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Longlines, Morgan Tharp '26 May 2026

Longlines, Morgan Tharp '26

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

Morgan Tharp is a Senior English-Writing and Political Science double major. In her free time, she enjoys running for DePauw's cross country and track teams and reading.


On Mild Weather, Morgan Tharp '26 May 2026

On Mild Weather, Morgan Tharp '26

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

Morgan Tharp is a Senior English-Writing and Political Science double major. In her free time, she enjoys running for DePauw's cross country and track teams and reading.


How To Spend A Year Of Your Twenties Without A Car, Jane Duffy '26 May 2026

How To Spend A Year Of Your Twenties Without A Car, Jane Duffy '26

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

Jane Duffy is an English Writing and Studio Art double major at DePauw University. She is a painter, a creative writer, and the Editor-in-chief of A Midwestern Review for her fourth year of involvement. She enjoys hiking, drinking coffee, travelling, and creating things inspired by observation of the world around her.


Mondays At Moore's, Jane Duffy '26 May 2026

Mondays At Moore's, Jane Duffy '26

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

Jane Duffy is an English Writing and Studio Art double major at Depauw University. She is a painter, a creative writer, and the Editor-in-chief of A Midwestern Review for her fourth year of involvement. She enjoys hiking, drinking coffee, travelling, and creating things inspired by observation of the world around her.


Broken Nose, Addison Elliott '29 May 2026

Broken Nose, Addison Elliott '29

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

Addi Elliott is a writer based in Indiana whose work centers on short creative nonfiction. Through concise, image-driven storytelling, they capture vivid memories and explore family experiences. Drawing from lives, their work reflects storytelling as preservation and reinvention, creating pieces that linger and reveal the quiet complexity beneath everyday moments.


Credentials, Audrey Ickes May 2025

Credentials, Audrey Ickes

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

Audrey Ickes is a Senior English-Writing major and History and Communications double minor. Flip to page 31 to see the rest of her credentials or page 23 to find out why she writes whether she likes to or not.


Creative Nonfiction, Abby Mcarthur-Self Dec 2024

Creative Nonfiction, Abby Mcarthur-Self

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

Abby McArthur-Self is a senior from Greencastle, Indiana, double majoring in English literature and art history. Their art deals with themes of memory and nostalgia, particularly within the context of the home.


Gratitude., Beamlak Kebede Dec 2024

Gratitude., Beamlak Kebede

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

Beamlak Kebede is a student from Ethiopia currently double majoring in global health and political science with a minor in English writing. She is still exploring, but nonfiction has become her favorite genre! She loves reading books and crocheting cute trinkets in her free time.


Just Missed You Mom, Trista Keeton Dec 2024

Just Missed You Mom, Trista Keeton

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

Trista Keeton has always been a writer, ever since she held a pen she’s been writing little stories. The popular kids on the bus would pay her to write a survival plot line that included slight nudity. Now she’s writing at DePauw with no nudity :/ not as fun


In Yaakumech, Audrey Ickes Dec 2024

In Yaakumech, Audrey Ickes

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

Audrey Ickes is a Junior, majoring in English writing and double minoring in history and communications, studying abroad this semester at the University of Glasgow. She fancies herself as an amateur world traveler but has only really been to two continents. This is her third published work.


Mass Deconstruction, Oliver Spencer Dec 2024

Mass Deconstruction, Oliver Spencer

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

Oliver Spencer is a senior writing major from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He loves writing in many genres, but especially creative nonfiction, magical realism, and horror. He is planning on going to graduate school for a degree in library science. Oliver loves birds, theater, and researching.


Bird's Eye View-A Guide To Bird Behavior, Oliver Spencer Dec 2024

Bird's Eye View-A Guide To Bird Behavior, Oliver Spencer

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

Oliver Spencer is a senior writing major from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He loves writing in many genres, but especially creative nonfiction, magical realism, and horror. He is planning on going to graduate school for a degree in library science. Oliver loves birds, theater, and researching.


