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Grace And The Abandoned, John Grey

Bryant Literary Review

Grace walks to the lake
and her critters follow.

Darwinian, Jennifer Tappenden

Bryant Literary Review

The first cry divides
itself from happiness

Looking Forward To The Farmer's Market, Stephen Germic

Bryant Literary Review

Slender lives of orphans, sewage of a nation,
they talk in old age about childhood.

A Poet's Uncle, Matthew Dulany

Bryant Literary Review

After the death of his sister-in-law, Bill Ruckelsmann began to pay more attention to his nephew.

Cutting Room Floor, Heather C. Miller

Bryant Literary Review

Rewind to the time out for Italian with the girls
and my lesbian best friend wanted to go halfsies

Afterlife--The Drowning Pool, Catherine Tahmin

Bryant Literary Review

when you die
they bring you warm towels

Ghost, Peter Barlow

Bryant Literary Review

South of Piqua there's a rest stop.

Handkerchief, Margaret Hasse

Bryant Literary Review

A constellation of small hearts
embroidered on a white linen square

Intrigue, Dennis Saleh

Bryant Literary Review

In a conspiracy
of sky

Airport, Alex Russo

Bryant Literary Review

a universe of utter transience connects people
moving in every direction like twelve thousand

Contributors

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

The Ballet Class, Kendall Klym

Bryant Literary Review

I'll be the first to admit that I'm no expert.

There Is Passion, There Is Not Love, Joseph Holt

Bryant Literary Review

The two of them met as co-panelists at a graduate economics forum in upstate New York.

Mossy Bottom Golf And Hunt Club, Andrew Joseph Albertson

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This is the story of Greg Goforth and Rick Hale, the owner and director of golf, respectively, of the Mossy Bottom Golf and Hunt Club. Greg and Rick work together through many comic mishaps in attempt to bring the 2015 U.S. Open to Mossy Bottom, Mississippi.

Satori 2013, Winona State University

Satori Literary Magazine

The Satori is a student literary publication that expresses the artistic spirit of the students of Winona State University. Student poetry, prose, and graphic art are published in the Satori every spring since 1970.

Volume 45 (2013), C. V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2013 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis. The publication contains fiction, non-fiction, art, poetry, and photography. The cover, "Rainbow of Kayaks," was photographed by Kathleen Gunton. The winner of the J. Calvin Koontz Poetry Award, given annually for a portfolio of poetry to a senior English major, is Elizabeth Van Halsema. The Broad River Review Editor's Prize in Poetry is chosen among all submissions from Gardner-Webb University students. The winners of the poetry award are Hannah Mayfield for her work titled, "A Woman in Labor" and Amy Snyder for her work titled, "In …

The Cyborg Griffin: A Speculative Fiction Literary Journal, Hollins University

Cyborg Griffin: a Speculative Fiction Literary Journal

Notes:

copyrighted

Hollins Student Publication

Scope: short stories, artwork, poetry, essays, and comics

Paper copies shelved in University Archives.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

Poseidon, Rachel E. Barber

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

The Sketchpad Of Carl Smithson, Emily A. Francisco

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

The Ride Home, Elizabeth C. Williams

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

A Clean Slate, Meghan E. O'Grady

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

Impossible Storyworlds And The (Unnatural) Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym, Mitchell C. Lilly

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The following thesis defends reading Edgar Allan Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym as an early example of an “unnatural narrative” in American literature. Adapting unnatural narrative theory, a recent area of study in narratology developed to analyze the existence of unnatural storyworlds, minds, and acts of narration prevalent in postmodern fiction, this thesis analyzes the unnatural dynamics at play in Pym’s storyworld and storytelling that do not comply with what the reader knows is otherwise physically, logically, or humanly impossible in the physical world. Legitimating Poe’s novel as a work of unnatural narrative coincides with arguing how the …

Speculation And The Emotional Economy Of 'Mansfield Park', Laura Vorachek

English Faculty Publications

At the midpoint of Mansfield Park (1814), the Bertram family dines at the Parsonage, and card games make up the after dinner entertainment. The characters form two groups, with Sir Thomas, Mrs. Norris, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant playing Whist, while Lady Bertram, Fanny, William, Edmund, and Henry and Mary Crawford play Speculation, This scene is central not only because Speculation reveals certain characters' personalities, but also because another type of “speculation” occurs during the game as the players contemplate or conjecture about one another. Moreover, “speculation” in the sense of gambling functions as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of …

The Rose Peddler, Victoria J. Reynolds

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

The Chamber, Kira J. Mason

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

Storytelling In Comics: Who, When, And Where In “Here”, Michael W. Hancock

Comics and Graphic Novels

Richard McGuire’s groundbreaking short comic “Here” (1989) revolutionized storytelling possibilities in comics. It may be used within a short story unit to demonstrate familiar elements of fiction, including setting, plot, and character. Moreover, its inventive use of panels within panels to juxtapose past, present, and future can serve as a model for students’ visual rendering of multiple points in time within a single location.

Lights And Shadows - 2013, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

Cleaved Open, Amanda Kelley

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A project thesis submitted to the faculty of Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Department of English at Morehead State University by Amanda Kelley in December of 2012.

R.A., Fred G. Leebron

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.