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Jenny, Madeleine Adams

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Madeleine Adams is from Walker, Louisiana. She graduated from Louisiana Tech University on March 6th, 2020, with her Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in literature. She is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in English with concentration in post-1660s British literature. Madeleine is interested in modern retellings of myths/folklore and the effects of storytelling on literature. She is the current dual enrollment Graduate Assistant, and she tutors at the writing center. She likes to paint, read, sew, and write poetry when she gets the chance. She wants to go into publishing/editing books after graduating.

Welcome To Neverland, Lauren Washington

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Lauren Washington is a native to Ruston, Louisiana. She is studying English with a concentration in technical writing. She has always had a passion for reading and writing and hopes to one day work in the publishing industry.

To False Promises, And Failed Healing, Jackson Floyd

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Jackson Floyd is a senior, majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing. He is from Bossier City.

Response To Donne's "Woman's Constancy", Kristyn Hardy

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Kristyn Hardy is an English major at Louisiana Tech University with a concentration in creative writing. She was raised in a home surrounded by books, wit, and love, making the three somewhat synonymous to her. It has only been in the last couple years that she has considered dedicating her life to writing, but she loves it and cannot wait to see where it takes her.

Her, Alayna Juneau

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Alayna Juneau is a senior in interdisciplinary studies at Louisiana Tech University. She is passionate about telling stories through any medium. Her favorite things to do are pet cats, take naps, and play video games. She hopes to one day be a game developer, a writer, or a crazy cat lady.

Biographies

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

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The Feeling Of Foam & Other Essays, Ryan Erickson

Graduate School of Art Theses

I create conceptual drawings, collages, sculptures, and installations to humorously destabilize and ultimately question how human language, formal methodologies, and social institutions function. While seemingly embracing an aesthetic of rationality, I undermine it with absurdity. In my work, I take a fundamentally dialectical position by skewering the rational to the illogical as neither can exist without the other.

From Parsley And Sugarcane, Jennifer Celeste

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The Dominican Republic is the most travelled-to island in the Caribbean, attracting over 6.6 million travelers per year. However, according to renowned scholar and writer Frank Moya Pons, author of The Dominican Republic: A National History, The Dominican Republic is also “one of the least studied countries in Latin America and the Caribbean despite the fact that it is the longest European-inhabited territory in the hemisphere” (Moya Pons 9). To me, this says two things: first, that there is a hunger to explore the Dominican Republic, its culture, and its landscape, and second, that, despite the acknowledgment of all its …

Quand C'Est?, Shanice Casimiro

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Quand c'est? is an excerpt from a semi-autobiographical novel about a twenty-six-year-old Dominican American woman named Jada, who moves back to suburban New Jersey from Chicago to begin her PhD studies. Regrets cloud Jada’s initial excitement to escape Chicago (which for years has triggered memories of depression, anxiety, academic failure, and isolation) when the difficulties of cohabitating with her single mother, Altagracia, start to accumulate. Running parallel to Jada’s academic journey is an exploration of approaching bereavement. A few weeks prior to Jada's arrival, her grandfather, Domingo, began losing weight and having trouble breathing, eating, and sleeping. Jada must learn …

All Things Considered, Conor Murtagh

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Inspired by fictional works from Denis Johnson and Ken Kesey, in addition to trauma theorists Cathy Caruth, Sandra L. Bloom, and Anne Whitehead, All Things Considered details the painful past and pensive present of Evan and Darcey, two 30-somethings trying desperately to conceal their divorce from Evan’s parents during a holiday trip home. Separated into 10 chapters, this coming-of-age novella delves into the lives of the two main characters, Evan and Darcey, as well as supporting characters, Evan’s family - Mom, Dad, Chase, and the already-deceased Ashleigh. Split between expository information from the past and confrontations in the present, each …

Fly By Night, Patrick J. Sherman

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

A new member of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Campus Department of Flight participates in a night-time UAS operation, both to study the use of drones in responding to active shooter incidents by law enforcement, but also as a demonstration of proficiency to conduct future operations under the institution's daylight waiver, granted by the Federal Aviation Administration. While attempting an intricate maneuver, the newcomer finds that he has placed is aircraft in immediate peril and must make a difficult choice: confess his error in front of his new colleagues and seek help, or attempt to escape on his own and …

Heroes, Richard F. Colarco

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

This is a short story. It should be read for entertainment.

