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Open Ears, Open Mind, Open Heart: Active Listening, Mia Nguyen

Service-Learning | Student Scholarship

Active listening is the act of listening with all senses– the body, the mind, and the soul. It means empathizing with another person and finding that place within ourselves where we can listen beyond our initial judgements and personal feelings. It is listening beyond words and allowing our souls to understand, connect, and accept one another. Active listening sparks internal purity eliminating all types of judgement and allowing us to truly take in what another person has to offer. It is “an experience of language as a bodily felt process” in which we have a felt understanding rather than a …

The Novel Mystique: Depictions Of Women In Novels Of The 1950s, Sarah Fender

Honors Program Theses and Projects

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Welcome To The Real World: A Skeptical Examination Of Working Class Life, Ryan O'Connor

Honors Program Theses and Projects

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Hospice Visitor, Russell Rowland

Studio One

Russell Rowland, a New Hampshire poet, has appeared in many small journals. A Best of the Net nominee and seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he is a winner of Old Red Kimono’s Paris Lake Poetry Contest, and twice winner of the Plainsongs Award and of Descant’s Baskerville Publishers Poetry Prize. Chapbooks “Train of All Cabooses” and “Mountain Blue” are available from Finishing Line Press.

Whiskey Tongue, Brian Ellingboe

Studio One

Brian Keith Ellingboe - Just the average 20 something artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota, hoping to turn pain into beauty through his work.

This Morning, Larry Schug

Studio One

Larry Schug is retired from a life of various kinds of physical labor, including 34 years as Groundskeeper and Recycling coordinator at the College of St. Benedict. He currently volunteers as a tutor in the CSB/SJU Writing Centers and in various ways at Outdoor U. at St. John's. He's published eight books of poems, the most recent being A Blanket of Raven Feathers with North Star Press.

75th Birthday, Janet Mccann

Studio One

Janet McCann’s work has been published in Kansas Quarterly, Parnassus, Nimrod, Sou’wester, America, Christian Century, Christianity and Literature, New York Quarterly, Tendril, and others. A 1989 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship winner, she taught at Texas A & M University from 1969-2016, is now Professor Emerita. Most recent poetry collection: The Crone at the Casino (Lamar University Press, 2014).

Billy Plays The Blues, Paul Ilechko

Studio One

Paul Ilechko is the author of the chapbook “Bartok in Winter” (Flutter Press, 2018). His work has appeared in a variety of journals, including Stickman Review, Mocking Heart Review, Gravel, Dash, Slag Review, Oberon, Dime Show Review, Saint Katherine Review and Autumn Sky Poetry Daily. He lives in Lambertville, NJ, with his girlfriend and a cat.

Reading Wind, Richard Dinges Jr

Studio One

Richard Dinges, Jr. has an MA in literary studies from University of Iowa, and manages information security risk at an insurance company. Gravel Magazine, Hurricane Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Avatar Review, and Pennine Ink most recently accepted his poems for their publications

Chapter 1: Anatomy And Physiology Of The Speech Mechanism & Features Of The Human Body, Liv Baker

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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If I Was In Love With My Sugar Mama, Cullen Dunning

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Magic 8-Ball, Emily Rose Doran

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Carnivorous, Emily Ferrera

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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My Future In Past Lives As Told By Tarot Cards On A Tuesday Night, Haley Wagner

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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The First Time I Met Danny, Liv Baker

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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In Bio 325, Anne Livingston

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Char, Michelle Tiesma

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Contemplative Thoughts About The Intimacy Of Physics, Ashley Benedict

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Impermanence, Jennalyn Stull

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Alcoholism And Oil Deficiencies, Or Hydrocarbons: An Essay About Breaking Down, Schyler Perkins

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Photosynthesis: A Process By Which, Emily Zerrenner

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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The Places We Call Home, Jacob Marion Van Singel

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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When It Rains, Water Pools Above The Cracks In The Sidewalk, Kyle Flannery

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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An Ode To Best Friends, Lamont Arrington

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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It's A Boy, Annelise Trout

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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Is A 7-Year-Old Too Young For A Funeral?, Mikaela Westrick

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

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The Superhero Inside: Exploring The Minds Of Ourselves And Our Superheroes, Briana Craig

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

The Superhero Inside is a research-based, non-fiction novel that connects elements of psychology to the concept of superheroes. There are seven chapters that explore a range of topics, including why we are fascinated by villainous characters and how superheroes represent (or misrepresent) diverse groups of people.

When You Have A Postcard For A Father, Abigail Shea Nibblett

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

When You Have A Postcard for A Father

Abigail Shea Nibblett

ENG 470C: Creative Nonfiction Seminar

Sponsoring Faculty: Prof. Colin Rafferty

“When You Have A Postcard for A Father” explores the complicated emotions and memories tied to being the daughter of a constantly travelling United States Air Force Chief Master Sergeant. The long essay explores how he maintained a positive presence in the girl’s life despite the challenges of his schedule and how the souvenirs that he always brought back showed his love even when he could not be there physically. By tying in the lyrics of “I’m Already There,” …

Esl Club & Women Speak: Our Home Away From Home, Yi Ling Chiao, Arpana James, Yun Hsuan Liao, Shannon Marcar, Oscar Cuellar, Juo Chu Wu, Thanges Kesnan, Fred Alsberg, Naveenah Vijia Kumar

SWOSU ESL CLUB NEWSLETTER

SWOSU ESL Club Newsletter: Spring 2018 is the fourth issue of the newsletter for the English as a Second Language & Women Speak Club (ESL).

Sponsors:
Thanges Kesnan
Fred Alsberg

Editors:
Fred Alsberg
Shannon Marcar
Arpana James

Newsletter Crew:
Oscar Cuellar
Yun Hsuan Liao
Yi Ling Chiao
Juo Chu Wu

Confluence: A Braided Essay, Kathryn Christian

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Confluence: A Braided Essay seeks to examine three distinct topics: the trauma of my parents' divorce, the controversial decision over Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, and Aileen Wuornos, the first documented female serial killer in the United States. The braided essay's unique format allows the author to select three different topics and weave them together. As the author braids the strands through the essay, the implications of the strands arise and begin to vibrate together on the page. Confluence is a response to the rage of a serial killer, the pain of losing Bears Ears, and the angered …