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Mouths, Sarah Schaefer

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Sarah Schaefer is a senior English Writing major from Carmel, Indiana. She hopes to graduate, eventually move somewhere coastal, and work in communications for a non-profit company. She spent a semester interning for a hunger-relief agency and learning about wine in Rome.

Self Portrait, Sarah Schaefer

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Sarah Schaefer is a senior English Writing major from Carmel, Indiana. She hopes to graduate, eventually move somewhere coastal, and work in communications for a non-profit company. She spent a semester interning for a hunger-relief agency and learning about wine in Rome.

Azaleas, Andy Behrmann

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Andy Behrmann is a liar and is not to be trusted. His participation in this magazine raises numerous questions of credibility.

V: Sex In Four Installments, Kate Field

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Kate Field is a self-proclaimed hypochondriac, realized she had to graduate, move to the Deep South to teach middle schoolers, and learn how to be more domestic. She had a quarter-life crisis. Send get well cards and various gifts (pink wine, Gerber daisies and shiny things) to LIB box 5773.

Bonnieville, Kentucky, Kelsie Gray

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Poetry

Tales From A Summer Job, Beth Goldman

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Beth Goldman is a junior from Evansville, IN. She now resides in Pi Beta Phi and studies English writing. On the weekends, she likes to sleep and try to find llama farms with her freshman yearroommate, Maggie.

Crystal Summer, Katy Bremer

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Katy Bremer is a junior from Glen Ellyn, IL. She is a writing and art history double major, but her real passion is grooming miniature donkeys. She hopes to make it her career immediately after graduation.

Illuminating Lou, Kate Field

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Kate Field feels that people should embrace the kitschy things in life, especially lawn ornaments like deer or ducks or frogs or creepy looking gnomes. But mostly, the pink flamingo makes her the happiest.

Defiance, Mark Bowser

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Is reluctant to say he's from Churubusco, IN... and with reason. If you ever meet the intersection of US-33 and Highway 205, don't stop. Keep going. And don't drink the water.

First Night, Paul Query '83

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

It was 1979 when Paul Query first arrived on DePauw's campus. He was young, ambitious, ready to write, to make friends, to talk politics, to learn the delicacies of poetry and prose. From the beginning, his professors noticed his great potential as a student. He was caring, hard-working, and intent on sculpting his poems, word by word, with the greatest precision.

Query's diligence paid off. In 1983, after graduating from DePauw with a degree in English Composition, he migrated westward to the stubbled hills of Iowa, where he studied for two years at the prestigious Iowa Writer's Workshop. Under the …

Maga's Kitchen, Miguel Jimenez

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Miguel Jimenez is from the South Side of Chicago. He is currently a student at DePauw University double-majoring in English writing and Latin American and Caribbean studies. On the weekends, he blends hip-hop, jazz, and classic rock on his turntables.

The Bathtub, Kelsie Grey

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Kelsie Grey is a senior music performance major from Oklahoma City. She would like to thank her clandestine sidekick, Dylan the cat, for all the nights he spent drinking red wine, writing, and occasionally, smoking with her. Kelsie has poetry forthcoming in "miller's pond" and "Tar Wolf Review." She invites any of you into her lair for a night of intensive ouijaing.

Cowboy Speak, Catherine Calabro

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Catherine Calabro currently resides in Chinatown of Paris, France, where she is learning fine expressions such as "Repetez, s'il vous plait", "Encore une fois, je n'avais pas compris", and "ca roule, ma poule!".

Meniscus, Jason Link

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Jason Link is a Junior from Traverse City, MI. "Me, I'm dishonest and a dishonest man you can always trust as being dishonest, honestly, it's the honest ones you have to look out for because you never know when they'll do something completely...stupid."

Yesterday's Coffee, Tusha Mittal

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Tusha Mittal, a writing & communication major, has always been addicted to mint chocolate and poetry. At age eight, her poems would be about Calcutta's moon. Now she enjoys writing about apples, coffee and poetry itself.

