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I Sit Down At The Dinner Table To Die, Madeleine Cruz Dec 2023

I Sit Down At The Dinner Table To Die, Madeleine Cruz

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

Madeleine Cruz is an aspiring writer who claims to be from Chicago but may be lying. She likes to read; her favorite author is Ursula K. Le Guin. She is frequently tired and only sometimes actually asleep.

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Keep It (Them) Down, Jenna Reynolds Dec 2023

Keep It (Them) Down, Jenna Reynolds

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

Jenna Reynolds is a junior English writing major. Fiction is her preferred genre. She’s an actress, so stage/screen plays are some of her favorites to write, but others find her real life to be far too interesting for her to not also write nonfiction, so she gave it her best shot.

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Paradise, 46304, Sydney Schloemer Dec 2023

Paradise, 46304, Sydney Schloemer

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

Sydney Schloemer is a 2026 graduate, studying both psychology and English writing. From the small town of Monrovia, Indiana, she has always enjoyed expressing herself in a multitude of creative media, especially in writing. She hopes to broaden her skills and eventually use them to educate others on a number of psychological topics.

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A Mind Divided, Molly Venus Dec 2023

A Mind Divided, Molly Venus

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

Molly Venus is a junior English writing major. Her first publication was in the Fall 2022 issue of A Midwestern Review. She is currently serving as Vice President of Academic Affairs for DePauw Student Government and enjoys cooking delicious food with her friends in her free time!

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Walking On A Tight Rope, Miyu Aoki Dec 2023

Walking On A Tight Rope, Miyu Aoki

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

Miyu Aoki is a sophomore economics and physics major from Yokohama, Japan. Usually realistic and occasionally political, Miyu’s poems center around finding herself in the American landscape. Her hobbies include knitting, snowboarding, and exploring the Greencastle community through volunteering.

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650 Words, Anne Gregg Dec 2023

650 Words, Anne Gregg

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

Anne Gregg is a writer and poet from Northwest Indiana. She is also the Editor-In-Chief of a Midwestern Review. Anne Gregg is an English writing major and has been published numerous times across the centuries, but most of her work has been lost to time.

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Learning To Shower, Taylor Cripe Dec 2023

Learning To Shower, Taylor Cripe

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

Taylor Cripe is in DePauw's class of 2026. She is pursuing an English writing major with a religious studies bridged major. Although she dabbles in fiction writing, she prefers poetry for the nuanced and intuitive way it conveys its themes. She is excited to be a part of this semester’s edition of A Midwestern Review.

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Sunday, Kyle Sherman Dec 2023

Sunday, Kyle Sherman

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

Kyle is from Western Springs, Illinois and is currently a sophomore studying political science. His poetry is inspired by nature and the beauty of the mundane.

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Vol. 36, Iss. 1 [Full Issue], _ _ Dec 2023

Vol. 36, Iss. 1 [Full Issue], _ _

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

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Drowning Dreaming, Micaiah Furbert Dec 2023

Drowning Dreaming, Micaiah Furbert

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

Micaiah Furbert is a junior DePauw University student from the island of Bermuda. He has a love for poetry which started in high school and his poetry is often influenced by his background growing up on an island and his identity as a person of color.

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Eternal Colleagues, Audrey Ickes Dec 2023

Eternal Colleagues, Audrey Ickes

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

Audrey Ickes is a junior at DePauw University, majoring in English writing and double minoring in history and communications. She is a member of the sorority, Alpha Phi. She is also the Outreach Coordinator for Tiger Catholic and co-hosts a WGRE radio show. These are her first published works.

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The Crumpled Pink Receipt From My Dorm Drawer, Eliana Jolanda Alzate Dec 2023

The Crumpled Pink Receipt From My Dorm Drawer, Eliana Jolanda Alzate

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

Eliana Alzate is a sophomore majoring in English writing and computer science with a minor in media studies. On campus, she’s the managing editor of The DePauw and a video streaming specialist for Media Services. During her free time, she loves singing karaoke and writing poems in her secret journals.

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The Rock Pile, Jenna Reynolds Dec 2023

The Rock Pile, Jenna Reynolds

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

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Absolute Rhythm, Taylor Cripe Dec 2023

Absolute Rhythm, Taylor Cripe

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

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Cornfields, Nargis Kachrumathur Dec 2023

Cornfields, Nargis Kachrumathur

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

Nargis Kachrumathur wishes she existed in Victorian England, because it would be nice to be sent to the seaside as a legitimate medical prescription when one falls sick. But she also likes having rights and being able to wear pants and music and the internet and taking lots of pictures of the sky.

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Spontaneous Generation., Oliver Spencer Dec 2023

Spontaneous Generation., Oliver Spencer

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

Oliver Spencer is a junior writing major who loves writing in all genres. He especially enjoys absurdism and magical realism, and loves stretching the truth in his writing, which is evident in his fiction piece. Oliver takes inspiration from writers like Kurt Vonnegut and wants to eventually publish a novel.

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How To Write A Letter To Someone You're Going To Lose Forever, Audrey Ickes Dec 2023