Volume 3, 2002
Life is a curious thing. That is why it is always good to assess and reassess things of importance like assets, assumptions, motives, direction, love, timing and so on. Nobody can truly consider every aspect of every variable of every situation in every possible intelligent way. The way you do think in these situations is almost certainly different from how any other random human would react. This is true with every aspect of the ways we live our lives; we are all unique individuals who share one thing, and that is life on Earth. So, within the moment of your next conscious breath, reassess your reason 'why,' and think about your situation. There is a chance that you could be the first person to do what you might make yourself do- and that could be cool. Conversely, what if you are the six billionth human in history to do what you're ready to do? Would knowing something like this deter you? Would it spur you on?
Such is the written word. Nothing in history has been more prolifically attempted than the simple effort of inscribing a story, or a thought, or an opinion, or an expression of a feeling onto some form of transmissible medium.
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the third edition of the Bryant Literary Review. As the student editor, I would personally like to thank every contributor as well as all those whose work could not be accepted for publication in this issue. Without the assistance of The Pawtucket Times, The Woonsocket Call, Bryant College Academic Affairs Division, Institutional Advancement Division, the Department of English and Humanities, and the Faculty Development Center, this selection of artistic expression would not have been able to be.
Thank You and Enjoy,
Robert Diehm
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EDITOR: Tom Chandler
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EDITOR'S NOTE / 4
FICTION
Look What Happened To Me, Bayard / 10
Alterations and Repairs, Sue Repko / 25
Homage to the Furies, Sean McCarthy / 44
Nighthawk Falls, Dusk, Richard Bentley / 75
Fat, Jeffrey David Peckham / 99
Judging, Gordon Graves / 116
Selling to the Goyim, J. Weintraub / 125
POETRY
Everyone, Barry Ballard / 6
North Korea Threatens To End Talks, Test Missile, Ace Boggess /
8
Study / Statues, Leonard Gontarek / 22
Study / Leaves, Leonard Gontarek / 23
In a November Woods, David James / 24
The Mad Girl Can't Bear Change, Lyn Lifshin / 42
Swell, Gary Maggio / 43
May Day, Ken McCullough / 71
The Secret Agent Held Over At O'Hare, Bill Sweeney / 72
On The Horizon, Bill Sweeney / 73
The Gerbils, Rustin Larson / 74
The Middle Years, Walt McDonald / 97
Kathleen Mary McCarthy, Jason Starbuck / 98
"Tiny, delicate fishbones…", Peggy Lin Duthie /
106
Walking Home From the Cemetery, Peggy Lin Duthie / 108
The Letter Carrier, Ronald Thorpe / 109
Lessons, Ronald Thorpe / 110
The Nazi, Baron Wormser / 112
School Spirit, J. Tarwood / 114
Frog Legs, Robert Samarotto / 122
Fat Tuesday, Rosalynde Vas Dias / 124
Tremors, David Jauss / 140
Flush, David Jauss / 141
CONTRIBUTORS / 142
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