore the ideas, mythologies, histories, and symbols found in and inspiring the work, in order to better understand the work’s purpose and its technical challenges. Additional focus is given to the historical significance and …

Transcendence Of Familial Expectations In Alison Bechdel’S Graphic Novels, Anna Priore

Honors Projects

This thesis focuses on the graphic novels "Are You My Mother?" and "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel. I discuss the ways in which Bechdel highlights her own family’s atypical structure and how the ambiguous presentation of familial roles causes readers to see that being in a “queer” family is actually ordinary, just as being in an “ordinary” family is queer.

A Starry Night At Hogwarts

Arrow Rock

An artistic rendition of the iconic image of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter Series/Franchise in the style of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night.

Artwork (B.)

Arrow Rock

An artistic rendering of what appears to be a column of light emerging from or descending to the landscape beneath it. As the second of two artworks in this issue named Artwork from the same creator, the (a.) and (b.) have been added respectively to distinguish the two from one another.

A Cherry Blossom Moon

Arrow Rock

An artistic rendition of a cherry blossom tree in full boom lit from behind by a full moon.

The Puurfect Night

Arrow Rock

An artistic rendition of a kitten strolling near a tree on a hill under the light of a full moon and starry sky.

Fairy Clocks

Arrow Rock

An artistic rendition of what appears to be dandelions having gone to seed referred to by the title of the work as "fairy clocks".

Artwork (A.)

Arrow Rock

An artistic rendition of a white, three-dimensional skull on a black, glittering background. As the first of two artworks in this issue named Artwork from the same creator, the (a.) and (b.) have been added respectively to distinguish the two from one another.