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Chestatee Review 2017 Spring 2017 This project originally started as an astronomy and astrology assignment for Editors’The Chestatee Review has withstood a consolidation,Notes staff changes, and I would be lying if I said creating a magazine Dr. Macklin Cowart’s Chaucer class. For my final project, I created multiple was easy, but working with The Chestatee Review staff has been an eye-opening experience. I have much respect for illustrations of the Aristotelian Ptolemaic universe in photoshop. Little did I the past editors and staff who have consistently collaborated and produced a beautiful magazine, and I only hope know that two years later, I would end up revising the project for the cover of my contribution over the past year lives up to the legacy that is this magazine. The Chestatee Review. I must offer my greatest thanks to our faculty advisors, specifically Dr. Donna Gessell and Mr. Ezekiel Black, who have offered support and guidance over the year. Your help has been immeasurable, and I mean that. I also must In the geocentric universe, the earth does not revolve around any other planets, acknowledge my fellow Editor-in-Chief, Kelly Donnelly, whose experience and determination has saved me hours and it is composed of four elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. Each sphere of headaches. Thank you—you have been amazing. revolves around the Earth, carrying the other planets. The first sphere is the moon, which is closest to Earth, followed by Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, And last, I want to acknowledge UNG and the students who support us, without even knowing. This magazine is Jupiter, and Saturn. The remaining spheres hold the “fixed stars” which do not for all of the students who participated in our contests and who attended our events, the faculty who encouraged move relative to each other, and beyond the fixed stars lies the kingdom of students to submit, and anyone who supports and appreciates the arts. This is for you. heaven. Thank you for making my last year memorable, and I hope you enjoy the work UNG students have created. The geocentric system was plausible because it reflected our observations: the Earth does not seem to rotate, while the the moon, the Sun, and the stars seem to revolve around us. The only major revision I did to the project was to add a ram’s head, which is Diane Jagels the animal that represents my astrological sign, aries. Aries is the first symbol Editor-in-Chief of the zodiac, representing spring and the beginning of the life cycle. Working on this magazine was difficult, not only because of the work itself, but because I didn’t know if I could The title of the piece “The Worlds Within Us” signifies the different do this. I couldn’t have done this without supportive family and friends. I am also grateful for the support of The perspectives each writer and artist brings to this magazine. That is one benefit Chestatee Review staff members and faculty advisors. a literary magazine offers—each piece has a different writing style. Instead of Even though we had many new staff members this year, we still formed a group of organized people who were one voice, we hear dozens. determined to make this year’s magazine the best it could be. I didn’t know I’d meet people who would offer to help before I even needed to ask. However, I am not only thankful for the support, I am also thankful for the When I look at the stars, I’m reminded of how miniscule we really are, and challenges, which helped me grow. then, many stressful events in life become less worrisome. For someone with an anxious personality, nothing is more calming than looking at the stars at I am thankful for the writers—new and old—who have submitted their work to The Chestatee Review, knowing that night. they might not be published. But mostly, I am thankful for you, the reader. This magazine is for people who still place importance on good writing and art. This is for people who would rather read a book than watch television. Without you, there would have been no reason to do any of this. The Worlds Within Us And rising one morning with the dawn, he stood before the Sun and spoke to it thus: “You great star! What would your happiness be if you had not those for whom you shine!” Kelly Donnelly Kelly Lynne Donnelly Editor-in-Chief —Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra The Chestatee Review Spring 2017 Masthead Table of Contents Visual Poetry Art Fireflies| Claire Foley 8 Strings Attached | Diana Hyrbu 86 Editors-in-Chief Fireflies | Tara Browning (art) 9 Hope | Cortland West Kelly Lynne Donnelly and Diane Jagels A Study In Sunrise | Amanda Gardner 10 87 Coil Vase | Cody Thomas A Child’s Sun | Tierra Steadham (art) 10 Sea Pod Vision | Christina Packard The Beauty | Amber Beauchamp 11 88 