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  • Cartographies of Haunting : Black Feminist Refusal in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Octavia Butler’s Kindred

    Creator:
    Spencer, Megan
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    This thesis explores the gendered histories of slavery through the concept of haunting in two neo-slave narrative novels: Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Octavia Butler’s Kindred. I offer readings of these texts through slavery’s geographic and temporal implications, in order to argue that the logics of antiblackness remain a fundamental...
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    means to be human. Tiffany King and Andrea Smith, among many others, have contributed extensively to

  • Eva Nightingale

    Creator:
    Chernik, Abra Fortune
    Abstract:
    Eva Nightingale, an original screenplay, is a retelling of the Garden of Eden myth set in modern times and seen from Eve's point of view. The script centers on life after Eden, life after trespass and loss, when Eva (like Eve before her) must choose between despair and hope, self-destruction...
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    barefoot through the meadow. A large dog (SAM) charges out of the woods. EVA Hey, Sam! As Sam

  • Empire and other stories

    Creator:
    Gelper, Cynthia H.
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    This is a collection of eight short stories, all of which deal on some level with alienation and the struggle to find meaning in one's life. Although most of the stories deal with issues related to women or feature female protagonists, I did not set out to create a political...
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    a seldom-visited memory: a painful encounter in the 4 woods behind a backyard barbecue, while

  • Renovations

    Creator:
    Gallagher, Scott V.
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    The six stories within, "Still and Silent," "Cold Comfort," "The King of Porn," "Miscuts," "In Between," and "Renovations," are part of a work in progress. They attempt to show how the characters, although they may seem to struggle for independence from the family unit, are in fact strengthening the bonds...
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  • Double exposure

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    Raleigh, Elisabeth A.
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    DOUBLE EXPOSURE is a novel concerned with the phenomenon of memory. The story explores such questions as: To what extent does "memory" (and the narratives we construct from it) explain who we are? How is memory influenced by others-and does it matter if it is? Can a memory that is...
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    doorframe. He had crouched and covered his face when they peeled her fingers from the wood; he didn't see