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Editors' Note, Katherine M. Carithers, Caroline E. Cook

HUMBUG

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We Will Plant Birds Of Paradise, Genevieve A. Rheams

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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Two Makes A Couple: Fictions On Intimacy, Alyssa C. Conner, Jessica Richardson

Honors Theses

This portfolio of fictional short stories was created through the inspiration from constraints drawn from various published short stories. Constraints are a literary technique in which the writer is bound to certain elements or inspires a pattern within a work of writing. Each short story takes place in contemporary society and within the pieces, intimate moments between two individuals are explored throughout. This portfolio, through symbolic language, examines the relationship between our identities and our closest alliances, whether those are our romantic partners, platonic partners, or siblings.

And They Shall Be Men: An Original Anthology & Analysis Of The Modern Male Bildungsroman, Margaret Cox

Senior Honors Theses

The stories that boys have been told about what it means to be a man change throughout history. This study considers the postmodern effect of masculinities, female empowerment, as well as the canon of Western bildungsroman in an attempt to understand how the narratives have changed over the past 50 years. Additionally, an anthology of original fiction illustrates how universal stories persist within the changing social narratives.

The Ant Story, Joelle Jimenez, Laiza Pacheco

Fiction and Poetry

The Ant Story follows a family of ants on their journey to finding a new home.

Chattel House Series, Rena King

I2

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Roots, Reva Dixit

I2

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Eve, Mariama L. Dodd

I2

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Venus Rising, Mariama L. Dodd

I2

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Firm Roots, Noah J. Campbell

I2

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Shiwonhada, Betty Kim

I2

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Radicals Have Conquered The American University, Jasmine Collins

I2

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Honey, Honey, Cia N. Gladden

I2

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Red And Blue, Cia N. Gladden

I2

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Untitled Poem, Mary L. Alvarez

I2

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We Cool, Samuel M. Migwi

I2

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All Smiles, Zoe F. Chen

I2

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Roots, Zoe F. Chen

I2

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Papercut, Zoe F. Chen

I2

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Chinatown, Zoe F. Chen

I2

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Tangerine, Karen Zheng

I2

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Flightless, Danielle Gorin

Theses

The stories in this collection occupy a range of genres: realist literary fiction, slice of life, horror, magical realism/fabulism. While most of the pieces are short fiction, there is one short short, and one flash piece. What unites these disparate styles and forms is a concern with the everyday, with family dramas. Flightless is interested in exploring the dynamics of different familial relationships, particularly that of mothers and their children. These relationships, even good ones, can be fraught with expectations, guilt, and feelings of obligation unique to the expected roles of mothers and children, and my stories seek to investigate …

Groundless, Niara Jackson

Theses

Groundless is a collection of realist short stories that follow original characters as they move into a new understanding of themselves. They may think they are grounded in who they are, but each character learns new things that often contradict what they think they know about themselves. As with anyone, it is important that these characters re-examine who they think they are and look outward – what has made them that way? Is their perception accurate? Are they being fair to themselves and those around them? New understandings of what they believe about themselves and about their world are always …

Treading The Winepress; Or, A Mountain Of Misfortune, Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen, Gabrielle Brown, Eric Willey, Jean Macdonald

Undiscovered Americas

“Every life hath its chapter of sorrow. No matter how rich the gilding or fair the pages of the volume, Trouble will stamp it with his sable signet.”

So begins the novel Treading the Winepress; or, A Mountain of Misfortune by Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen, which, had it appeared in book form in 1885–1886 instead of serialized in The Boston Advocate, would have been the second novel published by a black woman in the United States. Instead, Allen has been mostly forgotten by literary history. Now, thanks to the painstaking efforts of editors Gabrielle Brown, Eric Willey, and Jean …

An Intergalactic Diplomat, Arianna Marie Sanchez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This manuscript tells the story of Princess Luna McGlothen as she travels to the Eighth Galaxy Alliance as part of Earth’s first attempt at intergalactic diplomacy. Set in the distant future, Princess Luna is the heir to the throne of the Royal Republic of North America and is trying to prove to her authoritarian mother, and to herself, that she is worthy of her birthright. Across the universe she makes friends and enemies, experiences true betrayal, and realizes that she has what it takes to be a great leader.

Void, Bethany Fink

Honors Projects

This is a work of fiction. It forays into topics such as mental illness and how it affects relationships with friends and family. Trigger warnings include anorexia, self-harm, depression, and suicide ideation.

Troubles Of Ants, Dongwon Oh

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Deerslayer, Colin Sharp-O’Connor

Gandy Dancer Archives

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The Abyss, Jonathan Green

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Mud, Jamie Henshaw

Gandy Dancer Archives

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