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Volume 25, Issue 2 (2012) Special Commemorative Edition: Celebrating 175 Years of Literary & Artistic Success

DePauw University turned 175 years old on January 10, 2012. That is quite an accomplishment. The literary magazine tradition at DePauw is scarcely less impressive, with the first publication of such a magazine coming only 10 years after the University’s charter was signed. In order to celebrate DePauw’s literary tradition, we have decided to do things a bit differently for this semester’s A Midwestern Review. As a way to thank our literary progenitors, we have republished undergraduate works from DePauw alumni who have flourished in literary careers. But we also aim to showcase the current pool of literary talent, as these writers too have made their mark on DePauw’s literary tradition. This publication is a confluence of past and present. We have woven works from such alumni as Max Ehrmann ’94 (that’s 1894), whose poem “Desiderata” sparked an authorship controversy; John Jakes ’53, whose early short story reprinted here presages the success of his bestselling Kent Family Chronicles; Barbara Kingsolver ’77, whose novels have been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and Pulitzer Prize; and Micah Ling ’03, winner of the 2011 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Emerging Author Award. We hope that this interwoven timeline of alumni highlights the genealogy of the DePauw literary tradition.

Rather than stratify this semester’s publication by genre, we have decided to organize the book according to anniversary-charged themes. These broadly defined themes are Time, Mementos, Emplaced, and Thawing. Each themed section features work from the past and present, poetry and artwork, fiction and non-fiction. We hope that this thematic progression reflects the emotions that alumni and current students experience while celebrating the 175th Anniversary and their time at DePauw. Happy Anniversary, DePauw, and thank you.

Art

 

Untitled
Arlene Beltran

 

Winter Time
Emelie Johansson `12

 

Aloe Vera
Arlene Beltran `13

 

Fragilina
Thuy Anh Nguyen `15

 

Stuck on You
Isabelle Chapman `13

 

APRIL 15TH, 2011 8:59 PM CST
Alexa Kovachevich `12

 

Tsunami
Takuya Maeda `14

 

Charon's Gate
Benjamin Kellum `13

 

Looking Up
Hoang Nguyen `14

 

Fukushima Power Plant
Takuya Maeda `14

 

Source
Ruth Poor `13

 

Self Portrait With Sparkler
Carianna Arredondo `14

 

Agression
Ruth Poor `13

Features

 

DePauw's Literary Magazine History
Jared Howe and Brant D. Rumble

 

Interview
Ian (Sandy) Frazier

Fiction

 

High and Dry
Matt Dellinger `97

 

Crutch
Stephen Shinault `12

 

I and the gryphon
John Gardner `55

 

Southern Gothic
Ann Marie Elliot `12

Non-Fiction

 

The Battle Against Time
Maggie Wagner `14

 

A Tamil
Kumar Amarnath `13

 

Nothing So Solid
Isabella Capasso `14

Poetry

 

Desiderata
Max Ehrmann `94

 

Birth Ghazal
Connor Willett `12

 

III.
Connor Willett `12

 

The Heart of St. Laurence O'toole
Zachary Darwish `12

 

Lighters
Mark Joskowiak `14

 

Brain Injury
Amanda Feller `13

 

Another Look
Ann Marie Elliot `12

 

X.
Connor Willett `12

 

The Island
Micah Ling `03

 

The Night and the Morning
John Gardner `55

 

Thawing
Isabella Capasso `14

 

Dream
Micah Ling `03

 

VII.
Connor Willett `12

 

Biography
Barbara Kingsolver `77

 

Portrait
Barbara Kingsolver `77

 

You Never Had a Sister
Mary Ardery `15

Editors

Editor in Chief
Taylor Crompton
Co-Editor
Kayla Kellerman
Poetry
Elyssa DiRaffaele
Adrienne Westenfeld
T’Kia Williams
Taylor Zartman
Graphic Designer
Kristopher Schmelzer
Fiction
Elise Lockwood
Madeline Vering
Kirstin Webb
Section Editors
Poetry: Olivia Carmel
Fiction: Amanda Feller
Non-Fiction: Caitlin Adams
Fiction: Rebecca Buening
Non-Fiction
Patrick Corley
Samuel Johnson
Stephen Shapiro
Art
Letra Baehr
Kelsey Floyd
Stephen Fujishige
Elizabeth Notestine
Faculty Advisor
Emily Doak