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Grisaille, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Love; Mental health

Ethereal Plan, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Religion; Prophecy

First Week Out..., Rashad El

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Re-entry, Rehabilitation; Drugs; Mental Health; Popular culture (Music); Religion/Morality

Invisible Me, Rashad El

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Race, Protest, Historical Memory (Black Freedom Struggle); Immigration; popular culture (books, film); Religion/Morality

Department Of Corruption, Rashad El

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Prison Life, Mental Health; Rehabilitation; Policing; Sentencing; Popular culture (film)

Are Gangs Working For The Klan?, Timothy Brown

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Political Essay; Satire; Poetry; Gangs, Ku Klux Klan; white supremacy; inter-racial violence; capitalism; racial empowerment; Black Power; Black Capitalism

The Mixed Blessing Of Freedom, So I Instruct (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Race; Popular Culture/Celebrity

Our Friends But Maybe Their Slaves, Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poetry on Race, Popular Culture/Celebrity

Accountability (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

No abstract provided.

Psychological Pressure (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

No abstract provided.

The Heart Is Never In Question (Collected Poems), Michael Issac Bethel

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poetry on Identity/Self-determination

Ivy Leaves, Volume 99, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2024 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Carson Cawthon, Allison Jones, Lily McNamara, Brea Bingham, Briana Martin, Emma Brightman, Grace Hartsell, Jaylee Koon, Maeve Foote, Marielys Diaz, Meg Hindman, Milena Ulrich, Zoe Dubiski-Pitts, Lindsay Blumenfield, Knoxie Le Roux, Lily Gregory, Ethan Wright, Jocelin Flora, Ellie Gramm, Iley Graham, Emily Miller, Julia Hewitt, Miriam Cabrera, Ashlee Keller, Isabelle Rigsbee, Abby McDonald, Derek Updegraff, and Tim Speaker.

Preserving Wonder And Welcoming Boredom: The Importance Of Quietly Incredible Adventures In Today’S Rushed Childhood, Amalia Hillmann

Children's Book Writing and Illustrating (MFA) Theses

Once upon childhoods past, children’s early years were filled with exploration of and delight in the world around them. They learned through independent play and chasing curiosity without the micromanagement of intervening adults. Inter-generational relationships grew character and knowledge via shared stories and skills and encouraged collaborative experiences and tasks. Today’s culture is losing this inquisitive, play-filled heart of childhood. Children are increasingly pulled through their earliest years and pushed into adolescence prematurely by impatient communities, unrealistic academic expectations, and distracted parenting. The loss of slightly-wild, unstructured adventures and rooted parent-child relationships in pre-teen years should be of interest to …

Intro To Poetry: An Immersive Workshop Experience, My'chyl Purr

Theses

A syllabus driven thesis for an undergraduate intro to poetry class that starts at the foundation of poetry and builds to creating and performing poetry.

Four Ways Of Looking At A Basket, Isde:W Tracy

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

No abstract provided.

I Am, Kimberly Barga Cob 24

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Milk Tooth, 2024, Bemidji State University, Eddie Anderson, Caroline Bender, Connor Brahms, Kendra Carriere, Shawn Cruze, Madelyn Dakken, Liz Fisher, Donovan Floyd, Brooke Froehle, Eve Gwendolyn Hansen, Gordon Hess, Sadie House, Iris Jensen, Lacey Lacey, Hannah Lewis, Marissa Marxhausen, Izzy Mcclintic, Jenika Moen, Emma Niessink, Grace Roecker, Lauren Winkelman, Nicholas Wolter

Milk Tooth

"Writings by Bemidji State University Students."  Sponsored by the Bemidji State University English Department.

Countering Dominant Narratives In Community: The Many Voices In Spoken Word Poetry, Natalie Raquel Acuña

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

In this project I research the counternarratives within spoken word poetry by authors of color (i.e., Rafeef Ziadah, José Olivarez, and Denise Frohman) and how they resist the dominant narratives that are broadcast towards a larger audience. I analyze categories of counterstory through the following paired themes: immigration/citizenship, and joy/trauma. I delve into the heavy importance of community within my project in the realm of spoken word poetry. A lot of poetry is going against dominant narratives, community within this discourse gives a sense of belonging and relatability to the experience of the spoken word performers.

Letter From The Editors, Devvrat (Dev) Bhakta Com 26, Shreaya Patel Com 26

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Meet The Pulse Editorial Board

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Nature Shaped, Anonymous 2

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

What I Pray For, Marina Ali Com 25

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Forbidding Entropy, Jasleen Sekhon Com 26

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

A Letter To Myself At 19, Anonymous 2

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Ravings Towards And Against, Bradley Smith Psyd 26

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Seasons Through The Window, Jessica Scroggins Com 26

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Ponderous Infinity, Keegan Van Reusen

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

No abstract provided.

I Met An Old Man, Brennig Davies-Hughes

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

No abstract provided.

Ukrainian Beauty, Daryna Gladun

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

‘Ukrainian Beauty’ is a collection of poetry that emerged from my two years in MALS. It confronts the misrepresentation of a female body and experience in a male-dominant society of a rising democracy.

The poetry collection commences with an essay, ‘Ukrainian Beauty—91’ and beyond,’ which delves into the historical and political backdrop of the first national pageant, ‘Ukrainian Beauty,’ held in February 1991, a pivotal year marked by the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The 20 poems in the collection reference the late 1980s-1990s artworks by the Kharkiv School of Photography and Odesa Conceptual Artists, Les Podervianskyi’s radio plays, texts …

Behind The Rhododendron, Tj Riley

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

Like a rhododendron, man most often presents to the observer his ornamental self. Yet, what keeps in the shadows of all he presents to the world? What remains beneath in the dark soils of past experience from where he’s come? What must perish and decay to yield hearty growth and an individual expression that reaches humbly, and more deeply, toward some divine light? And what of this seemingly intuitive notion of something sacred he may struggle to comprehend and know?

Behind the Rhododendron is an intensely personal collection of poems that earnestly strives to scratch at the surface of such …