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Whittier College Poet Commons Greenleaf Review Student Scholarship & Research 5-2011 2011 Literary Review (no. 24) Sigma Tau Delta Follow this and additional works at: https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/greenleafreview Part of the Creative Writing Commons, and the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Sigma Tau Delta, "2011 Literary Review (no. 24)" (2011). Greenleaf Review. 9. https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/greenleafreview/9 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship & Research at Poet Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Greenleaf Review by an authorized administrator of Poet Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LITERARY REVI fj An Upsilon Sigma Chapter (Sigma Tau Delta) PulLilication / 2011 Literary Review Whittier College May 2011 Number 24 An (Jp5IlOri 5ma/Jes.amjn We5t Chapter 01 5ina Tau Delta f'ub/Ica tIon 2011 Literary Review Editors: Réme Bohlin and Mary Helen Truglia Sigma Tau Delta Advisor: Dr. Sean Morris The 2011 Literary Review was designed and laid out in Microsoft Word by Mary Helen Trugila. The front cover photograph, "Contemplation at Normandy" by Catherine F. King was edited in Adobe InDesign by the brilliant Jade Wessinger of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The back cover photograph, "Nature's Playfulness" by Garlyn Werderman was edited in Adobe InDesign by the talented Jade Wessinger of Gal Poly San Lids Obispo. The book is set in various sizes of Times New Roman and 94onotje corth.'afbnts. Printing was supervised and completed by Highlight Graphics USA Company, in Santa Fe Springs, CA. 2 Acknowledgements The editors would like to thank a number of delightful people for their participation in this labor of literary love: Professor Sean Morris: Thank you for your constant enthusiasm, advice, and for opening your home to our (incredibly long) reading party. This book could not have come into being without you. The English Department Faculty: Professors Charles Adams, Tony Barnstone, Charles Eastman, Wendy Furman-Adams, William Geiger, Sean Morris, dAvid pAddy, and Andrea Rehn - thank youfor astounding us with your literary brilliance both in and out of class, and for helping English majors and all students learn to write and read with efficiency, style, thoughtfulness, and beauty. Angela Freeland, the English and History Departments' secretary: Thank you for your help and constant kindnesses. Freddie Malcomb and Kallia Wade: Thank you for staying many hours past the call of duty to help read the piles of submissions! Your dedication is extraordinary! We see many a "sliced loaf cake" in your future! Jade Blessinger: Thank you for sharing both your time and design expertise with us! All of the work herein would literally lack a cover without your skills! Everyone who submitted to the Lit Review: We are so impressed by the breadth and scope of the many submissions we received this year! Although only some are published herein, we want to thank each and every person who allowed us the privilege of reading your hard work. Media Council: Thank you for all ofyour help with the funding of this year's Lit Review. Highlight Graphics Co.: Thank you for working with us and our changing deadlines! In Memoriam: fMe(anie Sorensen ancf(Dr. SIIaracf7(eny To two kjndandintel4gent ladies, the students, staff; andfaculty of Whittier College remember you with love and mourn both ofyour losses. Sweet is the memory ofdistantfrienc[s! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenfer(y, yet sadly, on the heart. -Washington Irving ?Jna6le are the loveto die. cror rove is immortality. -'Emily Dickinson 3 Letter from the Editors Dear Readers, Welcome to the 2011 Literary Review! It has been several months and many long hours in the making, and we are thrilled to be able to share the poetry, prose, and artwork within. In editing the Literary Review, we endeavored to pull writing selections from various disciplines: English Literature, Economics, Philosophy, and Art History, just to name a few. We are pleased with this year's contributions, making the Review a fair representation of academic work at the college. Reading submissions early one Sunday morning, we could not help but admire the talents of our peers. While some submitted long and witty poems on philosophy, others sent in stunning artwork and photographs from travels abroad. Still others submitted well-written essays on topics as varied as Epicurean ethics, the marketing strategy of tennis player Maria Sharipova, and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. In short, we are very proud of this year's Literary Review and of its contents. Our Whittier chapter of the international English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, is named