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Intangible, Hannah Lawson

Arrow Rock

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Angel In Skirts, Mary Ruth Chen

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Angels In Skirts is a memoir composed of organic memories thematically linked through essays and chapters. I re-create the story of a young girl’s vivid and imaginative way of seeing life, the intensity of her emotions and what it feels like to desperately want to control men by handing over her body. Highlighted is a discussion of the struggle I had with labeling my work nonfiction. I also explore the effective use of parataxis in dialogue and the effect structure has on the narrative arc and characters in a work. I discuss my process when deciding on a form for …

Fetus: An Exploration Of Human Nature Through The Issue Of Abortion, Grant Collis Dinsdale

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

The issue of abortion touches deep emotions in individuals and continues to be a controversial topic in the United States. The Right to Life movement believes strongly that life begins at conception, and to abort an unborn fetus is an act of murder. The supporters of the Pro-Choice movement, however, believe that a woman has the right to choose what happens with her body, and this takes precedence over other considerations. This work of fiction uses the above controversy as its framework. The primary narrator is a fetus in utero who tells the story of how his father and mother …

Poem No. 109, May 2013, Huntsville Literary Association (Huntsvile, Ala.)

POEM

The Huntsville Literary Association was founded in 1967 to provide a community for writers, readers, and artists through workshops, readings, and educational programs. One of their key contributions is the literary magazine titled POEM which showcases original writings from both established and emerging writers. This issue features poems from various writers.

Verso

Bryant Literary Review

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Mother Noose, Mark Smith

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Behind the yard of pumpkins
and blue hubbards, stems

Editor's Note

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Eros Vs. Logos, David Zepp Lash

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On July 15, 2011 I was diagnosed with a stage IV "double hit" Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

Prelude, Robert Funge

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Watching a Guinness
settle is almost
as pleasurable as

Shall I Go?, James Damron

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When soft, white light
Falls upon the night,

Microwave Popcorn, Ace Boggess

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in the movie theaters of my childhood
I learned to love the dark

Table Of Contents

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Mourners, Lawrence F. Farrar

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Professor Emeritus Jake Freeman cramped the wheel of his old Buick hard right and swung off the interstate.

Father, 1970, Julie Danho

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Outside Sip-N-Dip Donuts, he and Drag and Crazy Andy down Cuervo until

The Mourning Cloak, Kenneth Vanderbeek

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David was not a careless driver, but he was not an exemplary one, either.

Peroxide, William Jolliff

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The first time her sisters helped her
while their mom was still at work,

Rocket Man, Peter E. Murphy

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I'm not sleeping
good and my gut

Probably, Francine Witte

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That summer was knobby
and loose-skinned like the knuckles
of a tired old man. My father

Finishing Touches, Denise Utt

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There's a lady I've heard about
who paints pictures on lampshades

After Harry's Suicide, E. G. Silverman

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I had not dreamed, so at first I remembered nothing.

The Widow, Francine Witte

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She stands straight up for the first time
in years. So many hours spent hunched

Mcneal's Rant, Lucile Blanchard

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"McNeal's Rant" is a Scottish country dance, a 40-bar strathspey, and a variation of "The Black Dance," a 32-bar reel. It is danced by Ian and Abigail McNeal (first couple) and Rick and Rita Milton (third couple).

Bars 1-4: First couple turns with the right hand.

The Sting Of It, Denise Utt

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If I could retire
I wouldn't have to commute
to the whims of the wind

East Of My Birth, Dennis Trudell

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Even in their homes, the island villagers
sometimes had to raise voices to be heard

An Appeal, Mary Soon Lee

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Colleagues, let us terminate forthwith
the reprehensible hegemony

The Back Garden, Suruchi Mohan

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After weeks of passing messages through Mrs. Khanna, Ruchir Kapoor's parents had picked a time to see the girl.

Problema Ng Makata Sa Panahon Ng Terorismo/The Problem Of The Poet In A Time Of Terrorism, E. San Juan, Jr.

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Nangungulila Tila luho't karangyaan

Grace And The Abandoned, John Grey

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Grace walks to the lake
and her critters follow.

Darwinian, Jennifer Tappenden

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The first cry divides
itself from happiness

Looking Forward To The Farmer's Market, Stephen Germic

Bryant Literary Review

Slender lives of orphans, sewage of a nation,
they talk in old age about childhood.