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Black Box 2020, Patricia Watkins, Rami C., Eileen Landis-Groom, Gabrielle Pingleton, Daniel Nunez, Audree Davis, Zachary Felton-Priestner, Jordan King, Caleb T. Williams, Keith Tanner, Alexa Pacheco Olguin Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Jennifer James, Marta Verdun Li Bassi, Mark Sinclair

Black Box

The Black Box is a student based creative publication serving the Embry-Riddle Prescott campus. It is our goal to provide a showcase for the creativity and talent of the Embry-Riddle students. Creative works by members of Embry-Riddle's faculty and staff are included.

"If You Can't Join 'Em, Beat 'Em!" And "My Eyes Are Up Here!", Emily Shaddox

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Emily Shaddox is a junior BFA studio art student with a concentration in photography. This work circulates itself around the idea of her experience as a young woman in the modern, vain world—striking consideration about the competitiveness expected between females today.

Trees And Moon, Jonelle Lipscomb

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Jonelle is a former teacher of drama and filmmaking at Fayetteville High School. Since her retirement, she has pursued her creative interests in photography and writing by enrolling as an undergraduate at the U of A with an undeclared major.

To Be Still, Sophia Crozier

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Sophia is a junior English Education major at the University of Arkansas, who loves capturing moments on camera in the midst of adventure and discovery. “Hangzhou” was taken in China, and “To Be Still” was inspired by peaceful moments captured at a popular Fayetteville hiking destination,

Shale Play: Poems And Photographs From The Fracking Fields By Julia Spicher Kasdorf And Steven Rubin, Kelly Shepherd

The Goose

Review of Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin's Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields

Black Box 2019, Shane C. Baskit, Jon Haass, Alan Malnar, Ryan Mahoney, Eileen Landis-Groom, Tom Perkins, Gary L. Griffith, Patricia Watkins, Courtney Turner-Rathbone, Hugo Fonck, Kelvin Russell, Martin Kurkchubasche, Jordan King

Black Box

The Black Box is a student based creative publication serving the Embry-Riddle Prescott campus. It is our goal to provide a showcase for the creativity and talent of the Embry-Riddle students. Creative works by members of Embry-Riddle's faculty and staff are included.

The Return Of The Dead: Resurrecting Chappell's Family Gathering, Jonathan Moore

Master's Theses

This thesis examines Fred Chappell’s virtually overlooked collection of poetry Family Gathering (2000), and how the poems operate within the mode of the grotesque. I argue that the poems illuminate both the southern grotesque and Roland Barthes’s theory of photography’s Operator, Spectator, and Spectrum. I address Family Gathering as a family photo album full of still shots, snapshots, and even selfies, which illumines how Chappell’s use of the grotesque in this collection derives more from its original association with visual arts rather than only depicting the grotesque typically associated with characteristics deemed explicitly shocking or terrifying. I argue that …

Hearing Through Walls, Bradley Marshall

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The photographer discusses work in “Hearing Through Walls”, a Masters of Fine Arts thesis exhibit held at downtown Tipton Gallery from February 19th through March 2nd, 2018. The exhibition consists of 15 archival inkjet prints and one two-channel video piece, representing the artists three-year exploration into narrative forms in image making. Using non-traditional approaches to photographic portraiture and experimental exhibition layout, the artist forms questions around themes of domesticity, lost youth, and American masculinity. Among these themes is an investigation into photographic issues, including the cultural role that photographs play in perpetuating, miming, and disrupting the facades of everyday life. …

Black Box 2018, Ryan Standley, Jon Haass, Patricia Watkins, Cole Alley, Eileen Landis-Groom, Grady O. Kerst, Devin Hicks, Desmond O'Connor, Tokunbo (Tj) Vandenburg, Trevor Turner, Tariko Duarte, Austin Witthun, Garre11 011mers, Cooper Brethauer, Kelvin Russell

Black Box

The Black Box is a student based creative publication serving the Embry-Riddle Prescott campus. It is our goal to provide a showcase for the creativity and talent of the Embry-Riddle students. Creative works by members of Embry-Riddle's faculty and staff are included.

Cover Art: Ryan Standley; Editor: Kelvin Russell.

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 Tribal Blues, Josh Dunn

The Anthology

A poem

More, Rebecca Jacobs

The Anthology

A poem

Motet 5: Paschal Song, Alex Muller

The Anthology

A poem

Collage, Heather Bechtler

The Anthology

A poem

Untitled Iv, Daniel Padgett

The Anthology

A poem

Fossils In Wet Cement, Lora Caldwell

The Anthology

A poem

Through And Away, Diego Segura

The Anthology

A poem

To Be Come, Kaitlin Spellman

The Anthology

A poem

Stacy's Couch, Carrie Dupre

The Anthology

A poem

Weimar Love Song, Mirielle Smith

The Anthology

A poem

Association, Patrick Bryant

The Anthology

A poem

Chi, Heather Bechtler

The Anthology

A poem

Ill-Equipped, Rachel Phillips

The Anthology

A poem

Kitchen Counters, Katie Horrigan

The Anthology

A poem

Moon Leaning Its Round Shoulder, Lauren Clark

The Anthology

A poem

The Color Pink, Holly Bechtler

The Anthology

A poem

Nightshade Nights, Loren Mixon

The Anthology

A poem

How To Fight, How To Sleep, Lee Ann Harrison

The Anthology

A poem

Full Issue, The Anthology

The Anthology

This is the entirety of the 2013 Winthrop Anthology issue.

Yellow, The Color, Connie Shen

The Anthology

A poem