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Topography, Shannon Buell

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

Shannon Buell is a senior English Writing major who is thrilled to be a part of this semester’s Review. She enjoys swing dancing and The Lord of the Rings and would like to thank her friends and family (and Kappas) who have listened to her read her pieces out loud for years on end.

The Shoreline That Divides, Nicole Bruce

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

Nicole Bruce is in Italy and has an extremely slow internet connection, which is charging her a lot of money, so she has to go now. Oh, she is from Cincinnati and enjoys gelato, Graeter’s, and ice cream.

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.

The Porcelain Eyeball, Kelsie Gray

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

Poetry

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.

Ancestor, 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.

Bonnieville, Kentucky, Kelsie Gray

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

Poetry

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.

A Roster Of Sandals, Shane Delury

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

No abstract provided.

Con Miedo Y Peligro, Emerson Arevalo

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

Emerson Arevalo lives in Chicago and rents a room in Greencastle, Indiana. He enjoys all forms of fine and not so 'fine' art, especially painting, sculpting, and drawing. Whenever he has free time, he’s usually breakdancing or eating (preferably cereal, except for the one with 'raisin' and 'bran' in its name).

The Object Of Blue Nude, 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.

Insatiable, Jillian Werner

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

Jillian Werner is sophomore majoring in writing and art history. Her favorite author is Chuck Palahniuk. She believes party-hiking is the greatest sport ever invented.

Skyway, 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, Illinois. His future plans include moving to New York City and residing in a cardboard box.

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.

Photo Box, Lauren Conlon

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

Lauren Conlon is a senior English Writing major. She currently has no plans for the future, but hopes to have some soon. She would like to thank the English Department for inspiring her and giving her the courage to do what she loves.

When The Whistle Blows, Erin Greenlee

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

No abstract provided.

First Love, Chinonye Chukwu

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

Chinonye Chukwu is quite the anomaly: She was born in Nigeria and then raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. But her parents are both petroleum engineers, so everything should start to make sense now. She's a 19-year-old, enigmatic, passionate, articulate, outspoken, idealistic, ambitious, outgoing sophomore at DePauw University. Poetry is her passion. Writing is her freedom. Graduating from DePauw in 3 1/2 years is her goal. Everything else about her can be found out by just asking.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!".

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 …

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.

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.

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.