You Look Nice, Lily Monnett Dec 2024

You Look Nice, Lily Monnett

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

Lily Monnett is a Senior Environmental Biology major, English Writing minor, and Environmental Fellow at DePauw University. She is also a part of the DePauw Women’s Cross Country and Track teams.


The Wind Roared, The Rain Poured, And The Second Tent Flooded, Audrey Ickes Dec 2024

The Wind Roared, The Rain Poured, And The Second Tent Flooded, Audrey Ickes

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

Hailing from Jefferson City, Missouri, Audrey Ickes is a Senior Honor Scholar, majoring in English Writing and minoring in History and Rhetoric and Interpersonal Communications. Fun fact: her whole four years of college she's been on the search for another DePauw student who's from Missouri but not from STL.


Keep It (Them) Down, Jenna Reynolds Dec 2023

Keep It (Them) Down, Jenna Reynolds

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

Jenna Reynolds is a junior English writing major. Fiction is her preferred genre. She’s an actress, so stage/screen plays are some of her favorites to write, but others find her real life to be far too interesting for her to not also write nonfiction, so she gave it her best shot.


650 Words, Anne Gregg Dec 2023

650 Words, Anne Gregg

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

Anne Gregg is a writer and poet from Northwest Indiana. She is also the Editor-In-Chief of a Midwestern Review. Anne Gregg is an English writing major and has been published numerous times across the centuries, but most of her work has been lost to time.


A Mind Divided, Molly Venus Dec 2023

A Mind Divided, Molly Venus

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

Molly Venus is a junior English writing major. Her first publication was in the Fall 2022 issue of A Midwestern Review. She is currently serving as Vice President of Academic Affairs for DePauw Student Government and enjoys cooking delicious food with her friends in her free time!


The Rock Pile, Jenna Reynolds Dec 2023

The Rock Pile, Jenna Reynolds

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

Jenna Reynolds is a junior English writing major. Fiction is her preferred genre. She’s an actress, so stage/screen plays are some of her favorites to write, but others find her real life to be far too interesting for her to not also write nonfiction, so she gave it her best shot.


Old Rooms And Older Memories, Samuel Erickson Dec 2023

Old Rooms And Older Memories, Samuel Erickson

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

Samuel Erickson is a junior at DePauw University. They have a passion for writing poetry and creative fiction, and had a poem, “The Park Bench,” published in A Midwestern Review in the fall of 2022. Erickson is a non-binary author and often incorporates their life experience as a queer person into their works.


Boss Lady From Hell, Sydney Greene May 2023

Boss Lady From Hell, Sydney Greene

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

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Time Devoted, Emma Gillam May 2023

Time Devoted, Emma Gillam

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

No abstract provided.


Saint Brigid, Mary Of Ireland, Aubrey Bower May 2023

Saint Brigid, Mary Of Ireland, Aubrey Bower

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

No abstract provided.


Show Time, Halle Smith Dec 2022

Show Time, Halle Smith

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

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Middlewestern, Anonymous _ Dec 2022

Middlewestern, Anonymous _

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

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Cadaver Lucy, Gabriela Guerrero Dec 2022

Cadaver Lucy, Gabriela Guerrero

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

No abstract provided.


You Must Choose At Least One Race, Gabriela Guerrero-Martinez May 2022

You Must Choose At Least One Race, Gabriela Guerrero-Martinez

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

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Purple, Madeline Harper May 2022

Purple, Madeline Harper

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

No abstract provided.


Longing, Abel Bates May 2022

Longing, Abel Bates

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

No abstract provided.


Thanks, Mariam Lobjanidze May 2022

Thanks, Mariam Lobjanidze

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

No abstract provided.


Stuff They Don't Tell You About Your Whisker Biscuit, Rose Overbey May 2019

Stuff They Don't Tell You About Your Whisker Biscuit, Rose Overbey

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

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