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Black Woman, Noemia De Sousa

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.

The Valley Of The Dead, Morgan A. Frazier

Theses and Dissertations from 2017

Fay, a princess, lives in a secluded valley realm whose inhabitants were slaughtered 45 years ago. She has chosen her eighteenth birthday as the day she will commit suicide to join them. When her mentor and guardian learns of her intentions he stops her and tells her about what he remembers of the event and reminds her that it is her responsibility as Queen to live and take care of them. With this knowledge, the new Queen leaves the valley on a quest to find the truth about what happened the day the villagers were massacred so that she can …

Ana The Prophetess In The Temple, Adelia Prado

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

poetry

Mother Of Mankind & Of The World, Kardo Bestilo

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

poetry

That Woman With The Guitar At The Party, Raymond Philip Asaph

Westview

No abstract provided.

Grasshopper, Tom Pescatore

Westview

No abstract provided.

Jean, Dennis Ross

Westview

No abstract provided.

Winter Solstice, John Nizalowski

Westview

No abstract provided.

Equinox, John Nizalowski

Westview

No abstract provided.

Chaco: Notes On Light And Darkness, Allen Whitt

Westview

No abstract provided.

Intergalatic Hitch, Tom Pescatore

Westview

No abstract provided.

Groundhogs, Tanya Mason Smith

Dissertations

This dissertation contains a collection of stories that explore loss and grief, illness and disability, parent and child relationships, and marriage and its expectations within the gay community and the south.

Juneau: Notes From The Bus, Cara Makuh

Senior Theses

This creative writing project is about a week I spent alone in Juneau, Alaska. All time and travel was spent on foot, bus and boat. Alone, I had many different experiences, and every time I interacted with a new person, that isolation became a shared experience, if even for a minute. Each day started out a blank slate, and eventually wrote itself into a story with a unique identity of its own as each day does as we travel through seconds and minutes that build up into completed days. Social interactions with so many different people turns them from strangers …

Reaching The Shore

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

The Wafe

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Ego: Writing The Psychological Play, Diego, Nathaniel J. Couper

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Ego: Writing the Psychological Play, Diego focuses on my analytical research and educational experiences as a Theatre major and Psychology minor as well as my personal journey over a four year period writing the play Diego. Theatre provided background for my writing process, and Psychology provided the basis for the play’s main themes. The play’s major plot as well as many of the characters and relationships came from a notable time in my own life, such that without those dramatic personal events, the inception of the play never would have occurred. I combined my experiences with my knowledge of …

A Theoretical Application Of Metaphor Research To The Film Industry, Michael J. Stanton

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper explores the value of using metaphor based marketing research methods (most notably Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique) in the development and green-lighting processes of filmmaking. A review of literature reveals that even large blockbuster films lack any marketing research employed in the developmental stage. Audiences are extremely difficult to analyze when considering something as abstract and subjective as what makes a “good” film. Metaphor based marketing research methods (e.g. ZMET) offer a solution by examining the minds of consumers through language markers called metaphors. Using a metaphor based marketing technique early in a film’s development process may help to …

The Ice Man, Mitch Lescarbeau

Bryant Literary Review

Bolzano, Italy

We jostle and joke in the waiting line's dark,
snaking toward the cold cube of light in the wall.

Sunny Side Up, Byron Case

Bryant Literary Review

It is ovoid simplicity incarnate,
perfectly palm-sized,
and crackable.

The Lion At Franklin Park, Kathleen Aponick

Bryant Literary Review

We observe you in sunlight, golden offering
on a sculptured mound, blinking, throwing back your head

Candle In The Wind, Sheryl L. Nelms

Bryant Literary Review

black
back lit
by the sprinkle of stars

Sexual Assault Prevention On College Campuses, Using Community Based Participatory Research Strategies To Craft A Creative Response, Adrianne Beer

Honors Projects

Sexual assault prevention and education programs have been working to develop successful ways to decrease sexual assault for almost to decades. Research has shown that despite efforts there has yet to be a program that effects statistics regarding campus sexual assault. This essay addresses several issues that explain why prevention programs have fallen short. It includes the study of victim blaming, the college party narrative, stranger rape, and bystander intervention. Examples from first hand reports of sexual assault and the study of BGSU prevention programs are used. The essay also addresses how our culture plays a role in sexual assault, …

From A Traveling Daughter: A Photographic Memoir, Lilian Murnen

Honors Projects

“World sits outside the door, A voice in your heart is calling, The ends of the world await, Traveling daughter, Feel the sunshine on your face, Starlight guides your feet, Earth and Sky will carry you, Journey after journey, One mountain to the next, Voice in your heart is calling.” (Abigail Washburn, “Song of the Traveling Daughter” translated from Mandarin Chinese)

My family keeps me safe, but it is this safety that protects me from the discomfort that is necessary for growth. Like Abigail Washburn’s “voices,” my discontent and my curiosity call me to venture far beyond what I can …

The Promethean, Volume 25, The Velvet Night, 2017, English Department, Concordia University-Portland

The Promethean

In these divisive times, we are at the precipice of greatness. Instead of subduing our voices or using them to antagonize others, we write. We type madly and scribble hurriedly. We communicate boldly and kindly. And, when we’re done, and really proud of it, we publish a literary journal.

If America is going to heal, let it be glorious. And what’s more glorious than writing?

On behalf of Dr. Kimberly Knutsen and Sonja Baumeister, the assistant managing editor, Amber Bains, the student editors and contributors, and myself, I present this year’s issue of The Promethean: The Velvet Night. …

Then & Now: Swosu Sayre Student Anthology 2017, Terry Ford, Holley Brewer, Scott Fronenberger, Arpril Miller, Edward Almenas

Sayre Writing Workshop Anthology

This publication contains the works of students attending the Sayre campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the spring, summer and fall semesters of 2017. This year’s edition also includes the winners of the college’s contest for high school juniors, called Timed W.A.R.P. (Writing And Research Project.)

This collection of works is produced in conjunction with the annual Literary Festival. Sponsors for the event are Language Arts instructors Terry Ford, Holley Brewer, and Scott Fronenberger, with help from Assistant Professor April Miller, librarian, and special thanks to the Dean of the College of Associates and Applied Sciences, Sherron Manning. Cover …

The Progression

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

The Silent Advocate

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Randoms

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Fairy Flowers

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

The Grand Waltz

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.