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The Man Steps Into The Weightless Rain, Reid Bateh

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Return To The Country Of The Crime, Dan Grossman

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Adapting The Classics: Making The Invisible Visible, Kate Isabel Foley

Theater Honors Papers

This project seeks to answer the question, “How can a writer use an old story to shine new light on modern issues and make the invisible visible?” My adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a genderbent retelling with queer themes while my adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan is a dark reimagining of Mrs. Darling as an antihero protagonist who must become Captain Hook to try to save her children. Both my research and these two plays focus on bringing visibility to marginalized communities, specifically women and members of the queer community.

Confessions Of Crooks: An Analysis Of How Art Influences Society's View On Antiheroes And Redemption Through An Original Short Story Collection, Connor Thomas Wilkerson

Undergraduate Theses

The twenty-first century has successfully bred the notion that everyone who commits a morally reprehensible action is themselves a morally reprehensible individual with absolutely no redeeming factors. This notion, however, simply isn’t accurate as it is shown in not only some of the most popular media of the age but also some of the most famous crimes of the age that people who commit heinous actions aren’t always entirely heinous. With this thesis, I plan to make an argument that condemns judgement on the morality of individuals without knowing their full stories. Specifically, I plan to write a short story …

The De-Indigenisation Of The English Language: On Linguistic Idiosyncrasy, Fayssal Bensalah

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

This paper introduces and explains a fresh adaptation of linguistic hybridity. This creative strategy is common among postcolonial, transnational and transcultural writers, who would import linguistic features from their first languages to hybridise their prose and paint it with a distinctive identity. I aim, however, to demonstrate that my English text can be hybridised without looking outside the English language, but rather by looking within it. The English language, as I argue, is already a hybrid language, populated by thousands of words borrowed from various languages, including Arabic. The words of this latter, if used intelligently and selectively in my …

Back Matter

The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal

No abstract provided.

Giving Voice To The Body: Slam Poetry In The Poet X, Stefanny Leung Yu

Student Theses

When the world silences her, can slam poetry become her voice? Elizabeth Acevedo, an author and poet, uses her beautiful piece of slam poetry to explore how language can empower marginalized voices, speaking on behalf of those who are usually silenced. The Poet X is a verse novel that narrates the powerful story of a young Afro-Latina girl, Xiomara Batista, who navigates the intersecting pressures of school bullies, family issues, religious conservatism, patriarchal rules, and racialized body politics in her Harlem community. This research engages with Acevedo’s work to focus on how slam poetry serves as a powerful outlet and …

2023 Greenleaf Review-- Born Again (No. 36), Sigma Tau Delta

The Greenleaf Review

No abstract provided.

The Cross And The Crime Scene: The Convergence Of Writing As A Christian And The Mystery Genre, Ellie Talalight

Senior Honors Theses

This creative thesis begins with a discussion of the different approaches to writing as a Christian. It describes the evangelistic approach, the integrative approach, and the thematic approach, which vary in the degree to which the author’s faith is explicitly or implicitly included. The thesis then focuses on the way Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton incorporated their faith into their mystery stories. It then includes excerpts from an original mystery novel. Finally, it considers the value and purpose of this project.

A New Atticus Is Afoot: The Portrayal Of Lawyers In Popular Culture, Anna Thrush

Senior Theses

This project analyzes the stereotypical image of lawyers in popular culture, focusing on either overly demonic or unrealistically heroic. Both stereotypes that are common portrayals of attorneys in popular culture are unrealistic and deny society a true comprehension of the profession. Popular culture has molded the image of lawyers to the characteristics that sell, rather than focusing on a realistic portrayal. Therefore, popular culture creates a falsely dramatized image of attorneys to generate revenue, putting the reputation and future of the profession as risk. These stereotypes are exemplified in this project through a close literary analysis of lawyer characters from …

'The Frank Exchange': A Historical Drama Novella, Ariel Finkle

Senior Honors Projects

I am an avid fan of historical fiction books such as The Royal Diaries. But given the recent popularity of more adult royal drama series like The Great, as well as impostor true crime shows like Inventing Anna, on this project I set out to create a historical fiction drama of my own. While searching for a real-life figure to base my story on, I happened to see a quick footnote at the bottom of an article on Catherine the Great that intrigued me. At the turn of the 18th century, an ordinary young Polish woman named Eva Frank managed …

I, Discomfort Woman: A Fugue In F Minor, Seo-Young J. Chu

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

A Conversation With Stephen Graham Jones: Horror, Weird Fiction And The Way Of Slashers, With Sopapillas For Dessert, Billy J. Stratton

English and Literary Arts: Faculty Scholarship

An interview/conversation between Stephen Graham Jones and Billy J. Stratton, which took place in Denver on October 24, 2022.

On The Fictions Of Stephen Graham Jones And The Stories That Made Him, And Well, Us Too, Billy J. Stratton

English and Literary Arts: Faculty Scholarship

Introduction to the issue.

Since being honored in 2017 with a Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in Mapping the Interior—his 17th novel—by the Horror Writer’s Association, the work of Stephen Graham Jones has exploded onto the national scene as so many of his readers have long anticipated.

Queer Ecologies: A Final Syllabus/Zine Product Of Our Independent Study, Yeh Seo Jung, Ray Craig

Crossings: Swarthmore Undergraduate Feminist Research Journal

This zine is the product of our independent study course Queer Ecologies, which is an exploration of bio-social systems using a queer and feminist theoretical lens. We aim to look critically at knowledge formation and construct alternative visions for more just and sustainable relationships between science, nature, and ourselves. While queer theory most directly interrogates the normative structure of heterosexuality both in humans and in biology more broadly, these studies include analyses of hierarchy, power, and value. Queer Ecology can be used to examine phenomena such as climate change, extinction, pollution, species hierarchies, agricultural practices, resource extraction, and human population …

Volume 55 (2023), Ella Knowles, C V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2023 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis and Ella Knowles.

COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: Scott Holstein, St. Marks Foggy Palms

THE 2023 RASH AWARD IN FICTION: Maureen Sherbondy, Rules of the Rich

THE 2023 RASH AWARD IN POETRY: Marina Hope Wilson, Origin

THE 2023 J. CALVIN KOONTS POETRY AWARD: LaNora Paige McIntyre, Winter Shopping

THE 2023 FOOTHILLS WRITING AWARD: Varleine Coq, Woes of a Lost Jersey Girl

POETRY: Ida Marie Beck, Matins; Lawrence Ernest Bridges, Watching TV; Anne Bucey, Canebrake; Alexandra Burack, The Eighth Child; Charles; Byrne, Photosensitivity; Jeremy Caldwell, Looking Past the Future; Sharon …

Twitter, Emily Williamson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 181

The Lost Sermons Of The Buddha, Ricardo Pau-Llosa

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 24-33

Swirling Lines, Ricardo Pau-Llosa

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 37-38

Biscuits And Gravy, Paul Bone

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 78

Crystal Ring, Christopher Buckley

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 83

Killing Machine, Travis Denton

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 99-100

Partial Eclipse, Kendall Dunkelberg

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 107

River Street, Jared Jones

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 115

A Trip To The Museum Of Modern Poetic Objects, Owen Mcleod

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 134

Dear Here, Mary B. Moore

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 135-137

The Teachings Of Naranja, Mary B. Moore

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 140-141

Why The Word Ripple Obsesses Me, Mary B. Moore

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 138-139

Landmarks, Salvador Peralta

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 145