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Reflections On Experiences Abroad, Myra Ann Houser, Benjamin Utter, Monica Hardin, Ray Franklin, Donald Allen Copeland Jr., Susan Monroe

Creative Works

Reflections on Experiences Abroad is a collection of essays written by Ouachita Baptist University faculty and staff who have lived outside of the United States. Students in Professor Margaret Reed's Fall 2022 ENGL 3383 Editing class copyedited and helped prepare this volume. It is a one-time publication that gave Reed's students an opportunity to demonstrate their editing skills at the end of the course. The student editors were Darby Jones, Sydney Motl, and Addie Woods.

Before Daughters And Amplifying Ambiguous Loss In Poetry: How The Line Break Functions As An Effect, Madison Smith

English Creative Writing Theses

The line break is almost impossible to define by itself and more tangible to define as an effect that works with all aspects of language within a poem. Through analysis of the poetic line in both the works of others and my own poetry, I show how the line break as an effect works to amplify feelings of ambiguous loss within individual poems. Looking at how the line break functions in poems having to do with ambiguous loss accomplishes two things: it educates readers on the intricacies of loss and especially non-death losses, and it brings the line break to …

Payton's Final Master's Portfolio, Payton Boshears

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

Here is my final Master's Portfolio. I did not have specialization for the English program, so for the portfolio I chose four different projects that represent the variety of courses I have taken during my time here at BGSU.

Intensa: Writings In English And Spanish From A Feminist Immigrant, Nubia Sarahi Reyna Melendez

Theses and Dissertations

INTENSA: WRITINGS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FROM A MEXICAN FEMINIST is a bilingual work written in hybrid literature. The writings, in both English and Spanish, are free prose poetry and tell the story of its narrator through a feminist and immigrant point of view coming from a overwhelmingly majority catholic country, religion that does not view men and women as equals. The thesis details the narrator's life through a feminist point of view as well as her relationship with her mother, her personal relationships, what it means to be an immigrant and what it is like for her, and many …

Character First: Defining And Methodizing Character Depth, Jeff Mason

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

This paper explores the definition of "depth" in characters and provides a radical new definition, supplemented by an applicable model. By looking into significant literary theory, contemporary works of story, and even elements of mathematics, this paper advances our understanding of characters and how they create meaning in stories.

Hurricane Girls, Kallie Comardelle

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

A Ruff Day On The Road: How Relocation Affects Children Pre-K Through Third Grade And How A Picture Book Can Help, Bryant Miller

Honors Projects

Moving their home from across town, a couple of states away, or overseas is something most will experience at least once in their lifetime. For all, moving is a big change, but for children, it can have lasting effects. Presumably, social skills, academic development, and family dynamics are all impacted when children move. But how and to what length are these factors influenced? This led to the original research question, how does relocation affect children and how can this transition during relocation be eased? After the first portion of the research was done to answer these questions, the research then …

Cuco, Eneris A. Bernard Santos

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

No abstract provided.

The Deep End: A Journey Of Faith, Janet M. Henderson

Masters Theses

This paper is an expansion of papers written in my MFA program’s creative non-fiction writing class and workshop. In English 600: Editing, Layout, and Publishing, the class wrote a paper to document our faith journey and our approach to understanding ourselves and our worldview based on our religious indoctrination. This paper was 10-15 pages long and had a title page, a table of contents, an acknowledgment page, and a dedication page. After writing this paper, I began to consider the possibility of writing a longer work that would dig deeper into the real essence of my faith walk. It would …

Is Superman Circumcised? The Complete Jewish History Of The World’S Greatest Hero By Roy Schwartz, Gabriel C. Salter

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

In Is Superman Circumcised?, Russell Schwartz provides a historical overview of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation of the comic book character Superman, arguing that Siegel and Shuster's backgrounds in Jewish immigrants gives a particularly Jewish subtext to their character. Schwartz builds on this argument with a larger historical overview of American comic book publishing, showing how Judaism and Jewish-American immigrant experiences have informed that industry from its earliest days.