Above Ground | Kelly Lynne Donnelly Chelsea BondAssistant and Megan Editors Nichole Broome Adam | Zoey Fleck (art) 11 Touch | Charlotte McDonnold Cosmic Eyes | Diane Jagels 12 89 Orb | Zoey Fleck Cosmic Eyes | Katie Manna (art) 12 Nerve | Kelly Lynne Donnelly Artistic Editors When I Rise | Diana Battleson 13 90 Autumn is Falling | Heather Lund Kelly Lynne Donnelly and Ashley Brooks When I Rise | Madison Suchonic (art) 13 Flame | Laura Fazio Window | Kelly Lynne Donnelly 14 91 Adventure is Out There | Anslie Bass Window | Maria Starr (art) 14 Crystallize | Laura Fazio Amanda Dazzo, Liz Skewes, StudentBarbara Davis, Editors Lauren Hawkins, Haley Patterson, 92 Fruit | Diana Hyrbu Jared Bean, Ben Cagle, Haley Shea Barfield, Maria Starr, Nicki Sperry, Poetry Gulo | Isaac Bramblett Blakeley Prince, Amanda Gardner, David Nelson, Karen Phan, Good Will | Ethan Howard 17 93 Rope | Rebecca Adams Electrical Thing Innards | Christina Packard Christopher Meehan, Tierra Steadham, and Mary Foley The Man Who Came with the Rain | Anna Maria Little 19 A Foundling’s Blues | Keza Kasende 20 94 Tunnel Vision | Huong Nguyen Deserted | Deanna Lassiter 95 Sound | Charlotte McDonnold Donna Gessell, Ezekiel Black,Faculty Phillip Mitchell, Advisors Alex Johns, and Kathryn Hinds One-Act Plays Alligator Eye | Young Lee A Happening Scene | Brandon Day 24 96 Lidded Jar | Dustin Hogan Im-PROP-er Dinner | Gregory Hirsch 25 Caged Growth | Rebecca Adams Faculty Readers The Collectors | Adrian Huff 29 97 Thought Waves | Christina Packard Lyn Froehlich and William Ellenberg Writing in the Sky | Diana Hyrbu Short Fiction Home Again | Quentin Morgan 55 Melissa Delbridge, Kyle McCord,Writing Brian Contest Mihok, NathanJudges Floom, and Madeline ffitch The Fallen | Sydney Smith 61 Special Topics Winners 100 In the Belly of Lumber | Brianna Schantz I’m Not Rose | Amanda Niemann 62 101 Breaking News | Ashley Brooks 102 Lucifer as a Hacker | Hannah Terwilliger Creative Non-Fiction 103 The Hillbilly | Jared Bean Six Memories of My Father | Anna Maria Little 65 A Feminist Criticism of Mad Max: The Depth of Humility | Megan Nichole Broome 66 104 Fury Road | Reily Pilcher The Ghosts Who Carry Us | Elizabeth Devine 69 Effects of Urbanization on the 107 Chattahoochee River | Melissa Ramnarine Formal Essays Shadowed Memories | Megan Nichole Broome 74 Back Matter A Feminist Reading of The Brief and Wondrous Life of 110 Interview with Siddhartha Bose Oscar Wao | Marcel Cantu 78 116 Judge Bios Redefining Reality | Haley Shea Barfield 81 118 Staff Quotes 5 120 Thank You 4 The Chestatee Review Spring 2017 Contest Winners Visual Poetry Poetry First Place: “Good Will” by Ethan Howard Art inspires art. Sometimes it’s Second Place: “The Man Who Came with the Rain” by Anna Maria Little Third Place: “A Foundling’s Blues” by Keza Kasende a song inspiring a story. Other times a book will inspire a FirstOne-Act Place: Plays “A Happening Scene” by Brandon Day Second Place: “Im-PROP-er Dinner” by Gregory Hirsch play. In this instance, our staff Third Place: “The Collectors” by Adrian Huff members inspired our UNG art students with their poetry. FirstFiction Place: “Home Again” by Quentin Morgan Second Place: “The Fallen” by Sydney Smith The resulting works of art are Third Place: “I’m Not Rose” by Amanda Niemann beautiful visual representations of the words our staff presented FirstCreative Place: Non-fiction “Six Memories of My Father” by Anna Maria Little Second Place: “The Depth of Humility” by Megan Nichole Broome to the artists. Third Place: “The Ghosts Who Carry Us” by Elizabeth Devine FirstFormal Place: Essays “Shadowed Memories” by Megan Nichole Broome Second Place: “A Feminist Reading of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Marcel Cantu Third Place: “Redefining Reality” by Haley Shea Barfield “Speckles dance upon your eyes. Moonlight shoots across the sky, reflecting off our tears.” Diane Jagels “Cosmic Eyes” 6 The Chestatee Review Spring 2017 Fireflies Claire Foley The fireflies of summer had their first performance tonight. The sun sunk slowly, raising the curtain, starting the dance of light. They flitted through the trees, the world as their stage, Twinkling without toes, tripping across the page. Gracefully, they graced me with jetes and chaîné turns. They pihrouetted prettily, and I began to learn. Round and round they flew, searching far and near, Looking for loves that were lost to chill and some to fear. Never ever tiring of their noble quest, Lightning bugs go dizzy as the sun sets in the West. As I watch intently this beautiful search of theirs, My attention’s stolen by a smile a little girl wears. Light’s reflected in her eyes and deep within her soul, The joy I see inside her fills me up and makes me whole. Laughter bursts into the air as she spins and twirls and chases.
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