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Reed Magazine, Issue 154, Rita Bullwinkel, Alex Gulis, Ashley Burnett, Willow Gelphman, Andrew Mcclure, Ralph Robert Moore, Zach Murphy, Justin Noga, Jihoon Park, Linda Wilgus, Annie Zhu, Suzanne Rico, Joseph Sigurdson, Ashlee Beals, Geraldine Birch, Amelia Joy, Kathleen Mcnamara, Marcia Meier, Josue Montiel, Mackenzie Moore, Magda Romanska, Matthea Harvey, Scott Bade, V. Joshua Adams, Sally Ashton, Ellen Bass, Michelle Bitting, Cassandra Caverhill, Wortley Clutterbuck, Emma Depanise, Paul Dresman, Mary Anna Dunn, Jonathan Endurance, David Groff, Skye Jackson, Danusha Lameris, Megan Merchant, John A. Nieves, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, John Sibley Williams, Turner Wilson, Sarah Nolte, Tvisha Gupta, Erin Salazar, Q'Shaundra James, Alden Hughes, Shelle Barron, Janelle Aina S. Baylosis, Erik Beehn, Mason Brown, Jennifer Carrier, Daquane Cherry, Alex Gulis, Shen Chen Hsieh, Safia Ismail, London Ladd, Hector Ledesma, Jung Min, Gray Passey, Tracy Whiteside, Kenneth Zenz, Timothy Cech, Rachel A. Crawford, Matty Heimgartner, Nick Taylor

Reed Magazine

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Bully Me: A Graphic Novel; The Return: A Graphic Novel; Comakademix: A Comics Anthology; Leadbetter: A Comic; Laundry: A Minicomic -And- The Erotics Of Comics: An Exegesis, Bruce Roberts Mutard

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Beholding a comic is ideally, a pleasure. The work informs, entertains and stimulates the mind in some way. There is no gainsaying which works will affect which beholders howsoever it does, yet the expecta­tion of pleasure from a work of comics makes behold­ers seek it. Making the comic is also a pleasure, even if the process can be long-winded, winding and dif­ficult. The maker wants to give others the same plea­sure they drew from beholding comics, but in their way, making their vision of Batman, Lieutenant Blue­berry or, their own story worlds. What this research seeks to explain are many …

Leadbetter, Bruce Roberts Mutard

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

A satirical comic about the rogue, right-wing, gun-loving US Senator Leadbetter, who wins the presidency and installs a dictatorship, which solves all social problems with extreme prejudice.

Diamond Line - Fall 2020, Autumn Blaylock, Emily Corn, Heather Drouse, Claire Hutchinson, Elise Lusk, Alexis Jamilee Carter, Lauren Dial, Toby James Haymore, Caroline Jennings, Heidi Kirk, Brittaney Mann, Anna Karen Olivo, Hadley West, Tabitha Novotny, Lexie Price

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

In following up the premier issue of The Diamond Line, the fall 2020 editorial staff had big shoes to fill. We took on the challenge of creating something that would uphold the framework of Issue 1 while simultaneously branching out from its margins.

Like the editors before us, we had a vision, but ours took a new form — bright, warm colors. Sunset colors. Moons. Playful lines. Isolation and introspection. A stroll through an art gallery. A coming-of-age story bound between two groovy orange bookends. While Issue 2 does not have an overarching theme, we chose the cover art, “Pandemic …

72 Orchids, Lilly Hinckley

Manuscripts

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Underground Lipstick, Garrett Davis

Manuscripts

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Paris, Lilly Hinckley

Manuscripts

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What I Do, Miriam Berne

Manuscripts

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Stirring Movements, Brian Clow

Manuscripts

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If We Had A Kid, - Darrel -

Manuscripts

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Breathe The Machine, Matt S. Roberts, Terri Witek, Teresa Carmody, Dengke Chen

Electronic Literature Organization Conference 2020

Breathe the Machine

interspecies morph edition featuring a video conference and solo or synched blow-ins

Teresa Carmody Dengke Chen Matt Roberts Terri Witek

The FaaS were future-oriented. Every day, they contemplated the question: what kind of ancestor will you be?

