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Removing The Body, Matt Whelihan Feb 2022

Removing The Body, Matt Whelihan

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


At The Rapids, Richard Jacobs Feb 2022

At The Rapids, Richard Jacobs

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


Neighbors, William Cass Feb 2022

Neighbors, William Cass

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


Two Birds (An Ekphratic Poem) – For Deanna, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2022

Two Birds (An Ekphratic Poem) – For Deanna, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

No abstract provided.


Creek In Winter (An Ekphrastic Poem), Sara Anne Hook Jan 2022

Creek In Winter (An Ekphrastic Poem), Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

No abstract provided.


The Genuine Alacrity Of Things, Evelyn Hampton Jan 2022

The Genuine Alacrity Of Things, Evelyn Hampton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

“The Genuine Alacrity of Things” is a short story collection. Themes include personal identity, the Anthropocene, grief, family, and relationships. The story collection is introduced by a critical introduction.


The City Becomes Her: Poetry Collection, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2022

The City Becomes Her: Poetry Collection, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

No abstract provided.


On Your Painted Wings, Sandra M. Ford Jan 2022

On Your Painted Wings, Sandra M. Ford

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The intent of this thesis is to explore historical issues of Cuban restrictions on emigration through a magical realism lens. Drawing inspiration from Cuban-American writer Ana Menéndez and Columbian writer Gabriel García Márquez, this thesis focuses on family relationships, especially how grief shapes those relationships and the people in them. The thesis approaches these issues of family, grief, and Cuban emigration by weaving a more grounded central narrative with an original fairytale.


Good Patients, Susan Mesler-Evans Jan 2022

Good Patients, Susan Mesler-Evans

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis is the first 21 chapters (approximately 150 pages) of a novel, Good Patients, accompanied by a complete synopsis. Good Patients is a social satire which seeks to touch on the flaws of the American healthcare system and social media culture, and how these two intersect for many people. To prepare for writing, I spent my first semester completing a guided reading list and preparing the synopsis, both of which were approved by my thesis chair. While writing, I consulted several medical articles to make my work as accurate as possible. The novel explores the way social media …


Guardian Angel, Savannah Hill Jan 2022

Guardian Angel, Savannah Hill

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


A Diary Entry On The Eve Of The Battle Of Bosworth Field, Amanda Sciandra Jan 2022

A Diary Entry On The Eve Of The Battle Of Bosworth Field, Amanda Sciandra

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


Lavender Sky, Tevye J. Schmidt Jan 2022

Lavender Sky, Tevye J. Schmidt

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


Church Of The Golden Arches, Sydney Clark Jan 2022

Church Of The Golden Arches, Sydney Clark

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


The Status Of Rigatoni, Pyra Intihar Jan 2022

The Status Of Rigatoni, Pyra Intihar

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


The Curiosociety, Luke G. Smith Jan 2022

The Curiosociety, Luke G. Smith

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


What Is The Female Gaze In Literature?, Cadence Dangerfield Jan 2022

What Is The Female Gaze In Literature?, Cadence Dangerfield

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Just as Laura Mulvey defined the male gaze, feminist scholars are constantly working to identify a female gaze in visual arts and literature. Does it exist? This project works to answer the following questions: What is the female gaze? Is it simply the male gaze in reverse, or is it something more, a lens encompassing the desire of intimacy instead of an inherent sexual desire? To find the answer, or at least one possible answer that I can situate myself and my writing into, I plan to read both fiction and scholarship and write utilizing a female character as she …


Beyond The Veil, Alyssa K. Malloy Jan 2022

Beyond The Veil, Alyssa K. Malloy

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Three centuries after the Veil’s destruction reunited the land of Mishnal, archaeologists make a discovery in the wild Veiled Lands that will shed light on the cataclysmic event that changed the world forever. Through their analysis of the unearthed memories in the Veiled Lands and remnants of manuscripts penned by key governmental figures, we learn about Mina, a woman with demonic heritage who knows the only way to free herself of her oppressors is by her own clawed hands and the sharpened teeth that she knows can rend flesh from her victims. The first book of the Beyond the Veil …


Their Eyes Were Always Watching And Other Stories, Steve A. Booker Jr Jan 2022

Their Eyes Were Always Watching And Other Stories, Steve A. Booker Jr

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

In this thesis, I cover discrimination in multiple forms, mostly racism and classism, through six short stories. The critical introduction includes my thought and revision process for each story. I discuss the academic works of Eugene Arya, Maggie Bowers, Lindsay Moore to explore the concepts of magical realism in my work and how it relates to the fiction of Carmen Maria Machado and N.K. Jemisin. Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of skaz and Lubomir Dolezel’s concept of the alethic alien are used in two of my shared world stories. It is my intention to show how discrimination affects multiple types of people …


