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Full-Text Articles in Nonfiction

The Keeper Of Black Rock Light, Suellen Wedmore Jan 2014

The Keeper Of Black Rock Light, Suellen Wedmore

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


Notes From St. John’S Hospital, Brenna J. Conley Jan 2014

Notes From St. John’S Hospital, Brenna J. Conley

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


[Introduction To] More Than Shelter: Activism And Community In San Francisco Public Housing, Amy L. Howard Jan 2014

[Introduction To] More Than Shelter: Activism And Community In San Francisco Public Housing, Amy L. Howard

Bookshelf

In the popular imagination, public housing tenants are considered, at best, victims of intractable poverty and, at worst, criminals. More Than Shelter makes clear that such limited perspectives do not capture the rich reality of tenants’ active engagement in shaping public housing into communities. By looking closely at three public housing projects in San Francisco, Amy L. Howard brings to light the dramatic measures tenants have taken to create—and sustain and strengthen—communities that mattered to them.

More Than Shelter opens with the tumultuous institutional history of the San Francisco Housing Authority, from its inception during the New Deal era, through …


Home Nowhere: Assorted Prose, Rebecca Fortes Jan 2014

Home Nowhere: Assorted Prose, Rebecca Fortes

HIM 1990-2015

Oftentimes, the children of immigrants find themselves straddling two worlds. As Americanized minorities, we navigate torn psychological landscapes in which uneasy dichotomies are formed: living up to our parents' expectations, or fulfilling our own; embracing tradition, or birthing a new culture; admiring the lives of our family, but wanting different for ourselves. These tough decisions are further compounded by identifiers such as age, race, and gender. My creative thesis, a collection of fiction and nonfiction, examines these issues through three central characters. In fiction, they are the Latina sisters Mel and Nena; in nonfiction, it is myself. Through these stories, …


The Girl With The Braid, Molly Rossi Jan 2014

The Girl With The Braid, Molly Rossi

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


The Messenger, 2014 Jan 2014

The Messenger, 2014

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


2, 3 And 5, Sabrina Islam Jan 2014

2, 3 And 5, Sabrina Islam

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


I Came A Stranger And Left A Maasai, Nabila Khouri Jan 2014

I Came A Stranger And Left A Maasai, Nabila Khouri

The Messenger

No abstract provided.


Lights And Shadows - 2014, University Of North Alabama Jan 2014

Lights And Shadows - 2014, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine


Opia: Revealing The I, Calliope Jan 2014

Opia: Revealing The I, Calliope

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Mercy, Stuart Ewen Ph.D. Jan 2014

Mercy, Stuart Ewen Ph.D.

Publications and Research

A dog named Finn makes heroic efforts to save the life of a fallen bird, while his human friend watches from a window.


My Hospital Experience, Bud Robinson Jan 2014

My Hospital Experience, Bud Robinson

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.


0820: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2014

0820: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed of papers related to Ken Hechler's careers in teaching and writing as well as his personal life. Some political materials are represented as well as artifacts and other memorabilia.