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Front Matter - Digital Commons @ Kent State University Libraries
The Platypus Volume 1 Spring Article 2 Spring 2009 Front Matter Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/platypus Part of the Creative Writing Commons, Fine Arts Commons, and the Photography Commons Recommended Citation (2009) "Front Matter," The Platypus: Vol. 1, Article 2. Available at: http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/platypus/vol1/iss1/2 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by the Kent State University at Ashtabula at Digital Commons @ Kent State University Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Platypus by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Kent State University Libraries. For more information, please contact earicha1@kent.edu, tk@kent.edu. Welcome to the first issue of The Platypus Journal, the brain spawn of The English Society- Kent State University-Ashtabula' s gaggle of over-read deviants, nerds, and ne'er-do-wells, prone to fits of creative tomfoolery. The Platypus is ... Kendra Bopp Jordan Rimpela Amanda Frazier Jessica Stewart Patrick O'Brien Briana Lea Toukonen Sherri Quirke Bolcevic David Clayman Thank you to all of our contributors, co-conspirators, and muses -with special thanks to our faculty advisor, Professor Marnie Ellis, Dr. Deborah Bice, Professor Joseph Zingaro, Professor John Stoker, Dr. Roger Craik, and all of the members of the KSU A English Department. Amanda Avery, Diana Gardner and the KSUA Staff The Ladies of Loretta's The Harbor Perk And all of the gluttons who supported our bake sales. Items for the next edition of the Platypus Journal should be submitted between September 2009 and Feb 15, 2010 to PlatypusJournal@gmail.com. Shakespeare platypus drawn by Brian Miskowich. Cover photo by Kendra Bopp. Material presented in this book is original. All rights remain with the artists. The Artists In Words ... 4 5 6 8 11 11 12 14 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 31 32 33 36 37 40 41 42 44 45 David A. Clayman / Debut Abigail Frazier / Dance Jamison VanLoocke /Just like Pifiatas Jennifer Meyer/ The Escape Mary Mastromatteo / Untitled Briana Lea Toukonen /Divorce J.M. Romig/ A Peer Counseling Session at Jacob Grimm High School Jacqueline Rexford / Banshee Michael Ball / Winds of Evil J.M. Romig/ Runaway Poem Kendra Bopp / Cheers Jessica Stewart / Running with Scissors Sarah Schindler / Arms Wide Open Heather Martin / Yesteryear Patrick O'Brien / Ohio Winter Briana Lea Toukonen /The Wonderful Aspects of Life Amanda Frazier / Seaweed Jordan Rimpela /The Life and Times of a Non-playable Character Brian Miskowich / Machine Jennifer Meyer / Goodnight Amanda Frazier / Fell and Wrath K. Harris / What Makes you Smile Kendra Bopp / Things we Don't Talk About in Rape Therapy Mary Mastromatteo / The One that Got Away Kendra Bopp / The Affair Brian Miskowich /Birds J. M. Romig / On Poetry and Poverty Jessica Stewart/ The Undying Generation And Pictures ... Tara Neely Joe Detnerski Jordan Rimpela Kendra Bopp Sherri Quirke Bolcevic