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After Harry's Suicide, E. G. Silverman

Bryant Literary Review

I had not dreamed, so at first I remembered nothing.

The Widow, Francine Witte

Bryant Literary Review

She stands straight up for the first time
in years. So many hours spent hunched

Mcneal's Rant, Lucile Blanchard

Bryant Literary Review

"McNeal's Rant" is a Scottish country dance, a 40-bar strathspey, and a variation of "The Black Dance," a 32-bar reel. It is danced by Ian and Abigail McNeal (first couple) and Rick and Rita Milton (third couple).

Bars 1-4: First couple turns with the right hand.

The Sting Of It, Denise Utt

Bryant Literary Review

If I could retire
I wouldn't have to commute
to the whims of the wind

East Of My Birth, Dennis Trudell

Bryant Literary Review

Even in their homes, the island villagers
sometimes had to raise voices to be heard

An Appeal, Mary Soon Lee

Bryant Literary Review

Colleagues, let us terminate forthwith
the reprehensible hegemony

The Back Garden, Suruchi Mohan

Bryant Literary Review

After weeks of passing messages through Mrs. Khanna, Ruchir Kapoor's parents had picked a time to see the girl.

Problema Ng Makata Sa Panahon Ng Terorismo/The Problem Of The Poet In A Time Of Terrorism, E. San Juan, Jr.

Bryant Literary Review

Nangungulila Tila luho't karangyaan

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

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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.

The Butterfly House, Sarah Leander

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.

On The Train, Zachary Rowe

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Slackwire Calliope, Lauren Dale Oetinger

Dissertations

This collection of essays and stories strives to consider questions of belonging and estrangement, family, and the many layers of the human experience. This collection is equally interested in questions of genre, and the potential for genre to stretch its own limits. Above all, this collection endeavors to question what makes a story, and what makes a story good.

Pyramid Of The Sun, James Joseph Brown

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Pyramid of the Sun is a novel which is experimental in structure. It weaves traditional prose with original poems based on Aztec creation myths. The narrative is not strictly linear, but approaches the plot from several angles - past, present, and future - simultaneously. It comes back to its starting point at the end, like a snake devouring its own tail. The novel takes the Aztec and Mayan belief that time is circular and never-ending and reinterprets it in a contemporary, hard-edged setting that touches down at various points across the globe, including Moscow, Seville, Seoul and Las Vegas. Pyramid …

In What Array That They They Were In And Participating Godlike Food, Thomas Jackson Wills

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

I am submitting two manuscripts for my creative dissertation, In What Array That They Were In and Participating Godlike Food. The former is a sequence of odes followed by a brief epic, followed by a cycle of verse dramas, with an ode epilogue. The latter is a book-length excerpt from an epic poem/crime novel/Menippean satire/television show/Dada collage/historical document/vatic investigation that comes in 20 page sections that are supposed to approximate the 42 minutes of an average crime show.

Lungs, Lara Elmayan

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.

Raising Sasquatch, Trisha M. Cowen

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.

February Burning, Stephon Lawrence

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.

Effigy, Meaghan Castle

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.