The following creative nonfiction essays and New Yorker-esque columns were composed in English 3210 (Advanced Comp.) at Marquette University during Fall 2009.
Students self-selected the writings they wanted to publish here, and their writing do not represent the official views of Marquette University.
I. PORTFOLIO A
Souts & Murmurs
Will Moore, "Cell phones and Children: It’s about time they grew up"
Owen O'Riordan, "Totally Random"
Essay 1: Family
Jesse Bowen, "Notes of a Tagging Enthusiast"
Elizabeth Fincher, "Sugar and Spice in a Sailor's World"
Amy Hollendoner, "Family and Education"
II. PORTFOLIO B
Talk of the Town
Kendra Ahlborn, "I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good"
Natalie Emmer, "Dept. of Fashion"
Stephanie Malinski, "A Birder Murder"
Essay 2: Community
Jesse Bowen, "Rodnesha"
Natalie Emmer, "Finding Peace in the Puzzle"
Owen O'Riordan, "Art by Community"
Stephanie Malinski, "Learning to Be Late"
III. PORTFOLIO C
Review
Elizabeth Fincher, "This Isn't Your Childhood FairyTale"
Essay 3: Race & Its Intersections with ...
Natalie Emmer, "Multicolored Dreams"
IV. Analysis
Kendra Ahlborn, "Deaf and Dumb"
Kendra Ahlborn, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Amy Hollendoner, "'At-Risk' for being Stereotyped"
Owen O'Riordan, "Comics as Art"
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