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Yellowstone Exodus, John Herceg

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Yellowstone Exodus, a novella, is a reminder of society's fragility in the wake of naturally occurring catastrophes. The first of three parts, Yellowstone Exodus is book one in a trilogy of novellas intended to entertain, inspire, and forewarn its reader. Beginning in Denver, Colorado, this story redefines brotherhood and friendship as two best friends, Clayton Rudd and Raymond Montero, set out on a journey to reach the Montero family home in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. Obstacles awaiting them include a nightmarish environment caused by the Yellowstone super-volcanic eruption, hostile enforcement of state borders in a nation stripped of its federal government, …

Baby Bird & The Electronic Abyss, Alexis Senior

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What is a real life? A well-lived life? And how do we define either? Baby Bird & the Electronic Abyss is a collection of personal essays that questions and explores escapism and existentialism as experienced at music festivals and campsites around the United States. Within this collection, festivals are illustrated as more than just spectacular stages and bright lights—they're depicted as fascinating, budding utopias that encourage creativity, generosity, and positivity from attendees who abandon inhibitions, and oftentimes logic, in the name of fleeting freedom from the routine of their "real" lives. The narrator strives to live a fulfilled life—what many …

Hunting Down Pigs, Anna-Lisa Astudillo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Hunting Down Pigs is a hybrid collection of personal essays, ranging from lyrical to braided, which more often than not defy labeling. The essays explore themes of loss, faith, and self-reliance. Growing up Mormon, with all its strictures, and losing her dad at a young age, made faith an issue that the narrator grappled with continuously throughout her life. The narrator questions the validity and purpose of religion in essays like "Possibilities" and "Going to Church." Specifically, the narrator explores the doctrine of the Mormon church and the effects of such a strict upbringing. When divine intervention fails, the narrator …

Pearl Necklaces, Jordan Redmond

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Pearl Necklaces aims to excavate raw moments of connection and find beauty in the depravity of self and situation. Set in the Deep South, this collection of poems thrives on lusty nights, hard love, and the twinge of memory. The voices within range from youthful to jaded as they speak across pages, flowing into one another to create a pain-body which ultimately seeks closure in relationships with objects, family, drugs, lovers, body parts, heroes, and setting. Tuned to the lyrical voices of poets Kim Addonizio, Lynn Emanuel, and Dorianne Laux, poems such as "Learning Shapes," "Things that Make Me Feel …

Go Ahead, Daytona, John Hughes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Go Ahead, Daytona is a collection of essays meant to explore the experiences and lessons learned through law enforcement. It juxtaposes hope with cynicism and encourages the reader to explore his or her own biases through the lens of a narrator believing police work is something to be lived down, rather than up. The essays depict struggles with hypocrisy, sex, homelessness, violence, moral ambiguity, and self-awareness.

The Clockman Movement, Allison Martin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As a genre of Neo-Victorian fiction, Steampunk is largely identified by Victorian aesthetics and technology centering on clockwork and steam power. The novel The Clockman Movement seeks to emphasize the "punk" in "steampunk" by exploring the social concerns of colonialism, including sexism, racism, and classism, while embracing the more fantastic and entertaining aspects of steampunk. Before all other labels—Nordlunder, daughter, woman—Eve Traugott is a machinist. Or she would be, if one of the machinists in the capital would hire her as an apprentice. She thought it would be simple to find a machinist willing to take a chance on her …

Note From The Director, Julia Jordan-Zachery

The Heritage Journal

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Coming Together Is The Beginning, Cathleen Mallorie Williams

The Heritage Journal

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Skunk River Review 2015-2016, Stacy Roth, Lisa Melchert, Tailor Brown, Cole Fielweber, Cassie Craig, Naomi Debaene, Nicholas Nelson

Skunk River Review

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Teaching Matters, Volume 2: Essays By The Faculty And Staff At The University Of Maine At Farmington, Linda Britt (Editor), Kathryn A. Foster, Bryce Cundick, Jennifer Reid, Steven W. Quackenbush, Karol K. Maybury, Shana Youngdahl, Misty Krueger, Angela Carter, Scott Erb, Stan Spelecki, Johanna Prince, Pete St. John, Joel King, Alison Thayer

Faculty and Staff Books

Essays by the faculty and staff at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Master Of Arts In Writing Graduate Thesis Requirements, Nova Southeastern University

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Course Catalogs

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Master Of Arts In Writing Curriculum, Nova Southeastern University

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Course Catalogs

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The Poetry Of John Dewey, Jerry L. Williams

Faculty Publications

This essay examines the poetry of John Dewey, 101 poems in total. Characteristic of the rhymed and metered poetry of the period, they show a very human side of Dewey. This analysis argues that many of his poems deal with existential themes—love, finitude, and God, for example. On a deeper level these poems are also show connections to Dewey’s philosophy, in particular his ideas about social change and dualism.