Dante's Dream: A Jungian Psychoanalytical Approach By Gwenyth E. Hood, Liam Butchart

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

This review presents a discussion of Gwenyth E. Hood's recent book, Dante's Dream: A Jungian Psychoanalytical Approach. The review focuses on the Jungian methods that Hood utilizes, as well as important questions about the identity and construction of mythopoeic literature that Hood's discussion raises.

Tellers Of Dark Fairy Tales: Common Themes In The Works Of C.S. Lewis And Terence Fisher, Gabriel C. Salter

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

This article explores connections between C.S. Lewis and filmmaker Terence Fisher, notably how their works explore themes like the charm of evil, white magic’s dubious nature, and myth hinting at divine truths. By viewing these themes, Fisher and Lewis’s common views on fairy tales, and how feedback informed their work, scholars discover nuance in the perceived “Inklings versus secular British culture” dichotomy.

Creative Writing Introduction, Keith Gandal

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

Finding Your Inner Drag: How Drag Culture Helped Form Freedom Of Expression For The Lgbtq Community, Sylvia Zobel De Ayala

Pop Culture Intersections

This research paper discusses the history of the LGBTQ community, the effects of the drag community and the comparison to the behaviors and attitudes from the past to the present. This article goes in depth to different scholarly articles that help understand the history of the LGBTQ community. This article will also discuss personal stories and experiences that describe the emotional aspect of the moments of history mentioned. The three main topics discussed in this paper are the Stonewall Riot, the AIDS epidemic and the uprising of the transgender community. After understanding the history and the present attitudes, they will …

Popular Culture’S Grip On The Lgbtq Community, Connor Grogan

Pop Culture Intersections

The purpose of this research is to identify the causes and consequences of forming groups within this cultural sphere, specifically focusing on the LGBTQ community. I would contend that the inclusion and exclusion of this marginalized group which exists within a larger community can be promoted or amplified by hegemonic forces through the use of popular culture and mass media. Firstly, with regards to this paper, I will identify what hegemonic power dynamics are within the context of the thesis, as well as what it means to be a marginalized group without much force within a power dynamic. Secondly, I …

Del Ornitorrinco A La Radio Ambulante: La Nueva Crónica Latinoamericana En La Era Neoliberal, Ulises Gonzales

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation explores the presence of neoliberal hegemonic imaginaries in narrative journalism written in Latin America between 1995 and 2021.

There are strong connections between a period of decline in the readership of some of the authors of the so-called “Latin American Boom,” the penetration of neoliberal economic policies in the region (with the privatization of State companies and the expansion of the telecommunications industry), and the renewed interest in non-fiction writing published by a number of print publications in the region during the last decade of the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st Century, as in magazines …

Professional Development, John Chorazy

New Jersey English Journal

Written from the perspective of a teacher, this poem reflects on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Haunting Of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The Haunting of Wright Manor explores the fear of the unknown, and more specifically, the hereditary nature of evil. “The phrase ‘nature versus nurture’ was first coined in the mid-1800s by the English Victorian polymath Francis Galton in discussion about the influence of heredity and environment on social advancement”(Serpell 2013), writes Mick Serpell in the British Journal of Pain. Essentially, “Nature versus Nurture” boils down to a debate of which character traits are inherited and which are the result of external environmental factors. Wright Manor’s protagonist, Victoria Mariano, finds herself struggling with the aforementioned debate. At the age of 12, …

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 6, Fall 2013, Kathleen Murphy, Angela Sorby, Erin Mckay, Michele Furman, Rachel Landsem, Ivana Osmanovic, Alexis Worden, Benjamin Schmitz, Hannah Klapperich-Mueller, Kevin Foley, Ashlyn Bailey, Meredith Augspurger, Lauren Gilbert, Jonathan Puccetti, Meaghan Patterson, Min Roh, Jacob Simmons, Hazel Dehn, Sofia Ascorbe

