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The Monster In The Closet (Collectively, The Essays), Chanelle Burnett

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Creative Essays on Women prisoners; Humane treatment; Social Justice; Health care; Criminal Justice; Rehabilitation; Reform; Hypocrisy

Social Justice, Cedric Brumfeld

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice Essay on: racism; School-to Prison Pipeline; Jim Crow; Civil Rights; New Jim Crow; Slavery by Another Name; mass incarceration

Are Gangs Working For The Klan?, Timothy Brown

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Political Essay; Satire; Poetry; Gangs, Ku Klux Klan; white supremacy; inter-racial violence; capitalism; racial empowerment; Black Power; Black Capitalism

Dear Black People, Timothy Brown

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Critical Satirical essay on: Black Capitalism; Black Power; Black nationalism; slavery; colonialism; capitalism; Sojurner Truth; Harriet Tubman; Marvin Delaney; Mary McCloud Bethune

Untitled, Jerrell Brooks

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice autobiography on: Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd; I can’t breathe!; Ku Klux Klan; Criminal Justice system; All-white jury; religion

The Mixed Blessing Of Freedom, So I Instruct (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Race; Popular Culture/Celebrity

Our Friends But Maybe Their Slaves, Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poetry on Race, Popular Culture/Celebrity

Accountability (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

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Psychological Pressure (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

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The Heart Is Never In Question (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poetry on Identity/Self-determination

Untitled, Mark Barney

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice Autobiography on the topics of: Racial consciousness; Black Panthers; Nation of Islam; Race; Personal responsibility; George Jackson; Angela Davis; California Department of Corrections; Social Justice; Political consciousness

Untitled, Tyler Anerson

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Essay on Foster care; social workers; police brutality; community belonging

Them, John Adams

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Reflective essay on Homelessness; Military Service; Social Inclusion/Exclusion; Race; Social Invisibility

Untitled, Tyler Anserson

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice Autobiography on the topics of: Foster care; social workers; police brutality; community belonging

Ivy Leaves, Volume 99, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2024 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Carson Cawthon, Allison Jones, Lily McNamara, Brea Bingham, Briana Martin, Emma Brightman, Grace Hartsell, Jaylee Koon, Maeve Foote, Marielys Diaz, Meg Hindman, Milena Ulrich, Zoe Dubiski-Pitts, Lindsay Blumenfield, Knoxie Le Roux, Lily Gregory, Ethan Wright, Jocelin Flora, Ellie Gramm, Iley Graham, Emily Miller, Julia Hewitt, Miriam Cabrera, Ashlee Keller, Isabelle Rigsbee, Abby McDonald, Derek Updegraff, and Tim Speaker.

Preserving Wonder And Welcoming Boredom: The Importance Of Quietly Incredible Adventures In Today’S Rushed Childhood, Amalia Hillmann

Children's Book Writing and Illustrating (MFA) Theses

Once upon childhoods past, children’s early years were filled with exploration of and delight in the world around them. They learned through independent play and chasing curiosity without the micromanagement of intervening adults. Inter-generational relationships grew character and knowledge via shared stories and skills and encouraged collaborative experiences and tasks. Today’s culture is losing this inquisitive, play-filled heart of childhood. Children are increasingly pulled through their earliest years and pushed into adolescence prematurely by impatient communities, unrealistic academic expectations, and distracted parenting. The loss of slightly-wild, unstructured adventures and rooted parent-child relationships in pre-teen years should be of interest to …

The American West, 1899–1936: Prose, Poetry & Drama, Harriet Monroe, Michael R. Hill, Lindsay Atnip

Zea E-Books Collection

This comprehensive volume presents Harriet Monroe’s (1860–1936) previously unexplored love affair with the American West, an infatuation that blossomed in three interrelated genres: prose, poetry, and drama. Known internationally as the founder and influential editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, here Monroe is revealed as a prolific author with a passion for the people, scenery, and environments she encountered during western escapes from her constricted urban life in Chicago. Monroe’s western travels were transformative. Originally schooled in the literary and artistic traditions of Europe, Monroe became increasingly convinced of the fundamental importance of the American West as the …

I Am Indiana, Tyler Westerfield

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Thirteen, Tyler Westerfield

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Sweet Rain, Tyler Westerfield

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Intarsia Crochet, Amber Williams

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Hypnagogia, Michael Glover

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Regret, Colin Freeman

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Beautiful Life, Campbell Holler

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The Lost Pea, Campbell Holler

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Inter Alia, Brent Monnett-Whalen

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Footsteps And Phantasmagoria, Brent Monnett-Whalen

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My Life Consists Of Blankness In White Space, Brent Monnett-Whalen

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Untitled Photograph, Chloe Kramer

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My October 27th Reverie, Daniel Garcia

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