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The Bone Oracle—The Introvert, James Ryan

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.

Ossified Scaffold // Triptych Of Phase Change, Bibi Lewis

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Strange Little Vehicles, Andrew Merecicky

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

It isn't an exploration in or an experiment regarding. It is a praxis, as a commute is the opposite of an adventure. As le chat regarde le poisson. As when one looks at anything, it becomes strange. That is, a thing (a thought, a feeling, Gertrude Stein's "piece of coffee") once considered becomes little and different. It is the world that is large and alike. It is ultimately the similarity, the recognition of which we, who feel small and unique in the grand scheme, find terrifying. Language is always, as Lyn Hejinian wrote, social; it is a vehicle.

As I …

Samsara, Erica Anzalone

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In Samsara, I bring a spiritual-historical lens to art, war, feminism, religion, and the body in extremis. Although the word samsara resonates mostly within the Hindu and Buddhist faiths, meaning literally to wander through the rounds of death and rebirth, my poetics of transience and trauma crosses cultures, including Muslim, Christian, and Judaic notions of spirituality. Bosnia, Iowa, Boston, and Prague are all shifting sands within the mandala-like hourglass of this collection. My voice often issues from a working class register and speaks with rebellious power from a place of powerlessness: "E-bay nirvana, you want me to yes sir/I'll get …

Ornithology And Apparent Magnitude, Sarah Michelle Wynn

Dissertations

Ornithology and Apparent Magnitude is a collection of poems with a critical preface.

Hollywood Voodoo, Katie Johnson

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Apre2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From April 2013 Robert Kelly Archives

Aprd2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From April 2013 Robert Kelly Archives

Aprc2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From April 2013 Robert Kelly Archives

Apra2013, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

from April 2013 Robert Kelly Archive

5th Annual Rainbow Book Fair, Sarah Chinn

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

Each year, the Rainbow Book Fair grows larger and more exciting: as the largest LGBT book expo in North America, the RBF is the place to learn about new trends in queer publishing. Exhibitors at the Fair range from academic presses to romance and erotica, from trade presses to art books and literary journals and beyond: it’s the Fair’s goal to represent the amazing variety of queer and trans writers and publishers.

Columbia Poetry Review, Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Poetry Review

Literary journal produced annually. Student editors: Tara Boswell, Brian Miles, Patti Pangborn, Patrick Samuel, Joshua Young. Editorial Board: AmyJo Arehart, John Kenneth Bishop, Alyssa Davis, James Eidson, Tyler Cain Lacy, Joseph Meads, David A. Moran, Chris Neely, Daniel Scott Parker, Victoria A. Sanz, Matthew Sharos, Gabrielle Faith Williamms, Abigail Zimmer. Cover: Izziyana Suhaimi.

Cape Town Performance Poetry: The Activist’S Pen Is Mighty, Kelsey Rae Brattin

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Beginning with a look back to historical Xhosa oral traditions and then examining the role of performance poetry in resistance during Apartheid, this paper explores the existence of contemporary Cape Town performance poetry in a setting that has been a home to poets for centuries. Specifically, this project is a look into the space, mental and physical, that exists within Cape Town’s current performance poetry scene for themes of resistance and activism. Through the observation of public poetry performances in local bookstores and coffeehouse, and through interviews with poets and audience members, contemporary attitudes of writers and community members toward …

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 100, No.2, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

The Lantern, 2012-2013, Nora Sternlof, Kerrey Kahn, Quinn Gilman-Forlini, Chelsea Callahan, Anna Lorine, Sophie Zander, Caroline Putscher, Dominick Knowles, Samuel Brenner, Amanda Sierzega, Emily Duffy, Emily Fogel, Chloe Campbell, Andrew Tran, Maxwell Bicking, Jillian Goldstein, Erica Gorenberg, Alex Niedmann, Kelsey Knowles, Logan Metcalf-Kelly, Edwin Kosik, Gladys Martinez, Olivia Hovick, Shane English, Brooke Haley, Isabella Esser-Munera, Joshua Hoffman, Michael Heimbaugh, Anna Lobo, Kristin Cichowski, Brett Neslen, Allison Cavanaugh, Monica Reuman '15, Rikki Kathryn Eble, Angier Cooper, Rayna Nunes, Stephanie Breitsman, Julianna Lepore, Rachel Blunt, Nicole Kovacs

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• How They Run
• What Was Said in Boston
• On the Last Day of the Month
• An Angel Tries to Surprise Humans
• I Wonder if God Modeled Boys After Books
• Marred with Modern Scars
• Feather Bed
• Ode to a Pen
• Objet Petit A
• Breaking News: Grownups Fear Return of Disco
• Neuroscience
• New Document
• We Were Stars, and the Sky was Our Grass
• About a Man
• Trojan
• An Ode
• Yr Body Sour
• That Lake in Jamaica
• Live While Chiefs are Still Fighting
• …

Nor'easter, Geneva Renegar

Wrack Lines

An ode to New England fishermen.

