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Fire Signs, Brooke Wonders

CutBank

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When I Say I Miss The Drugs, Zackary Medlin

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Laughter & Forgetting, Jalina Mhyana

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Leave It To Me, Charlie D'Eve

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American Quartet, Abby Minor

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Contributors' Notes, Advertisements, Back Cover

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Demolition Plan, Jillian Merrifield

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Re: Floridian Guesthouse Gem--Furnished!, Emily Jace Mclaughlin

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Mother, Mother, Ocean, Bryce Emley

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Seismic Waves, Aubrey L. Kamppila

Student Publications

I was studying abroad in Florence, Italy on November 9, 2016, when I awoke to the news that Donald Trump had been elected President. To say it was a shock was an understatement, like many Americans, I had never dreamed the scenario possible. At that moment, I felt more powerless and disconnected from my country than ever before. For the next few weeks, I struggled to comprehend how I personally could combat the assault on my political views and values, what stand I could take, and what impact it might have. Finally, on one of many emotional phone calls with …

Commonthought (2017), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

Sentinel, Bailey Merlin

Graduate Thesis Collection

Devastated by the mysterious death of her guardians, Elizabeth Davenport finds herself thrust into a new world that proves to be scintillating and dangerous. Can she trust those who claim to be her friends? Or will her trust lead her into trouble? When a mysterious letter presents itself and proves that her guardians might have been more than they ever let on, Elizabeth must gather her courage and pursue the truth, whatever the cost.

Everyhere, Everythere, Maxene Kuppermann-Guiñals

Stonecoast MFA Theses and Capstones

Food and people are arguably the poetic commonalities among us all. We eat together; we dine together, we snack together. Wherever we are on the planet, we derive pleasure from the source of our singular and communal energy. We share our food in the most intimate process: what sustains me I give to you to sustain yourself. We love when people appreciate what we have given them, and we are grateful when someone gives their food, or their poems, to us. They become expressions of love.

Food, and poetry, has a complexity of understanding and acceptance. What do we eat? …

Book Review - Sleeping Above Chaos: A Black Mountain Novel, Jon Hansen

Georgia Library Quarterly

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“Don’T Talk Like A European”: An Autoethnography Exploring Past And Current Students’ Visions On How To Decolonize Higher Education In South Africa, Ajetha Nadanasabesan

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Colonial structures persist in the South African higher education system, which perpetuates Eurocentric knowledge as a superior way of knowing. There has been a call to action by South African university students to decolonize the oppressive structures within the higher education system. This project examines how both former and current South African university students envision a decolonized higher education system. Furthermore, it gives insight into how a colonized education has impacted students personally. Additionally, the autoethnographic form of this project integrates the researcher’s relationship to colonized education systems as a way to connect self, other, and culture in a more …

Enw 210 Introduction To Creative Writing, Dhipinder Walia

Open Educational Resources

This course will explore the various elements of craft employed in the genres of poetry, fiction, and dramatic writing. Through lectures, discussion of readings, as well as in-class exercises and written responses, students will begin to learn how to incorporate elements of craft in their own creative writing. Students will also understand the specific differences between each genre of creative writing. By the end of this course, students will have a soundcloud account with five podcast episodes that will critique literature and present original pieces. Students will also gain understanding of what development of a draft and revision entails.

Brain Candy: Wayne State University School Of Medicine Journal Of Arts And Culture, Fall 2017 Edition, Wayne State University School Of Medicine Writing Workshop, Wayne State University School Of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society

Gold Humanism Honor Society

Brain Candy collects poetry, nonfiction essays, short fiction, photographs, and drawings to shed light on the creative process in medicine, the city of Detroit, and the experiences of health care providers. Features submissions from medical students, physicians, and School of Medicine staff.

The Otherworlds Of Men, Aaron Morris

English Theses & Dissertations

The Otherworlds of Men is a collection of short stories that draws equally from the traditions of speculative science fiction dystopias and western noir. The stories often have a plot grounded in gritty realism, similar to the stories of Annie Proulx, Daniel Woodrell, Cormac McCarthy, and Jim Harrison; however, the main character typically is typically injured by a psychic wound that leads to a speculative, otherworldly occurrence. The characters experience time travel, out of body experiences, wormholes to other worlds, spaceflight, distortions of relativistic physics, and, in one case, a character is haunted by Geronimo’s ghost. The characters experience these …

The Broadsheet September 29, 2017, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a short-lived student newspaper published in 2017. The September 29, 2017 issue features articles on an "ethical consciousness post-Trump," improving critiques, the US pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords, the Social Equity and Inclusion Action Plan, the smoking ban at Kennedy Plaza, statue conservation, new programming at the library, an offensive incident involving a graphic designer and a sign language interpreter, and other items of interest.

A Refugee’S Choice, Esther Lusenge

The Kabod

Every two months on a Saturday morning, I would wake up with the sun for a kind of ritual. This particular Saturday was cool, gray, and dreary; all of the colored leaves were now wet brown piles laying on the dead grass waiting for a blanket of snow to cover them. After washing my face, I went into the kitchen and prepared Uji, an African porridge. I sat down in front of my mother and readied myself for the next six hours: that’s how long it would take to braid my hair. I would dread this ritual because the day …

Fear, Where Is Your Sting?, Alyssa Forrest

The Kabod

Exploration, it appears, is a family trait. I can recall the feeling of Mama and Daddy’s hands holding my tiny ones as they guided me into partially-built houses with for-sale signs poking out of the front lawns. At five years old, I could march confidently into any framed structure, swiftly identify the unfinished rooms, and definitively pronounce my opinion of the floorplan. Over the course of the next seven years, looking for the property of our dreams became as much a hobby as a necessity. Although we’d nearly fallen through floors in fixer-uppers, harmlessly trespassed in neighborhoods of new construction, …

Piney Woods Florida, 1964, David Holloway

Mad River Review

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Two Poems By Jennifer Van Alstyne, Jennifer Van Alstyne

Mad River Review

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House, Carol Schaechterle

Mad River Review

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Three Poems By Martha Webster, Martha Webster

Mad River Review

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Beyond Imagining: The Heart Of The Wild, Ed Davis

Mad River Review

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Cased, Chris Drew

Mad River Review

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Smith Coronas In Bangladesh, Robert Bartusch

Mad River Review

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Three Poems By Margie Shaheed, Margie Shaheed

Mad River Review

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