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A Fowl Fate, Jessy Taylor Apr 2025

A Fowl Fate, Jessy Taylor

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Subject, Ryan Doherty Apr 2025

Subject, Ryan Doherty

The Messenger

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The Messenger - 2025 Apr 2025

The Messenger - 2025

The Messenger

The objective of The Messenger is to encourage the appreciation and exploration of the creative arts on the University of Richmond campus. Since 1876, The Messenger has celebrated student work by publishing submissions in a literary and visual arts magazine. More information on the magazine, as well as past publications since 1987, can be found on messengerur.wordpress.com.

Acknowledgements

The Messenger staff would like to thank Dr. David Stevens for his continued support and guidance as our faculty sponsor. We are also grateful for the University of Richmond’s English and Visual and Media Arts Practice departments, who continually encourage students to …


The Human Cannonball, Reece Steidle Apr 2025

The Human Cannonball, Reece Steidle

The Messenger

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Everyday Heroism And The Journey Of The Community In The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet By Becky Chambers, Jari Käkelä Sep 2024

Everyday Heroism And The Journey Of The Community In The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet By Becky Chambers, Jari Käkelä

Heroism Science

This article examines the impact of everyday heroism on community in the science fiction novel The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014) by Becky Chambers. While science fiction often features superhuman action or scientist heroes and technocratic dystopian futures, Chambers’s novel represents the recent trend of hopepunk, which sets stories within mundane social interactions to imagine gradual positive change. Instead of its action-adventure potential, the narrative in Chambers’s novel focuses on the relationships between a multi-species crew of a spaceship, creating a heightened sense of the crew as a found family where individuals come to accept and support …


Cría Cuervos Y Te Sacarán Los Ojos, Nicole Llacza Morazzani Apr 2024

Cría Cuervos Y Te Sacarán Los Ojos, Nicole Llacza Morazzani

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Messenger - Spring 2024 Apr 2024

The Messenger - Spring 2024

The Messenger

The objective of The Messenger is to encourage the appreciation and exploration of the creative arts on the University of Richmond campus. Since 1876, The Messenger has celebrated student work by publishing submissions in a literary and visual arts magazine. More information on the magazine, as well as past publications since 1987, can be found on messengerur.wordpress.com.


Good Different, Amy Ogle Apr 2024

Good Different, Amy Ogle

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Bug Basher, Bella Stevens Apr 2024

The Bug Basher, Bella Stevens

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


For He Shall Be Like A Tree, Sean Doolan Apr 2023

For He Shall Be Like A Tree, Sean Doolan

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Caviar, Thomas King Apr 2023

Caviar, Thomas King

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Messenger 2023 Apr 2023

The Messenger 2023

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Paper Mill, Riley Fletcher Apr 2023

The Paper Mill, Riley Fletcher

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Blunder At The Snake Warehouse, Thomas King Apr 2023

Blunder At The Snake Warehouse, Thomas King

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Grey Monday, Riley Fletcher Apr 2023

Grey Monday, Riley Fletcher

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Voyager, Reid Koutras Apr 2023

The Voyager, Reid Koutras

The Messenger

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These Stories Always End In Disaster, Simone Reid Apr 2022

These Stories Always End In Disaster, Simone Reid

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Touching, Jack Doyle Apr 2022

Touching, Jack Doyle

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


November 13, Meredith Moran Apr 2022

November 13, Meredith Moran

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


What's Cooking?, Ray Barr Apr 2022

What's Cooking?, Ray Barr

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Case Of Wellstown, Reid Koutras Apr 2022

The Case Of Wellstown, Reid Koutras

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Elbow Road, Jonathan Gandara Apr 2022

Elbow Road, Jonathan Gandara

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Snowdrops, Anoush Margaryan Apr 2022

The Snowdrops, Anoush Margaryan

The Messenger

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The Early Stages, Riley Fletcher Apr 2022

The Early Stages, Riley Fletcher

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Messenger - 2022 Apr 2022

The Messenger - 2022

The Messenger

About the Publication

The objective of The Messenger is to encourage the appreciation and exploration of the creative arts on the University of Richmond campus. Since 1876, The Messenger has celebrated student work by publishing submissions in a literary and visual arts magazine. More information on the magazine, as well as past publications since 1987, can be found on messengerur.wordpress.com.


The Body, Jaime Wise Apr 2022

The Body, Jaime Wise

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Silk Rhodes, “Pains.”, Simone Reid Apr 2022

Silk Rhodes, “Pains.”, Simone Reid

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Control, Jassiem Konrad Apr 2021

Control, Jassiem Konrad

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Branchland, Riley Fletcher Apr 2021

Branchland, Riley Fletcher

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Furnishings, Cole Richard Apr 2021

Furnishings, Cole Richard

The Messenger

No abstract provided.