First Orgasm, Kellie Duke

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Kellie Duke is a senior from Flora, IL. As an English writing major and a political science and Spanish double minor, most of her senior year has taken place inside the classroom. Apart from being a quasi- nerd, you're likely to find her rallying for the Bush administration or relaxing at the Pi Beta Phi house.

The Jackhammer Tree, Paul Query '83

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

It was 1979 when Paul Query first arrived on DePauw's campus. He was young, ambitious, ready to write, to make friends, to talk politics, to learn the delicacies of poetry and prose. From the beginning, his professors noticed his great potential as a student. He was caring, hard-working, and intent on sculpting his poems, word by word, with the greatest precision.

Query's diligence paid off. In 1983, after graduating from DePauw with a degree in English Composition, he migrated westward to the stubbled hills of Iowa, where he studied for two years at the prestigious Iowa Writer's Workshop. Under the …

The Simple Question, Paul Query '83

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

It was 1979 when Paul Query first arrived on DePauw's campus. He was young, ambitious, ready to write, to make friends, to talk politics, to learn the delicacies of poetry and prose. From the beginning, his professors noticed his great potential as a student. He was caring, hard-working, and intent on sculpting his poems, word by word, with the greatest precision.

Query's diligence paid off. In 1983, after graduating from DePauw with a degree in English Composition, he migrated westward to the stubbled hills of Iowa, where he studied for two years at the prestigious Iowa Writer's Workshop. Under the …

It's Cold Commercialism In The Land Of The Free, Paul Query '83

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

It was 1979 when Paul Query first arrived on DePauw's campus. He was young, ambitious, ready to write, to make friends, to talk politics, to learn the delicacies of poetry and prose. From the beginning, his professors noticed his great potential as a student. He was caring, hard-working, and intent on sculpting his poems, word by word, with the greatest precision.

Query's diligence paid off. In 1983, after graduating from DePauw with a degree in English Composition, he migrated westward to the stubbled hills of Iowa, where he studied for two years at the prestigious Iowa Writer's Workshop. Under the …

Stories In Winter, Blake Royer

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Blake Royer is a senior English writing and art history major from Winnetka, IL, whose high school boasts such alumni as Nat "King" Cole, Rock Hudson, Charlton Heston, Liz Phair, and Donald Rumsfeld. He is both humbled by and afraid of this fact.

Dress Up, Shannon Buell

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Shannon Buell is a senior writing major from Concord, MA who is thrilled and joyous to be a part of the Midwestern Review. She enjoys playing and coaching various sports, reading cnn.com news alerts,and playing old school Super Mario in the lounges of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Furtive Skipping, Carolyn Euson

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Carolyn Euson is a sophomore English writing major from Minnesota. Within the next ten years, she plans to replace Martha Stewart and settle in a Hampton's house adjacent to P. Diddy.

Interrupted Straight Lines, Katie Wright

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Is a senior English writing major from Williamsport, IN. She enjoys fake teeth.

A Poem I Wouldn't Write, Catherine Calabro

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Loves bocce and all other forms of good, clean fun.

Alice Walker, Sarah Preuschl

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The Fall Of The Question, Matt Mcmahon

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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A New Way To Describe Moonlight, Kelsie Gray

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Florida, Kate Gehring

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Senior writing major. Plans to join Teach for America and teach in St. Louis before possibly law school.

Black Eyed Susan, Shannon Buell

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Junior writing major from Concord, MA. Fan of Thoreau and Emerson. Writing poetry since third grade.

The Body Of Christ, Kevin Skillern

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

I love the "About the Author" section of literary magazines. It's a great opportunity to find out who the writer really is, and get inside their head a little. You can learn all kinds of cool things like where the author is from, where they are going, what they want to be after they graduate college, and their favorite color... which is always neat. It's a great thing to step inside the mind of a writer, and then try to find your way out without being covered in wax. Now, that's what I call a biohazard.