Arts

Dead in Desemboque

by Kevin Bahler, SUNY Cortland, May 31, 2008

You can download a sample chapter here. Dead in Desemboque is the story of Eddy Arellano’s trip to meet a woman in a city called Sonora. Eddy, his horse, and his two dogs fare many adventures and dangers on this

FANON

by Lorraine Berry, , May 28, 2008

FANON by John Edgar Wideman, (Houghton Mifflin Books: 2008) “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” (William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun) This review is tainted. I think it would be fair to say that I have lost

Faux Pas

by Kevin Bahler, SUNY Cortland, May 5, 2008

Late for class, I was running to get up the hills in time. I stopped at the intersection, looking around for any cars passing through. The snow covered every spot that feet could touch, there was no distinguishing from

The Lesson

by Kevin Bahler, SUNY Cortland, May 5, 2008

“I just found two new scars that I never knew existed before.” “I love that,” my friend says. “Scars are like little lessons.” Behind every scar is a story. Some people use them to measure toughness. Others use them

You Can't Get Anywhere From Here

by Isabelle Hutchings, Cornell University, May 4, 2008

The store is physically on the outskirts of town, but it’s the center nonetheless. Although the deeds to the dilapidated building have passed through many calloused fingers over the years, it has been called The Landenberg Sun for as long

Paul

by Adam Z. Berenstain, SUNY Cortland, April 30, 2008

Tuesday, September 11, 2007. It’s another nice fall day and I’m back in Ithaca after classes. I have a short paper and some reading to do tonight. I grab the mail from the front porch and open the door

A Story That's Not Mine to Tell

by Christina Piemonte, Cornell University, April 22, 2008

Her left ring finger has swollen so that her middle knuckle is the size of a bottle cap. Her hand shakes as she holds it under my face. “Look!” She whispers. Her nails are a deep shade of red,