not only with the Greek letters Upsilon Sigma, but in honor of a Whittier alumna: Jessamyn West, Class of 1923. In the literary world, she is best known for her 1945 novel, The Friendly Persuasion. She created a literature appreciation group on campus prior to the existence of Sigma Tau Delta, was a founder of the Palmer Society, and curious Whittier students can even see many of her manuscripts in the Jessamyn West Room within our Bonnie Bell Wardman Library! As graduating seniors, we empathize with her statement that "nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave." The Literary Review functions not only as a repository for the past school year's excellent work, but also as a literary yearbook of sorts. As you page through the following works, we hope that you see the talent, intelligence, and ingenuity that we found within them. Thank you, Whittier College, for an incredible four years, and thank you, readers, for sharing in this community of reading and learning with us. Sincerely, Réme Bohlin and Mary Helen Truglia, co-editors 4 Table of Contents Acknowledgements & In Memoriam .3 Letter from the Editors ..4 Poetry 8 Whittier Poetry Winners jst Ivy Han, "Discovery ..... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ......... ...... .... 9 2"d Sylvia Burn, "A Sudden Blow........................................10 3rd Shannon Jaime, "Roadkill ..... ... ... ...... ... ...... ......... ... 11 Honorable Mentions Jennifer Spiegelman, "My thoughts like sunlit particles" ...12 Apollonia Galvan, "Wrecking Ball ........ ... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ... 13 Shannon Jaime, "A Web of White Ink .................... ... ............ 14 Selections John Jackson, "The Forbidden City's" Janine Torres, "Identity Theft" 16 Janine Torres, "Speaking Spanish" 16 Elizabeth Reitzell, "Bottled Water" 17 Elizabeth Reitzell, "Breaking Concrete" 17 Nicholas Dante, "Yellow" .17 Bryanna Benedetti, "In the Silence" .18 Nicholas Dante, "An Autumn Night" 19 Jessica Miller, "The Philosopher's Caffeine" 20 Jessica Miller, "My Muse is a Goldfish" 21 Erin Bartholomew, "Time Capsule" 21 Victor Vargas, "Learning to Hate Mexico" 22 Catherine King, "Ode to the Chinese Ladies" 23 Laurin Peters, "To Stay Awake" 24 Apollonia Galvan, "Southern Decadence" 25 Mary Helen Truglia, "Inmost Petals" 25 Mary Helen Truglia, "Edge Of All We Can Know" 26 Short Fiction 27 Whittier Award Winners Kallia Wade, "Recipe for SaItfIsh ..... ... ... ... ... ......... ...... 28 2nd Carling McGuire, "Coward ..... ... .............. ...... ...... ... ... 33 3rd Jeffrey Wilson, "Faster than a Speeding Bullet .............. 37 Selections Réme Bohlin, "Authentic" 39 Victor Vargas, "Tulpa" 42 Victor Vargas, "Womanhood's Fairest Flower" 46 Christina Gunning, "The Addict" .49 Christina Gunning, "The Box" ......52 Other Writings 55 Juliana Baez, "Happiness in Coupled Relationships" 56 Freddie Malcomb,"Scott Pilgrim & Geek Culture" .56 Catherine King, "Epilogue to The God of Small Things" . .58 Catherine King,"Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2.5" 60 Photography & Artwork 63 Nicole Beauchamp, "Pat-riot!" 64 Noelle Navarro, "Lottery Man" 65 Kate Normand, "Children's Area" 66 Jacquie Waldman, "Media Overload" 67 Kate Normand, "Natural History Museum, London" 68 Erik Rempen, "Floating" .69 Kyrah Leal, "Aqua di Roma" 70 Mary Helen Truglia, "In Midst of Knowledge" 71 Melissa Samarin, "The Universal Voice" . .72 Trisha Ann Scherer, "Bee Twenty Too" 73 Bryanna Benedetti, "Contemplation" 74 Ryne Spejcher, "Slotted" 75 Nicole Beauchamp, "The Eye of a Little God" . .76 Mary Helen Truglia, "Donde San Miguelenos Viven" .77 Bryanna Benedetti, "California Winter Dreams" . .78 Nicole Beauchamp, "Annals of a Sinking City" 79 Scholarly Writing 80 First- Year Winners JSI —Faraz Zaerpoor, "The Meat of the Matter: Putting God Back in the American Hotdog ..... ......... ... ...... .........81 2 n - Alejandra Gaeta, "Unintended Consequences: The Ironic Results of the US-Mexico Border Fence 81 3rd Patrick Norton, "Dreamers and Settlers............................85 Gender & Women's Studies Writing Contest Winners 1st: Alejandra Gaeta, "Las Hijas de Juarez: 2nd: Bryanna Benedetti, "Hell Hath No Fury: Christian Backlash Against Feminism ..... ... ...... ........... ... ... ... .... 92 2nd: Meg Oka, "Outlaw Poverty, Not Prostitution ........ ... ... 104 3rd: Julie Henderson, "Switching Codpieces and Corsets: Cross-Gender Casting in Shakespearean Performance" ....... 108 6 3rd: Yamila Perez, "Pretty Boys on a Platter.latter:- Catering Beautiful Musicians to Japanese Women ..... ... ... .... 118 Selections Réme Bohlin, "Milton's Hell: A Land of Punishment for the Misuse of Free Will and Hope" 124 Bryce Holewinski, "Harmony to Behold in Wedded Pair: Viewing Marriage through Milton's Paradise Lost" 130 Shannon Jaime, "This Side of the Womb: