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The Platypus
Volume 1 Spring
Article 2
Spring 2009
Front Matter
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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 [email protected].
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
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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