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Interview With Lev Grossman, Cassandra Christopher

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I’m not an especially emotional being. But when I first read The Magicians, I was furious. I spent thirty minutes trying to explain my anger to my family and to my best friend. I felt that Lev Grossman had soiled Narnia, the most precious world I’d ever known, with a protagonist, Quentin, who was a self-absorbed ass. My advisor, who had recommended the series to me, suggested that perhaps it was an homage rather than a deconstruction, that Lev Grossman loved this world as much as I did and wanted to work with it in a wholly new way. At …

Dry, Claire Christoff

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Poetry by Claire Christoff.

Paideia, Carey Ford Compton

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Prose by Carey Ford Compton.

Catherine, Earl Townsend

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Poetry by Earl Townsend.

Alter Ego, Mariam Saeedi

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Illustration by Mariam Saeedi.

Stained, Katherine Shelton

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Prose by Katherine Shelton. Winner of the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

Purples, Sarah Bahr

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Poetry by Sarah Bahr.

Interview With Dean Young, Wesley Sexton

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Dean Young has authored twelve books of poetry, his most recent contribution being a collection of new and old poems entitled Bender. His book Falling Higher was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Young has served as the William Livingston Chair of Poetry at the University of Texas in Austin since 2008.

My Brother’S Keeper, Kaylie Ann Pickett

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Prose by Kaylie Ann Pickett. Finalist in the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

Coping, Mikayla Marazzi

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Poetry by MiKayla Marazzi

Dark As Skin, Alexandrea Sanders

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Poetry by Alexandrea Sanders.

After The Baby, Carey Ford Compton

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Prose by Carey Ford Compton. Runner-Up in the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

On The Execution Of Last Year, Cole Hardman

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Poetry by Cole Hardman.

Interview With Roxanne Gay, Chelsea Yedinak

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Roxane Gay is a writer, editor, blogger, and professor with a diverse bibliography. Her written works include Bad Feminist, An Untamed State, and the forthcoming Hunger. She is also a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times and a professor at Purdue University. Her work often handles race, gender, and sexuality through the lens of her own personal experiences. During her visit to Butler University as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series, Gay took the time to speak with Manuscripts staff member Chelsea Yedinak.

First Date, Ashley J. Junger

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Prose by Ashley J. Junger.

Bluebird, Chelsea Yedinak

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Prose by Chelsea Yedinak. Finalist in the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

Vessel, Meghan L. Davis

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Poetry by Meghan L. Davis.

Interview With Laila Lalami, Cassandra Christopher

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In an interview with National Public Radio, Laila Lalami mentioned that she believed the “closest we come to truth is in the form of fiction.”

Truth: the supernatural powers that be do not spare anyone based on race or religion. In shared adversity we all become equal.

Truth: humans are complex creatures, equally capable of cruelty, kindness, and unimaginable darkness in desperation. No one is purely hero or villain.

Truth: Mustafa, the titular character of Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account tells us what he knows as fact, but we must infer our own truth, so that each reader discovers his …

Providence, Elena Decook

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Prose by Elena DeCook.

Reading Boy, Marissa Pruett

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Illustration by Marissa Pruett.

Merry Christimas, Papa, Sarah Coffing

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Prose by Sarah Coffing.

Jake, The Too-Angry Child, Katherine Shelton

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Poetry by Katherine Shelton.

Phobias, Michelé Strachota

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Prose by Michelé Strachota. Finalist in the 2016 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Benjamin Percy.

Interview With Anne Marie Macari, Wesley Sexton

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Anne Marie Macari is the author of five books of poetry. Most recently published was her book Red Deer, which was released in 2015. She spoke to a Manuscripts staff member, Wesley Sexton, about how to generate new material and what to do when ideas seem blocked. Macari founded and teaches in the Drew MFA Program for Poetry & Poetry Translation.

Sophomores, Claire Christoff

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Poetry by Claire Christoff.

Mowin' Day, Carey Ford Compton

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Prose by Carey Ford Compton.

Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff

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Includes table of contents and note from faculty advisor.

Full Issue, The Anthology

The Anthology

This is the entirety of the 2016 Winthrop Anthology issue.

The Lantern, 2015-2016, Blaise Laramee, Sarah Gow, Mara Koren, Adam Anderson, Madison Bradley, Sophia Gamber, Linden Hicks, Joshua Hoffman, Giselle Horrell, Alexander Kramer, Chi-E Low, Alexzandria Luben, Kevin Moore, Brian Thomas, Mayuko Todaka, Kara Travis, Solana Warner, Henry Willshire, Alyse Brewer, Kristen Costello, Rae Hodenfield, Jason Varma, Allison Arinaga, Brandon Carey, Faith Carson, Kevin Choice, Julia Crozier-Christy, Courtney Duchene, Ryan Ferguson, Lauren Geiger, Jada A. Grice, Albert Hahn, Alexandra Hemp, Michael Heimbaugh, Darrah Hewlett, Jordan Hodess, Sean Kenny, Dana Kluchinski, Brian Leipold, Juan Lopez, Mary-Kate Mcgrath, Johnathan Myers, Temi Olafunmiloye, Valerie Osborne, Serena Schaefer, Nicolas Shandera, Emily Shue, Amanda Sierzega, Samantha Straughn, Paige Szmodis, Collin Takita, Kathryn Bormann, Sarah Defelice, Mario Heitman '18, Mary A. Holmcrans, Chukyi Kyaping, Morgan Larese, Andrew Tran

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• Ghosts
• Going to China
• 98% Guaranteed
• Constellation/Boulevard
• Prayer
• The Little One
• Burning
• The Amber Macaroon
• Becoming
• Requiem
• Construction Site
• Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dragon
• Charlie
• No Sleep
• A Lesson in Physical Education
• Statues
• Who Can Love a Black Woman?
• Apples
• Fun Craft
• The Door at Midnight
• Eve as a Book in the Bible
• Boys
• Diamond Heart
• To Apollo
• Joanne and Her July Garden
• Option A, 1936
• Young White Girls, Hollow Bodies, …

Nexus, Spring 2016, Wright State University Community

Nexus Literary Journal

Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.