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Constellation: Honorable Mention 2007-2008
Constellation Honorable Mention 2007-2008 (PDF)
Ever year, it’s a challenge to decide which submissions to include in the print version of Constellation, and our limited budget and space dictate that only a few make the final cut. This year, though, we are pleased to introduce an online, expanded edition of Constellation to showcase those pieces that our guest editors believe deserve honorable mention.
In this online edition, you’ll find the same range of inventiveness and passion that marks the printed version of Constellation.
Here, for example, you will find Kevin Knox’s short story reminding us that our most important moral deliberations in life may occur in the space of a few brief moments. Exploring a much longer passage of time, Thomas Lohr’s narrative treats the betrayals of history and the human costs of a failed State.
The poems collected here explore a similarly diverse range of subjects and forms. In “A Bit of Their Love,” Sabrina Fu treats the connection between food and love, and Kenneth Feigenbaum puts a modern turn on the ancient genre of a poet’s plea for inspiration.
The documentary impulse appears to be alive and well in the UMUC community. This was a very good year for both essays and photographs. To cite just a few examples, Joseph Robertshaw writes memorably about overcoming a lifelong odontophobia, and Tammicko Claggett deftly explores one woman’s relationship— complicated by familial, personal, and social implications—with her hair. Appropriately for a university with a global reach, the photographs collected in this supplemental section take us to several continents.
We hope you enjoy this expanded online version of Constellation. We also hope that this year’s issue inspires you to submit, or resubmit, your own work for inclusion in next year’s 2008–2009 issue. As always, contact us at constellation@umuc.edu with any questions or comments.
Matthew Prineas
Managing Editor