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Satori 2017, Winona State University, Sajda Omar, Elyse Hoffmann, Colin Kohrs, Rachel Willilams Belter, Audrianna Wichman, Ben Mccrary, Megan Wefel, Lisa Daraskevich, Nicole Johnson, Zachary Vix, Kaitlin Mccoy, Annette Deyo, Ben Teurman, Melody Vang, Zach Spanton, Alexis Prowizor, Charlie Utzman, Rich Herrmann, Ali Johnston, Danielle Eberhard

Satori Literary Magazine

The Satori is a student literary publication that expresses the artistic spirit of the students of Winona State University. Student poetry, prose, and graphic art are published in the Satori every spring since 1970.

The Satori 2017 editors are:

• Editor-in-Chief: Sajda Omar
• Poetry Editor: Karl Hanson
• Art/Design Editor: Danielle Eberhard
• Prose Editor: Cassie Douglas
• Poetry Committee: Kelly Johnson and Lydia Papenfuss
• Art/Design Committee: Aurie Brighton and Xinyue Wang
• Prose Committee: Katie McCoy, Madison Wilke, Megan Back, Alayna Godfrey, Madelyn Hall, and Sam Stormoen
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary Eddy, Professor of English

About The Postcard Above My Desk, Helen Wickes

Westview

No abstract provided.

Christmas Eve, Jim Kerbaugh

Westview

No abstract provided.

Burn Baby Burn, Cyndy Muscatel

Westview

No abstract provided.

Lonesome, Sheryl L. Nelms

Westview

No abstract provided.

Plainspeak, Dixon Hearne

Westview

No abstract provided.

The Care Map, Robert Sam Lackey

Westview

No abstract provided.

The Lightning Storm, Wulf Losee

Westview

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Contributors

Westview

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Black Woman, Noemia De Sousa

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

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Ana The Prophetess In The Temple, Adelia Prado

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

poetry

Mother Of Mankind & Of The World, Kardo Bestilo

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

poetry

That Woman With The Guitar At The Party, Raymond Philip Asaph

Westview

No abstract provided.

Grasshopper, Tom Pescatore

Westview

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Jean, Dennis Ross

Westview

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Winter Solstice, John Nizalowski

Westview

No abstract provided.

Equinox, John Nizalowski

Westview

No abstract provided.

Chaco: Notes On Light And Darkness, Allen Whitt

Westview

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Intergalatic Hitch, Tom Pescatore

Westview

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Juneau: Notes From The Bus, Cara Makuh

Senior Theses

This creative writing project is about a week I spent alone in Juneau, Alaska. All time and travel was spent on foot, bus and boat. Alone, I had many different experiences, and every time I interacted with a new person, that isolation became a shared experience, if even for a minute. Each day started out a blank slate, and eventually wrote itself into a story with a unique identity of its own as each day does as we travel through seconds and minutes that build up into completed days. Social interactions with so many different people turns them from strangers …

Reaching The Shore

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

The Ice Man, Mitch Lescarbeau

Bryant Literary Review

Bolzano, Italy

We jostle and joke in the waiting line's dark,
snaking toward the cold cube of light in the wall.

Sunny Side Up, Byron Case

Bryant Literary Review

It is ovoid simplicity incarnate,
perfectly palm-sized,
and crackable.

The Lion At Franklin Park, Kathleen Aponick

Bryant Literary Review

We observe you in sunlight, golden offering
on a sculptured mound, blinking, throwing back your head

Candle In The Wind, Sheryl L. Nelms

Bryant Literary Review

black
back lit
by the sprinkle of stars

Sexual Assault Prevention On College Campuses, Using Community Based Participatory Research Strategies To Craft A Creative Response, Adrianne Beer

Honors Projects

Sexual assault prevention and education programs have been working to develop successful ways to decrease sexual assault for almost to decades. Research has shown that despite efforts there has yet to be a program that effects statistics regarding campus sexual assault. This essay addresses several issues that explain why prevention programs have fallen short. It includes the study of victim blaming, the college party narrative, stranger rape, and bystander intervention. Examples from first hand reports of sexual assault and the study of BGSU prevention programs are used. The essay also addresses how our culture plays a role in sexual assault, …

From A Traveling Daughter: A Photographic Memoir, Lilian Murnen

Honors Projects

“World sits outside the door, A voice in your heart is calling, The ends of the world await, Traveling daughter, Feel the sunshine on your face, Starlight guides your feet, Earth and Sky will carry you, Journey after journey, One mountain to the next, Voice in your heart is calling.” (Abigail Washburn, “Song of the Traveling Daughter” translated from Mandarin Chinese)

My family keeps me safe, but it is this safety that protects me from the discomfort that is necessary for growth. Like Abigail Washburn’s “voices,” my discontent and my curiosity call me to venture far beyond what I can …

The Promethean, Volume 25, The Velvet Night, 2017, English Department, Concordia University-Portland

The Promethean

In these divisive times, we are at the precipice of greatness. Instead of subduing our voices or using them to antagonize others, we write. We type madly and scribble hurriedly. We communicate boldly and kindly. And, when we’re done, and really proud of it, we publish a literary journal.

If America is going to heal, let it be glorious. And what’s more glorious than writing?

On behalf of Dr. Kimberly Knutsen and Sonja Baumeister, the assistant managing editor, Amber Bains, the student editors and contributors, and myself, I present this year’s issue of The Promethean: The Velvet Night. …

Then & Now: Swosu Sayre Student Anthology 2017, Terry Ford, Holley Brewer, Scott Fronenberger, Arpril Miller, Edward Almenas

Sayre Writing Workshop Anthology

This publication contains the works of students attending the Sayre campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the spring, summer and fall semesters of 2017. This year’s edition also includes the winners of the college’s contest for high school juniors, called Timed W.A.R.P. (Writing And Research Project.)

This collection of works is produced in conjunction with the annual Literary Festival. Sponsors for the event are Language Arts instructors Terry Ford, Holley Brewer, and Scott Fronenberger, with help from Assistant Professor April Miller, librarian, and special thanks to the Dean of the College of Associates and Applied Sciences, Sherron Manning. Cover …

The Progression

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.