A collaborative group composed of a prose writer, new media artist, 3-D animator, and poet enter your personal computers and suggest that in this particularly viral moment, individual breaths + machines may be the closest we get to community touch. An animated video conference offers the project's conceptual framework, including questions about invasive species and intimacy in this new world …

Square American Apple Pie, Karen Zheng

I2

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Every Journey Begins With The First Step, Timothy Poisson, Dom Bull

CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal

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Commonthought (2020), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

Some Thoughts

I2

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Her Nose Is Different From Her Nose, Mariama L. Dodd

I2

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The Lump In Her Breast, Michayla Ashley

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Michayla Ashley is a rising senior at the University of Arkansas, majoring in English (Creative Writing). She is pleased to say The Diamond Line Literary Magazine will be the first of many publications.

The Dogwood, Alyssa Tidwell

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Alyssa Tidwell is a native of Northwest Arkansas, where she is currently a Junior in pursuit of an undergraduate degree to teach English and French. She believes writing and reading are tools of empathy, designed to help us detach from self-oriented routine and fit into someone else’s “coat”.

Coffee Break, Reeya Gandhi

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Reeya Gandhi is a freshman at the University of Arkansas double majoring in social work and English (Creative Writing).

Girls, Heather Drouse

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Heather Drouse is a freshman studying English (Creative Writing) with the hopes that she will be able to find work in editing- or teaching-related coourses in the future. Most of her work consists of free-form poetry based on urban legends she heard growing up in farm-town Michigan, as well as her personal experience with exploring the natural world.

"If You Can't Join 'Em, Beat 'Em!" And "My Eyes Are Up Here!", Emily Shaddox

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Emily Shaddox is a junior BFA studio art student with a concentration in photography. This work circulates itself around the idea of her experience as a young woman in the modern, vain world—striking consideration about the competitiveness expected between females today.

Fatal Floral, Bia Edwards

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Bia Edwards is a sophomore and English (Creative Writing) major.

Primordial Goop, Gabrielle Vatthanatham

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Gabrielle Vatthanatham is a third year University of Arkansas Honors College Fellow majoring in English and French. As a memeber of the UARK English Department’s Diversity and Inlcusion Committee, she celebrates the production and transmission of literature from all people. She is Cancer, an INFP, and an overall goober.

The Disco Garden, Katy Wright

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Katy Wright is from Benton, Arkansas and is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas and a graphic design major.

Poem For Ann, Elizabeth Muscari

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

FELIX CHRISTOPHER MCKEEN POETRY CONTEST WINNER Elizabeth Muscari is a senior English (Creative Writing) major from Dallas, TX. Beginning Fall 2020, she will attend the University of Arkansas’ Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing and Translation

Chantix, Sara Schellenberg

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Sara Schellenberg is a senior from St. Louis majoring in studio art and English.

Window Drawing I, Justice Henderson

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Justice Henderson is a senior at the University of Aranksas recieving a BFA in painting, a BA in journalism and a minor in art history. Engaging with the abstraction of perception, Henderson uses painting and drawing techniques to investigate the concept of ephemerality and reconfigures shapes and colors to create a visual experience based on the illusion of three-dimensional space. Henderson lives on her homewtown of Morrilton, AR, where she continues to create paintings, drawings and installations.

From The Mist, Rashi Ghosh

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Rashi is a senior majoring in computer science, with a minor in mathematics. She enjoys ink drawing, pencil sketching, and watercolors in her free time.

Edited: A Poem About (Love) Changing Seasons, Zach Turner

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Zach is a fifth year senior majoring in English, History and Creative Writing and minoring in Spanish, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Gender Studies. After graduation in May he will be applying to MFA programs for Poetry or Fiction. In an ideal world, he would spend every day traveling, telling stories, and making art and hopes that he can base his future life around that ideal.

A Song For My Brother, Morgan Walker

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Morgan Walker is a senior from Prarie Grove, Arkansas and is a English (Creative Writing) major. Currently, Morgan is working on a collection of poetry for her honors thesis.