Point of View 1997-1998 - Literary and Visual Creative Works Publication

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Point of View 1997-1998 is a student-selected, edited, and produced publication of literary and visual creative works from Harper College. The issue includes editorial and artistic staff, advisors, judges, award winners, and featured cover and artwork credits. It also provides submission and copyright notes, printed-on-recycled-paper information, and a table of contents covering multiple poems, essays, and short literary pieces. Featured text includes a narrative opening to “Breaking the News.”

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages46

Reading Time1 h 11 min

AccessFree to download

A.rt

Breaking the News - Beth Browning Jacobs

Literature

Solitude - Patrick A. Munoz

Athena's Temple 2050 - Jaime Sandoval

Dear Blues Man - Stacey Friend

Point of View 1997-1998 Literary Editor Shelly Gruenwald Art Editor Brian Fugate Literary Advisor Frank Edmund Smith Art Advisor Paul Andrew E. Smith Literary Judges Amy Alderman Don Bussey Stacey Friend Kelly Kane Front Cover Art Vest Eugenia Makowski Art Judges Jaime Sandoval Kate Varey Back Cover Art The Head Misha Harshavat Professional Services Stefan Adam, Photography John Callahan, Photography Vis-0-Graphic Printing, Inc. , Printing Point of View, a publication of literary and visual creative works, is selected , edited and produced by students. Anyone-student, faculty, staff, administration-connected to Harper College may submit their work. Sponsored by Student Activities, William Rainey Harper College in cooperation with the Liberal Arts Division. Special thanks to Stefan Adam, John Callahan, Harley Chapman, Marlene Hunt, Richard Johnson, Cathy Lindstrom, Kurt Neumann, Jeanne Pankanin , Elizabeth Turner, Andrew Wilson, Joan Young. Copyright© 1998 William Rainey Harper College 1200 West Algonquin Road Palatine IL 60067 All rights to creative work belong to their respective creators. Printed on recycled paper 0 Table of Contents A.rt Carol Adams 32 Untitled Denise Beck 16 Darwin's Orphan Ill Robert Ferrera 20 That for which I Should Have Done, I Did Not Do Misha Harshavat BC The Head 38 Shell Festus L. Johnson, Jr. 2 Genesis 9 Untitled Jennifer Lesiak 37 untitled Marie Lowenthal 22 Untitled Eugenia Makowski *** FC Vest 42 Pirouette William D. Martinez 19 Overlook Across Fox River (East Dundee) Jessica Moody 1 Solitude Patrick A. Munoz 40 untitled 40 untitled 41 untitled Arusha Noorani 12 Trip Down Indus Tomasz Podejko 28 Obscured 27 Trapped 29 Twisted High Jaime Sandoval 11 Athena's Temple 2050 11 Insomnia Literature Stacey Friend 35 Dear Blues Man Alexander Garibashvili 21 Tamponade Tango Barbara Howard 30 Ashes, Ashes 31 Unexpectedly Expecting Beth Browning Jacobs * 3 Breaking the News Christina Khadivar 23 My Papa Steven Lorch 18 Poetic Justice 17 The Scourge of Years Amber D. Lucas 10 untitled 10 untitled William B. McGhee IV ** 13 The Dreamer F. Richard Pelanek 39 Salt 39 Stand Kristie Reiprich 34 Flaca (skinny girl) Soni Sangha 33 Homeless Audrey Schumacher 36 The Police: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" Winner of the Point of View Award * Winner of the Vivian Steward Award ** Winner of the Ray Mills Award *** Jessica Moody Solitude etching/aqua tint 8x10 2 Breaking the News Beth Browning Jacobs I was sixteen when my father first tried to strangle me. Heaven knows why he waited that long, with all the things that were wrong with me. Ah, but that's of no consequence now... I'm forty-three and successful, independent enough tobe in no danger of strangulation from anyone. More independent, after this week. I pull into my parents' drive with the same sense of time-warp I always have when I come here. The house is still the same-slightly more decrepit because Mom and Dad don't keep it up. Half-dead petunias surround the porch, on which an old couch sits abandoned like an unloved elderly relative. The only sign of life comes from the back the house where the dogs set up a ferocious-sounding commotion at my arrival. I ignore them; they won't bite me or, I suspect, anyone else. Like Mom and Dad, they make a noise which dwindles into mute subjection at a challenge. The back door opens and Mom flies out. "Thank goodness you're here safely-those terrible highways-I hope you didn't stop at any rest areas-Dorothy Stevens told me last week that some terrible man waited in those rest areas for women and mugged them-and then all the accidents-and I .•• II "Mom!" "Well, at least you're here. But why are you here? Something funny is going on and... " "Mom, could I please get into the house? I'm okay-everything is all right. No on

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What is Point of View 1997-1998?

Point of View 1997-1998 is a Harper College student publication featuring literary and visual creative works, selected and produced by students.

Who can submit work to this publication?

Students, faculty, staff, and administration-connected members of Harper College may submit their work, as stated in the publication notes.

What content is included in this issue?

The issue contains both visual art and literature, with a table of contents listing multiple titled works and credited contributors; it also includes narrative text such as “Breaking the News.”

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