Marquette Literary Review

Table of contents

Gladiator by Alexis Worden … 3

Cilantro by Michele Furman … 4

Pendulum by Benjamin Schmitz … 6

Perspective by Hannah Klapperich-Mueller …6

Public Transport by Kevin Foley … 7

Can We Talk? by Ashlyn Bailey … 14

Better Together by Meredith Augspurger … 15

The Mine by Alexis Worden … 16

Less Wild Love by Lauren Gilbert … 17

A Dream by Jonathan Puccetti … 18

Fence Brew by Meaghan Patterson … 20

Saturday Morning Bus by Min Roh … 20

He Loves Me Not by Kathleen Murphy … 20

The Graveyard by Jacob Simmons … …

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 5, Spring 2013, Brian Keogh, Kathleen Murphy, Jahnavi Acharya, Angela Sorby, Benjamin Schmitz, Lara Johann-Reichart, Bobby Elliott, Alexandra Othman, Charlie Mohl, Chrissy Wabiszewski, Christopher Avallone, Kelly Meyerhofer, Benjamin Stanley

Marquette Literary Review

Table of contents

Ginger Snaps, Jahnavi Acharya … 3

It is What it is, Benjamin Schmitz … 8

My Friend Cried, Benjamin Schmitz … 9

Sound of an Island, Lara Johann-Reichar, … 10

Cellar Door, Bobby Elliott … 16

Musings, Alexandra Othman … 17

wet., Charlie Mohl … 18

Overcoats, Chrissy Wabiszewski … 19

Hook, Bobby Elliot … 22

All we will ever know Christopher Avallone … 26

A Slice of Life, Kelly Meyerhofer … 27

On, Jahnavi Acharya … 29

Foster’s Mansion, Benjamin Stanley … 30

A Fish, Christopher Avallone … 41

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 4, Spring 2012, Sara Patek, Hannah Fogarty, Bridget Gamble, Angela Sorby, Tierney Acott, Jamie Collins, Chris Morales, Amelia Milota, Daniel Bryne, Erin Kelly, Morgan Rossi, Ben Stanley, Charlie Mohl, Bradley Fremgen

Marquette Literary Review

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Ring of Fire, Tierney Acott, prose, ... 3

Just Imaginings, Jamie Collins, poem, … 7

Mariah, Chris Morales, poem, ... 9

All of this would stop, Amelia Milota, poem, ... 10

Jack, Avourneen, Daniel Bryne, poem, ... 11

This is a stick-up, Chris Morales, poem, … 13

952, Erin Kelly, prose, … 14

Synonymous, Amelia Milota, poem, … 17

Thoughts Collected on a Plane, Morgan Rossi, poem, … 18

What kind of middle name is Clifford? Hannah Fogarty, poem, … 20

Gold, Bridget Gamble, prose, … 21

Growing, Ben Stanley, poem, … 27

Bare Back, Morgan Rossi, …

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 3, Spring 2011, Emily Shackleton, Larry Watson, Graydon Larson-Rolf, Kira Boswell, Michelle Decamp, Liz Judy, Charles Mohl, Kayla White, Alexandra Boyd, Rose Gregory, Anna Olson, Alison Hanley, Brad Tharpe, Jahnavi Acharya, Allison Ellsworth, Caroline Campbell, Erin Kelly, Anthony Hollmaier, Matthew Sweeney, Matthew Bin Han Ong, Timothy Gorichanaz