A Rose Bush, Ester Gallagher

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

Spring has arrived and flowers begin to awaken from their winter sleep. A rose bush thinks herself better than all the other flowers. A human woman comes to tend the garden regularly and the rose bush enjoys her presence. However, once the rose bush dazzles everyone with her newly boomed roses, the human woman returns and takes them. Devastated the rose bush finds comfort and friendship in the flowers she used to look down to. In the end the rose bush perks up and tries again at growing the perfect rose.

Literature Review Sonnet, Chelsea A. Lenoble

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

This poem is a sonnet that is modeled after Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" and demonstrates appreciation for the literature review stage of the research process.

Charmed And Dangerous, Gilbert Carbajal

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

Charmed and Dangerous is about a young man named Seth. A warlock, who possesses power over the elements. The story begins with him entering a festival with his date Thea. Thea is interested in finding a special spot she’s heard about and her and Seth set off to find it. Upon finding the area everything turns to chaos. Secrets and betrayals are revealed. And a battle for life, souls, and power ensues. With an ending that leaves you wanting more.

Short-Short Story, Jeffrey Caudle

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

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The Dawn Of A New Era, Eyon Mason

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

The story starts at the election year of present-day America and looks at the outcome of a people that are tired of corrupt government practices and leaders. It branches into a realm of new ideas and true democracy. The story follows the main character Castiel, who is an activist and soon to be leader of the New America. Castiel has one friend who is an activist as well named Ishmael and this story talks about their sudden rise to leadership and the challenges and enemies that follow to.

The Eulogy, Zeeshan Khan

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

The Eulogy

I didn’t know the amount of pressure that would come with being the first and only speaker at a funeral. Being a former comedian, I am not afraid of a crowd, but this crowd looks intimidating and dull. As I look around this dark and dusty church in Jacksonville, Florida. A city I’ve grown up in with my best bud Dennis, I hear my name being called. “Alexander, would you please step up and share a few words?” The Pastor says, with an eerie look on his face. I rise from my seat and walk to the podium, …

The Virginians, Andrew N. Knowles

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

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Hurt To Love, Christa Kaye Jishelle Casidsid

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

Family dynamics come in many different forms. Some are regarded by society as "healthy," others "toxic," but there are instances where there is a gray line. Once an only child grown to the older sibling, this daughter watches her family relationship. More particularly, she watches her parent that has been there by her side ever since she could remember. "Healthy" or "toxic" are words lost in confusion in her home. She cannot help but feel the pain of the actions and words from the years that built up in her struggle of endurance and martyr sacrifice.

Shadows In The Opera Lights, Kerry Mergler

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

A look into the bounds of love and if the chains can be broken when the curtain peals back to reveal the truth.

The Battle Of Falmouth Springs, Michael L. Bise

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

This story is about a group of half-witted teens that embark on their last adventure together before shipping off to basic training. This is an adventure that takes you into the depths of Stephen Foster's song, "Way Down Upon The Suwannee River."

Our secret swimming hole, campfires, old graveyards, first crushes, ghosts, and war set the scene of our last Hoorah! For this band of brothers, it was the end and a new beginning.

Night Sight, Christine R. Day

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

This poem uses symbols to discuss the elusive nature of understanding and implementing change.

Targets Of Opportunity, Richard F. Colarco

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

This is a short story about an Army doctor.

Night Flight, Ann Marie Ade

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

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The Game, Ann Marie Ade

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

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Fifty-Nine, Ann Marie Ade

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

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Letter From The Editor, Kristyn Hardy

The Quatrain

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Letter From The Dean, Donald Kaczvinsky

The Quatrain

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The Quatrain - Volume 5

The Quatrain

The Quatrain is managed by students at Louisiana Tech University and advised by faculty from the College of Liberal Arts. The journal is housed in George T. Madison Hall, where undergraduates collect, assess, and edit submissions from student writers and artists.

The Quatrain is a print and electronic project for people who value quality undergraduate writing and art. Full-dress researched, academic essays and scholarly explorations; photography; life-writing; sculpture; cultural criticism; work that has a reflective, autobiographical style; and creative writing in all its forms: We simply seek to display samples of the interesting, original, and quality work being produced by …