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine Volume 9, Damian Hey Ph.D., Stephen Digiorgio, Suzy Domanico, Peter Davis, Amanda Devivo, Alexis Drennan, John Elliot, Christine Oliva, Roger Smith, Travis G. Williams

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine, sponsored by Molloy College’s Office of Student Affairs, is devoted to publishing the best previously unpublished works of prose, poetry, drama, literary review, criticism, and other literary genres, that the Molloy student community has to offer. The journal welcomes submissions, for possible publication, from currently enrolled Molloy students at all levels. All submitted work will undergo a review process initiated by the Managing Editor prior to a decision being made regarding publication of said work. Given sufficient content, The Molloy Student Literary Magazine is published twice annually in Spring and Fall.

Interested contributors from the …

Satori 2013, Winona State University

Satori Literary Magazine

The Satori is a student literary publication that expresses the artistic spirit of the students of Winona State University. Student poetry, prose, and graphic art are published in the Satori every spring since 1970.

New Tricks (2013), John Nelson, Dillon Dwyer

New Tricks

This publication was produced and sponsored by Alpha Gamma Lambda, DSU's chapter of the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta. Submissions enclosed are original poems, prose and artwork created by campus faculty and students.

Loki And Sigyn, Edward M. Lisovicz

Student Publications

Loki and Sigyn discusses love, pain, and dependency in the Norse myth of Loki’s Binding.

Arizona, Edward M. Lisovicz

Student Publications

Arizona reflects on the beauty of that state through the sestina form.

Chains, Marina K. Crouse

Student Publications

Chains is a poem that was inspired by the events surrounding the Steubenville Rape Case, and it is my interpretation of what the victim could have been feeling. The poem was written as a way for me to try to understand how something like this could have happened.

Dandelion Game, Marina K. Crouse

Student Publications

Dandelion Game is a poem inspired by a picture of myself when I played T-ball at age 6 and would spend most of my time picking dandelions in the outfield.

The Poet And The Library: An Interview With Judson Mitcham, Cheryl Stiles

Georgia Library Quarterly

In May 2012 Governor Nathan Deal appointed Judson Mitcham as the new Poet Laureate of Georgia. In this interview, Dr. Mitcham talks about the importance of public and university libraries in his own development as a poet, novelist, and teacher, and he discusses the vital role that libraries continue to play in the cultivation of new audiences for literary works.

Please Mind The Gap (Poems), Louis David Benedetto Iii

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Black Box 2013, Jake Suss, Rosario Resta, Pat Watkins, Kevin Hu, Krypson, Paul Birley, Scott Ikea, Susan Sestak, Adam Olimski, Ryan Thibert, Abdullah Al-Mansour, Eileen Groom

Black Box

The Black Box is a student-based creative publication serving the ERAU campus. It is our goal to provide a showcase for the creativity and talent of the ERAU students. View and enjoy!

Ahead A Wildfire, Eric Michael Ryan Heald-Webb

English Theses & Dissertations

Ahead a Wild Fire is a collection of poems which investigate humanity's relationship with science, space, and himself—the dichotomy between the coldness (literal and figurative) of those endeavors and the warmth of a home we take for granted—the exploration of how we fit in as individuals and as a species within the larger context—a shifting away from reliance on a deity and human exceptionalism. We are special, not because we are the top of the food chain, but because we harbor love and hope.

An Idea Of Liberation In The Suburbs, Jeffrey Allan Turner

English Theses & Dissertations

An Idea of Liberation in the Suburbs uses traditional forms such as haiku, haibun, sestina, pantoum, villanelle and original invented forms, but also includes free-verse litany, epistolary and prose poems. The poems vary in the use of lyric and narrative modes. The subjects and themes concern religion, spirituality, philosophy, language play, the mind and inquiries into the nature of thinking.

The River In A Landscape Of Creative Practice: Creative River Journeys., Kylie J Stevenson

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

In my current PhD study, Creative River Journeys, I use the metaphor of the river as a data capture tool when interviewing artist-researchers about their experiences of conducting creative practice within a university context. My use of the river functions as a metaphor for the creative process. I have adapted the River Journey tool from its previous use as a map of teacher identity and professional development, and in a project about children’s musical experience. This PhD project follows a long tradition of using the river as a metaphor. For example, the river has been used in a narrative therapy …

Separate Spaces, Lauren Walter

Innovate UNO

My honors senior thesis, a creative project entitled Separate Spaces, is a collection of fourteen poems that reflects on trauma, loss, interpersonal relationships, and nature. Many of the poems are dramatic monologues, which means that they are written in a voice that is distinctly not my own. This allows me to portray a range of extreme voices, including a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, a U.S. veteran of the Iraq War, and murderer Perry Smith. Although I consider myself a free verse writer, preferring to work without regular meter or rhyme, one of the poems is written in iambic …