Browsing by Author "Vollmer, Matthew"

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    21st Century Prose: We Like Words and Voices and That for Which We Have No Name
    Vollmer, Matthew (2015-04-21)
    An invited essay describing the goals and mission of the University of Michigan's 21st Century Prose.
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    "33rd Balloon"
    Vollmer, Matthew (2016-07-22)
  • "Academy Girls"
    Vollmer, Matthew (Moon City, 2014-03-01)
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    Advanced Placement, Essay #3, Free Response
    Vollmer, Matthew (The Normal School, 2012-11-01)
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    Against the Wire
    Rand, Jamie Michael (Virginia Tech, 2014-06-06)
    A troubled Marine Corps veteran, home from a combat tour in Iraq in 2003, must choose between making a better life for himself in college or staying with the self-destructive friends he served with during the war.
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    Aisha and Teresa
    Salem, Nora (Virginia Tech, 2016-07-01)
    A story about two young women from very different backgrounds who are united by friendship and the trauma of sexual assault.
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    All of Us Together in the End
    Vollmer, Matthew (Hub City Press, 2023-04-01)
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    "The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer"
    Vollmer, Matthew; Phillips, H. (LitHub, 2016-07-05)
    A conversation between writers Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer about writing short stories.
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    Arts + Crafts
    Vollmer, Matthew; Fralin, Scott (Virginia Tech, 2014-05-05)
    An interactive exhibit based on the work of a graduate creative nonfiction course from the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Each student designed and constructed physical, interactive exhibits that deployed narratives about the subjects they were investigating. 2014/05/05 - 2014/05/09
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    Black Magic
    Vollmer, Matthew (2020)
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    Blackout
    Vollmer, Matthew (2020-04-01)
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    "Blood Soup"
    Vollmer, Matthew (2017-07-12)
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    A Book of Uncommon Prayer
    Vollmer, Matthew (Outpost19, 2015-05-01)
    A Book of Uncommon Prayer collects everyday invocations from 60 acclaimed and emerging authors. Edited by Matthew Vollmer, and inspired by the Anglican original, the anthology spans a remarkable range of beliefs and inclinations, producing a kaleidoscopic portrait of contemporary concerns, from the heart-wrenching to the irreverent. All proceeds will benefit 826 Valencia, which is “dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their writing skills, and to helping teachers get excited about the literary arts.” (I conceived the idea, solicited work, made selections, arranged the pieces, edited and copy edited them, created indexes, wrote a preface, and contributed 9 selections to the manuscript.)
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    "Brain Bank"
    Vollmer, Matthew (2016-09-16)
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    "Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera"
    Vollmer, Matthew (2016-07-22)
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    Burials
    Vollmer, Matthew (2021-10-15)
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    "Can't Feel My Face"
    Vollmer, Matthew (2016-07-22)
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    Casa Caracol: A Novella and Stories
    Vera Tata, Maria Elvira (Virginia Tech, 2015-06-01)
    Casa Caracol: A Novella and Stories is a two-genre writing project. The novella is a collection of interconnected stories about two Venezuelan female childhood companions, Zafirah and Tamara, who maintain their friendship despite political upheaval and migration. The protagonist, Zafirah, must reconcile her divided cultural identity through the dynamics of her relationship with a new host country and her far-away homeland. The stories, Migrant Voicings, are language driven cuentos that attempt to render what is happening in a migrant-influenced mind. The voicings aim to challenge how a story is told and disrupt the expectations of what the immigrant story is supposed to be. There are thematic links to the novella--migration, Diaspora, alienation, violence, nostalgia and embodied longing, etc--and a vocal link, too, as some of the voices could belong to a grown-up, alternative Zafirah.
  • "Category Negative One"
    Vollmer, Matthew (2021-04-15)