Splitleaf, Sean M. Turlington Jan 2022

Splitleaf, Sean M. Turlington

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Set in the fantasy world of Vriim, Splitleaf follows the story of the protagonist Dellum Lovira as he journeys to regain his freedom, find purpose in his life once he has freedom, and develop into a self-actualized person beyond the shadow of his mother and the societal judgement for his multiracial status. Raised on the island chain of Riitol, Dellum is a half-blood between a human father and a Nifaren mother, a race of scaled and feathered people whose emotional investment struggles to move beyond self-interest. He must in the early chapters included here travel back to his original home, …


Gigi, Helen Wesley Kapp Jan 2022

Gigi, Helen Wesley Kapp

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Francis’s grandpa taught her how to wrestle alligators. By the time Francis was sixteen, she could hold her own, but all it takes is one gator. Just one gator who almost gets the best of you, and suddenly you’ve got a dead animal; somebody’s getting stitches; you’re getting haunted by the ghost of the alligator you just killed; and your mom’s making you move to Charleston to attend a swanky prep school where the kids don’t wrestle gators, but surviving the gossip is even harder.


A Bad Start, Timothy Poisson Dec 2021

A Bad Start, Timothy Poisson

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

No abstract provided.


Part-Time., Anthony Mark Piedmonte Dec 2021

Part-Time., Anthony Mark Piedmonte

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a creative writing project in prose covering the first 70 pages of a novel manuscript titled Part-time. Part-time will center around a 25-year-old medical school dropout starting a new job at a neighborhood golf clubhouse and gym. This coming-of-age narrative follows Danny as he struggles with his sexual identity, student debt, and job outlook after returning to the privileged community he grew up in. This sample will introduce the major characters, the clubhouse setting, and the forming relationship dynamics. By the end of these pages, readers will gain insight into how the part-time employees of the Longwood …


Untitled, Alexander Thompson Nov 2021

Untitled, Alexander Thompson

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.


(Re)Considering Craft And Centralizing Cultures: A Revision Of The Introductory Creative Writing Workshop, Zoë Bossiere, Micah Mccrary Oct 2021

(Re)Considering Craft And Centralizing Cultures: A Revision Of The Introductory Creative Writing Workshop, Zoë Bossiere, Micah Mccrary

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

This article explores options for introductory creative writing curricula that allow for and encourage a greater consideration of personal identity and audience on the part of the student-author. It reaches toward possibilities for revising the introductory creative writing course as a space for student-authors to not only consider the cultural positions of the professional authors they study, but also the ways in which their own subject-positions influence their writing practices, craft choices, and understandings of genre. The article overall proposes a holistic revision to the standard, introductory creative writing curriculum, moving student-authors beyond considerations of “good” creative writing, and toward …


Two Souls On A Shore, Geoffrey Reiter Sep 2021

Two Souls On A Shore, Geoffrey Reiter

The Mythic Circle

The elf and the Kuparean man were hungry as they walked along the shore of the island. They did not remain at the rock-choked shallows that had disemboweled their trireme.


The Tale Of The Troll Maiden And The Cobbler, David Gilman Frederick Sep 2021

The Tale Of The Troll Maiden And The Cobbler, David Gilman Frederick

The Mythic Circle

Once, in the lands across the sea, there was a cobbler. Unremarkable as such an occupation may be here, in those lands it is one of high esteem. They have rugged cliffs to scale, unknown steppes to cross, jagged boulders, spiny hedgehogs, mudflats, cacti, flints, vines, thorns— much of that land, I have heard, is picturesque, with sweeping vistas and forests that anticipate the colors of the sunset.


Welcome To The Busty Wench, E. Clarence Peterson Sep 2021

Welcome To The Busty Wench, E. Clarence Peterson

The Mythic Circle

Toby’s step down from the coach was greeted by the damp embrace of cobblestone puddles. Deceptively deep and cold, they were none too fresh, either.


The Black Eyes Of Ulspruth-Dimot, Lee Clark Zumpe Sep 2021

The Black Eyes Of Ulspruth-Dimot, Lee Clark Zumpe

The Mythic Circle

A misty morning met the awakening village of Madichi. Dawn made pale the cloudy skies, and upon the breeze cascading down from the mountains was a subtle chill.


Tricked By The Queen Of Fey, Ella Wallsworth-Bell Sep 2021

Tricked By The Queen Of Fey, Ella Wallsworth-Bell

The Mythic Circle

Before going to the pub, I take a quick stroll to pluck up courage. Turn along the lane out of the village, my smart shoes softly tap-tapping on the tarmac. A few early stars shine bright in the clear autumn sky and my stomach does somersaults.


How The Dryad And The Naiad Got Or Didn't Get Together, Kevan Kenneth Bowkett Sep 2021

How The Dryad And The Naiad Got Or Didn't Get Together, Kevan Kenneth Bowkett

The Mythic Circle

Once, in the river-land of Sopenya, near Lake Chellu, there lived a naiad and a dryad. They were a boy and a girl, respectively.