Marquette Literary Review

POETRY

RING, Charles Mohl ... 4

BENEATH THE SOUTHERN SUN, Kayla White ... 5

A CHORUS OF AMBITION, Alexandra Boyd ... 9

OF PERCUSSION, Charles Mohl ... 10

HIVES, Charles Mohl ... 11

BBQ, Rose Gregory ... 12

FOREMAN, Anna Olson ... 13

DELIVERY, Rose Gregory ... 14

LIONS IN THE RAIN, Alison Hanley ... 15

SIC TRANSIT, Brad Tharpe ... 16

“TODAY I WON’T REPLY TO YOUR MESSAGES…”, Jahnavi Acharya ... 17

“WELL, IT’S TOMORROW…”, Jahnavi Acharya ... 17

HE CALLED HER PEACH, Kira Boswell ... 18

TRAVELER, Alexandra Boyd ... 19

PROSE

FOR MY ________ :, Alison Hanley …

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 2, Spring 2010, Alex Ashland, Angela Sorby, Amy Brogioli, Liz Judy, Allison Keough, Cecilia Ehlenbach, Ali Boyd, Pam Parker, Amanda Wolff, Catherine Ries, Emma Cotter, Sara Patek, John Cogburn, Rodion Sadovnyk

Marquette Literary Review

Table of contents

POETRY

FLOWERS ON MY FACE, Allison Keough ... 2

LIFE DURING WARTIME, Cecilia Ehlenbach … 3

HORROR MOVIES, Ali Boyd ... 4

THE IMPLORING CANDLES OF YAD VASHEM, Pam Parker ... 5

I STARE TODAY AT ICICLES, Amanda Wolff … 6

DEAD DEVIL, Cecilia Ehlenbach ... 6

A FUTURE RECLAIMED, Ali Boyd ... 7

CORRESPONDENCE: NORWEGIAN FOLK COOKING, Catherine Ries ... 8

FICTION

LONG WAY BACK, Emma Cotter ... 10

DÉJÀ VU, Sara Patek ... 26

GOOD LUCK IN THE UNIVERSE, John Cogburn ... 29

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

UNTITLED, Rodion Sadovnyk ... 43

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 1, Spring 2009, Jamie Bolker, Angela Sorby, Katherine Jacob, Ia Cha, Amy Schoofs-Rahne, Alex Elliott, Ali Boyd, Ian Parker, Desiree Valentine, Emilie Eschbacher, Amanda Wolff, Austin Gilmore, Kira Boswell, Cecilia Ehlenbach, Mark Brennan Kelley

Marquette Literary Review

Table of Contents

POETRY ... 2

AVALON THEATER, Amy Schoofs‐Rahne ... 2

ALABASTER, Alex Elliott ... 3

MENTAL SALUTATIONS, Ali Boyd ... 4

MUSSELS, Ian Parker ... 5

UNCERTAIN IS A VERB, Desiree Valentine ... 6

THE FUTURE, Ali Boyd ... 7

THE QUAIL’S HUSBAND, Emilie Eschbacher ... 8

PROGRESS REPORT, Amanda Wolff ... 9

FICTION ... 11

OVER CANADIAN WHISKEY, Austin Gilmour ... 11

WORDS OF RIGHT, Kira Boswell ... 24

NAPA VALLEY, Cecilia Ehlenbach ... 32

CREATIVE NON‐FICTION ... 38

THE PROFESSIONAL AND THE POLAR TWIN: A FIVE‐ACT DRAMA (WITH AUTHOR’S NOTES), Mark Brennan Kelley ... 38

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 13, Serina Jamison, Madeline Gruber, Kate Braun, Angela Sorby, Maxwell Gray, Andy Mayer, Margot Zamberlin, Lauren Demasek, Will Scheueman, Jacob Riyeff, Nikita Deep, Kayla Difranco, Tommy Donahue, Olivia Cimino, Kelly Kennedy, Meghan King, Sadaf Nasir, Grace Lambertson, Peter Spaulding, Maggie Miller, Urwa Ahmad, Claire Carlson, Ross Bravo, Hailey Wellner, Ryan Hagan, Mia Gleason, Sarah Aaron, Spencer Kilapatrick, Jack Murphy, Margarita Buitrago, Saul Lopez, Riley Knapp, Riley Ellison, Eren Joyce, Kelsie Kasky, Georgette Kouassi, Jannea Thomason, Hailey Whetten, Oluwappelumi Oguntade, Jessica Diebold

