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Open Doors, Meagan R. Baccinelli May 2017

Open Doors, Meagan R. Baccinelli

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This memoir is about community, family and race relations as the author experiences them in New Jersey, where she grew up, at University of Maryland, where she went to college, in Washington, D.C., during Barack Obama’s presidency, and in New Orleans, where she lands in her late twenties. It is meant to shed light on the possibilities and beauty to be found in diverse, close-knit communities, where people share in each other’s joys and sorrows. It also speaks to the importance of romantic partnerships in which both people share the same values, and explore and grow together.


Sea Stories, Robyn Hoskins May 2017

Sea Stories, Robyn Hoskins

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Sea Stories is a collection of creative nonfiction essays centered around the growth of a young woman through her experiences with water and ships. The pieces trace the origins of the narrator's tie to water from a childhood involving boating with her dad to sailing a brigantine across the Pacific Ocean and then a six-year career as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. The narrator's relationship with her father, predominantly viewed through their shared intimacy with water, is a base theme for the whole collection. Other themes explored in individual essays include reckoning expectations with reality, explorations of the …


Yǒng Bù Fàngqì, Briana Owens May 2017

Yǒng Bù Fàngqì, Briana Owens

Navigations: A First-Year College Composite

February 12th, 2016 starts out like any other day for author Briana Owens, but it won’t stay that way for long. After a series of disappointing events, Owens finds herself stranded in a parking lot with a car that won’t start, and decides enough is enough—she’s ready to make a big change in her life. In this personal narrative, Owens introduces herself, her family, and the circumstances that led to her first year at Kennesaw State University. Though she faces several challenges along the way, Owens is determined to be the first in her family to go to …


A Mile In My Shoes, Josh Sanders May 2017

A Mile In My Shoes, Josh Sanders

Navigations: A First-Year College Composite

Everyone’s path is different. Everyone has the ups, the downs, the bumps, and the turns that shape their lives. In this personal narrative, author Josh Sanders shares some of the pivotal experiences that have helped him to become the man he is today. From coping with racial discrimination at school to struggling with the expectations of his father, Sanders is able to gain strength from adversity and deepen his appreciation for the people in his life who have supported him along the way.


To Continue The Norm, Mia Samuels May 2017

To Continue The Norm, Mia Samuels

Navigations: A First-Year College Composite

Author Mia Samuels grew up with many privileges, but it wasn’t always that way for her family. In this personal narrative, Samuels documents her grandmother’s efforts to escape the poverty of her youth and offers insight into the transformative power of education. Brought up to take pride in her own academic gifts, Samuels is a successful and confident student, until a tough high school teacher shakes her belief in her ability. Ultimately, however, Samuels decides she won’t be deterred from her goals and commits herself to protecting the privileges her family has worked so hard to secure by furthering her …


Time Travel, Labour History, And The Null Curriculum: New Design Knowledge For Mobile Augmented Reality History Games, Owen Gottlieb May 2017

Time Travel, Labour History, And The Null Curriculum: New Design Knowledge For Mobile Augmented Reality History Games, Owen Gottlieb

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This paper presents a case study drawn from design-based research (DBR) on a mobile, place-based augmented reality history game. Using DBR methods, the game was developed by the author as a history learning intervention for fifth to seventh graders. The game is built upon historical narratives of disenfranchised populations that are seldom taught, those typically relegated to the 'null curriculum'. These narratives include the stories of women immigrant labour leaders in the early twentieth century, more than a decade before suffrage. The project understands the purpose of history education as the preparation of informed citizens. In paying particular attention to …


Contributors, Manuscripts Staff May 2017

Contributors, Manuscripts Staff

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List of contributors and short biographies.


Dreams Of The Past, Present, And Future, Camille Bates May 2017

Dreams Of The Past, Present, And Future, Camille Bates

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Illustration by Camille Bates.


Sharp, Kasey Kirchner May 2017

Sharp, Kasey Kirchner

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Poetry by Kasey Kirchner.


It’S Not You It’S Me (And Other Lies Told At Kickapoo State Park), Erica-Noel Ortega May 2017

It’S Not You It’S Me (And Other Lies Told At Kickapoo State Park), Erica-Noel Ortega

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Poetry by Erica-Noel Ortega.


Destroying Angel, Karena Bakas May 2017

Destroying Angel, Karena Bakas

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Poetry by Karena Bakas. Runner-Up in the 2017 Manuscripts Poetry Contest with Alessandra Lynch.


Mossywater, Ariana Hays May 2017

Mossywater, Ariana Hays

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Illustration by Ariana Hays.


> Define (Var_6f33k92.Status); <>, Jay Kaiser May 2017

> Define (Var_6f33k92.Status); <>, Jay Kaiser

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Prose by Jay Kaiser.


My Resume Entry, Justina Kaiser May 2017

My Resume Entry, Justina Kaiser

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Poetry by Justina Kaiser.


Goldenrod Girl, Camille Bates May 2017

Goldenrod Girl, Camille Bates

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Illustration by Camille Bates.


The Puppies, Chloe Sell May 2017

The Puppies, Chloe Sell

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Poetry by Chloe Sell. Winner of the 2017 Manuscripts Poetry Contest with Alessandra Lynch.


Homecoming, Spencer Lough May 2017

Homecoming, Spencer Lough

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Prose by Spencer Lough.


New Exhibit At The Zoo, Matthew Del Busto May 2017

New Exhibit At The Zoo, Matthew Del Busto

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Poetry by Matthew Del Busto.


I Capitalized “Woman” And It Hasn’T Killed Us Yet, Megan Cooper May 2017

I Capitalized “Woman” And It Hasn’T Killed Us Yet, Megan Cooper

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Prose by Megan Cooper.


Film Noir, Ariana Hays May 2017

Film Noir, Ariana Hays

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Illustration by Ariana Hays.


Throwing Dirt, Kate Emmert May 2017

Throwing Dirt, Kate Emmert

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Prose by Kate Emmert. Winner of the 2017 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Kelsey Parker Ervick.


Fairy Letters, Brittan Semler May 2017

Fairy Letters, Brittan Semler

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Poetry by Brittan Semler.


Regret, Rachel Worley May 2017

Regret, Rachel Worley

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Poetry by Rachel Worley.


Elephant Ears, Ariana Hays May 2017

Elephant Ears, Ariana Hays

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Illustration by Ariana Hays.


#42, Hayley Gearheart May 2017

#42, Hayley Gearheart

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Prose by Hayley Gearheart.


Dead Brother, Kelsey Richey May 2017

Dead Brother, Kelsey Richey

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Poetry by Kelsey Richey.


Westfriedhof, Michael Andrews May 2017

Westfriedhof, Michael Andrews

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Photograph by Michael Andrews.


Interview With Marlon James, Julian Wylie May 2017

Interview With Marlon James, Julian Wylie

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Marlon James is the author of three novels, most recently A Brief History of Seven Killings, which won the coveted Man Booker Prize in 2015. He is also the writer behind John Crow’s Devil, published 2005, and The Book of Night Women, published 2009. Since 2007, James has been a professor of creative writing at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has also written for numerous publications, including The New York Times. During his visit to Butler University as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series, James took the time to speak with …


Elegy For My Wisdom Teeth, Claire Christoff May 2017

Elegy For My Wisdom Teeth, Claire Christoff

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Poetry by Claire Christoff.


Muros, Arisa Moreland May 2017

Muros, Arisa Moreland

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Prose by Arisa Moreland. Runner-Up in the 2017 Manuscripts Prose Contest with Kelsey Parker Ervick.