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Spellbound: A Collection Of Poems, Julie Alden Cullinane
Spellbound: A Collection Of Poems, Julie Alden Cullinane
The Graduate Review
This collection was written in the Fall 2021 semester of the Poetry Workshop given by Professor John Mulrooney. These 10 poems were a collection I worked on this semester and completed a cyclical personal cycle of work regarding the life of a student-mother-sister-daughter-employee.
Dispatch From Flipping A Record, Nicholas Howard
Dispatch From Flipping A Record, Nicholas Howard
The Graduate Review
“Dispatch From Flipping A Record" is a flash creative non-fiction piece written in first person. It opens with me holding a vinyl record between my two hands, poised to flip it over, but not rushing through this liminal moment. I ruminate on the intentionality of this space between songs. Next, I cast my gaze down onto the tracks carved in wax and compare them to a poem I am drafting back on my desk. The former is fixed and finished. The latter is rough and fluid. I draw hope for my poem that it too can have space to step …
From Bikini Atoll, Jillian Boger
From Bikini Atoll, Jillian Boger
The Graduate Review
"At Bikini Atoll" is a 13-line poem that deals with the speaker's loss of a child.
Andromeda, Jillian Boger
Andromeda, Jillian Boger
The Graduate Review
"'Andromeda'" is a poem which discusses the relationship between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies in the context of a person spying on their next-door neighbor.
Death With Raindrops, Mark J. Aitchison
Death With Raindrops, Mark J. Aitchison
The Graduate Review
My story is about the final hours in the life of the Brazilian social activist and rubber, Chico Mendes, before he was assassinated on December 22, 1988. Even before I moved to Brazil in 1992–and got married and started a tour business there–I was hugely interested in the Amazon and its history and exploration. And what student of Amazonian culture hasn’t heard of Chico Mendes? He was what really inspired me to start traveling to the Amazon to see what I could perhaps do to help save the rainforest. My story is an humble effort to show the strength of …
The City Has A Music All Its Own, Craig Demelo
The City Has A Music All Its Own, Craig Demelo
The Graduate Review
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Fault Lines, Craig Demelo