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March 15, 2013: Limón Lecture Concludes Scholarly Speakers Series, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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March 13, 2013: 2013 Frostic Creative Writing Awards, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Thievery, Seth Abramson

University of Akron Press Publications

A few rare holdouts to the contrary, American culture is loud, unsubtle, insensitive, needy, exhausting, cheaply convenient, unreflective, and above all, distracted. What has been happening behind the scenes during all the years we haven't been paying attention? What world have we given ourselves and what have we given up in that shallow exchange? Such observations are deeply implied by the poems in Seth Abramson's Thievery. At the bottom of this book is the sense that we've been ripped off and don't even know it yet. That we have allowed it has left us stunted, morally and spiritually, with …

March 10, 2013: Wood In Savannah, Vickery In Denver, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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March 7, 2013: T. Geronimo Johnson Finalist For Pen/Faulker Award, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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March 5, 2013: De Oliveira Wins A&S Award, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Dance Lessons, Kaitlyn Burch

Dissertations and Theses

August Diamond is left lost after the sudden death of her father. The stories in Dance Lessons explore the themes of loss and grief, retreat and return, and finding your true self. The collection is a novel in stories, each story exposing another layer of August's past, her family, and their complicated relationships.

Choosing A Poet's Life: Despite Daunting Obstacles, Colby Poets Pursue Their Solitary, Creative Craft, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

Solitude, sacrifice, self-examination: Colby poets follow their muse and their craft, and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

The Biographer's Craft: Writers Discuss The Art Of Capturing Lives With Words, Frank Bures

Colby Magazine

Working in what one calls the highest form of nonfiction, Colby biographers labor to recreate the lives—and essence—of their subjects. Chronicling figures ranging from Lincoln to Van Gogh, these writers strive to create the definitive biography.

The Kentucky Barbecue Book, Wes Berry

English Faculty Book Gallery

Kentucky’s culinary fame may have been built on bourbon and fried chicken, but the Commonwealth has much to offer the barbecue thrill-seeker.

The Kentucky Barbecue Book is a feast for readers who are eager to sample the finest fare in the state. From the banks of the Mississippi to the hidden hollows of the Appalachian Mountains, author and barbecue enthusiast Wes Berry hit the trail in search of the best smoke, the best flavor, and the best pitmasters he could find. This handy guide presents the most succulent menus and colorful personalities in Kentucky.

While other states are better known …

Court Green: Dossier: Sex, Columbia College Chicago

Court Green

An annual poetry magazine with a different theme for each issue; printed from 2004 to 2015.

March 1, 2013: Grace Tiffany Writes About Emilia Lanier, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Ivy Leaves, Volume 88, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2013 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Cara Dillon, Sarah Burgess, Emmy Wheatley, Chris Mauldin, Genevieve Hamilton, Jonathan Kurtz, Chelsea Pancoast, Mary Langston Willis, Christina Martin, Emily Weiland, Joy Hiller, Sarah Leugemors, Brittany Wilson, David Estep, Heather McIlrath, Dixie Hemingway, Gage LeGreca, Annie Churdar, Teresa Jones, and Tim Speaker. Photography by Joy Hiller, Sarah Leugemors, Heather McIlrath, Emily Weiland, David Estep, and Brittany Wilson.

Pinning The Daffodil And Singing Proudly: An American's Search For Modern Meaning In Ancestral Ties, Elizabeth C. Williams

Student Publications

This paper is a collection of my personal experiences with the Welsh culture, both as a celebration of heritage in America and as a way of life in Wales. Using my family’s ancestral link to Wales as a narrative base, I trace the connections between Wales and America over the past century and look closely at how those ties have changed over time. The piece focuses on five location-based experiences—two in America and three in Wales—that each changed the way I interpret Welsh culture as a fifth-generation Welsh-American. Each travel experience contains characters, places, and interactions that shape my conception …

Language Of The Mouth (And Its Many Forms) After De Barros And Celan, Christopher Konrad

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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In Search Of Sandhill Cranes, Dee Horne

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Thinking Tree Shapes, Camilla Nelson

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Dialectics Against Silence, Graham Kershaw

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Emails To Manila, Graham Kershaw

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Survey At 70˚N, Rachel Mccarthy

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Carp Mountains, Susan Rowland

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Landscape, Jake Dennis

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Population, Les Wicks

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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A Different History, Meg Mooney

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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Past Jubilee Downs, Rose Van Son

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

poem: Past Jubilee Downs. Travel in the Norrth West of Western Australia

A Journal Of Unrelated And Complete Events, Andre Bagoo

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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2013 Making Literature Conference, Bret Lott, Hal Bush, Susanna Childress

Making Literature Conference

Keynote Speakers: Bret Lott, Hal Bush, Susanna Childress

A Landscape Photo Album As Self Portrait, Andrew Taylor

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

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The Last Page: Love Story, Lucy Dotson

Colby Magazine

“Love Story” a poem by Lucy Dotson ’13J

February 25, 2013: Wmu's Jaimy Gordon Invited As A Guest Reader At Aquinas College, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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