Marquette Literary Review

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[cover] Andy Mayer, “Poet, Bound”

5 Margot Zamberlin, “Under the Rhododendron”

6 Lauren Demasek, “Mind Waves”

7 Will Scheueman, “At Home”

10 Jacob Riyeff, “Deer Camp”

12 Nikita Deep, “Hiraeth Lake”

13 Kayla DiFranco “An Ode to My Love”

14 Tommy Donahue, “Just Another Stat”

15 Olivia Cimino “A Full Swing”

17 Kelly Kennedy, “Winnie”

18 Meghan King, “Take Me There”

19 Lauren Demasek, “Soul of the Sea”

21 Sadaf Nasir, “Crystal Clear”

22 Grace Lambertson, “Fulfillment”

24 Peter Spaulding “Avylon Landing”

28 Sadaf Nasir, “Baldie”

29 Maggie Miller “The Charcoal Sky”

31 Nikki Deep, “Lost City” …

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 7, Spring 2014, Michele Furman, Erin Mckay, Ivana Osmanovic, Katie Murphy, Mary Cate Simone, Taylor Gall, Shannon Cassells, Larry Watson, Katelyn Bishop, N. Searles, Mary Klauer, Brian Torbik, Jered Golub, Meredith Augspurger, Haley Hendrick, Taylor Levicki, Allie Othman, Stephanie Dlobik, Collen Daw, Morgan Ludington

Marquette Literary Review

Table of contents

The Late Worm … 3

Katelyn Bishop

Leroy Brown … 3 - 4

County Line Road, Indiana … 4 - 6

N. Searles

We Don't Even Have an Interstate Exit … 6

Katelyn Bishop

Lawyers Don’t Ride Buses … 7 - 8

Ghosts of Our Own Making … 8 - 9

Unnecessary Roughness … 9

Riptide … 9

Erin McKay

Untitled … 9-10

Ivana Osmanovic

The Prayer … 10-11

Taylor Gall

1973-Now … 11

What Happened When You Left Me … 11-12

Weighted Wings … 12

Mary Klauer

Nostalgia’s Bliss … 13

Shannon Cassells

On The Rocks …

Marquette Literary Review, Issue 14, Spring 2022, Nora Bravos, Gwendolyn Lazenby, Rebecca Mathew, Eric Seger-Pera, Margarita Buitrago, Karen Nikhla, Fiona Kelly-Miller, Matthew Faller, Ben Lash, Kelsie Klasky, Alex Garner, Julie Whelan Capell, Gracie Overstreet, Matt Covington, Emma Mueller, C. K. Ives, Timothy Knapp, Eric Nassos, Tess Murphy, Bianey Calixto-Dominguez

Marquette Literary Review

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[cover] When Day Comes, Leslie Damasek

1 Masthead

2 Masthead

3 Editor’s Note

4 Table of Contents

5 Table of Contents ————— Relationships

8 Gracie Overstreet, “On Non-happy endings”

7 Tess Murphy. “a windowsill”

9 Eric Seger-Pera, “A Long Time Ago in the Paleozoic”

10 Andy Mayer, “Interoception Frog”

11 Julie Whelan Capell, “Wrong and right”

12 Milwaukee Courthouse and St. John’s Cathedral

13 Gwendolyn Lazenby, “The Cycle”

18 Lake Michigan Shoreline

19 Ben Lash, “Time Without Time, Space Without Space”

20 Ben Lash “Maia’s Madison Grassland”

21 Claire Shiparski, “Un Tramonto a Lugano”

22 Biany Calixto-Dominguez, …

Dead On Arrival, Paige Couture

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Contributors

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Stories Grow Larger In The Night (With Apologies), Sarah Berti

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.