Untitled, Mai-Kim Dang

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

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Volume 48 (2016), C. V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2016 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis. The publication contains fiction, non-fiction, art, poetry, and photography. The cover, "Rusty Hinge," was photographed by Brian Michael Barbieto. The winner of the J. Calvin Koontz Poetry Award, given annually for a portfolio of poetry to a senior English major, is MaryKate Powell. The Broad River Review Editor's Prize in Poetry is chosen among all submissions from Gardner-Webb University students. The winner of the poetry award is Ilari Pass for the poem titled, "Kaleidoscope in Place of Conversation." The Rash Awards, named in honor of Ron …

Tea & Intuition, Wendy Reynolds

Intertext

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Contributor Notes

Corresponding Voices

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At The Bottom, Julie Hensley

The Chautauqua Journal

Short story by Julie Hensley.

Wind, Water, Wall-Woman, Trinh T. Minh-Ha

The Chautauqua Journal

Excerpts from I-Blue, a book in progress

To Be A Viscera Technician, Charles R. Vaught Jr.

2016 Symposium

As a writer, I have been influenced by my numerous travels, the people I meet, and the adventures I get into. These are the subjects that both fascinate me and inspire me to put pen to paper. My intent with my writing is to shed light onto the overlooked aspects of the world we live in. I write stories that deal with reality, as I know it. I write about wildland firefighters, fishermen, and nomadic travelers. Every story I write I pull from my own experiences. Today I will be reading a chapter from my unpublished memoir, “a story of …

The Gasoline Tree, Brianne Manning

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In exploration of Millennial anxieties and the power of dreaming, The Gasoline Tree imagines a soundtrack for the revelations, defeats, and curiosities of leaving childhood behind. This is a collection of 40 poems that examines eating disorders, gender roles, physical abuse, sex, infidelity, loneliness, and the fear of losing one's parents. This collection also contemplates the brutalities and muted delights of what drives us all: love, in all of its forms. "The Gasoline Tree," "Wolf of Chocorua," and many other poems construct New England landscapes that pay homage to the pastoral uniqueness of Maxine Kumin and Galway Kinnell, while poems …

Poems: Salutation / Sightings; Or, Mr. Redhead / The Map; Or, Perhaps, Harry Brown

The Chautauqua Journal

3 poems by Harry Brown:

• Salutation
• Sightings; Or, Mr. Redhead
• The Map; Or, Perhaps

Poems: Alaska On My Mind / To My Mother For Loving The Rain, Dorothy Moseley Sutton

The Chautauqua Journal

2 poems by Dorothy Moseley Sutton:

• Alaska On My Mind
• To My Mother For Loving the Rain

Poem: Black Berry, Frank X. Walker

The Chautauqua Journal

Poem by Frank X. Walker: Black Berry

Poems: October Burial / Drowned Man's Cross: Grande Isle, Louisiana / Here There Was A Stool With A Crooked Leg / Eighteen Small Realist Studies / In The Suicide's Top Drawer, Young Smith

The Chautauqua Journal

5 poems by Young Smith:

• October Burial
• Drowned Man's Cross: Grande Isle, Louisiana
• Here There Was A Stool With A Crooked Leg
• Eighteen Small Realist Studies
• In the Suicide's Top Drawer

Went Out. Back Soonish, Hanna Ziegler

The Oval

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They Had Mountain Ranges Behind Them, Michelle Nemetchek

The Oval

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And Suddenly I Realize I Am Still Such A Child, Lily Soper

The Oval

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Lack Of Love, Devon Lawler

The Oval

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Jane Springer Folio, Jane Springer

Corresponding Voices

Jane Springer's poem ask and answer to question "What fantasy do you dwell in "