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In the Spring Hills
The Lamp
the laughing heart by Charles Bukowski
The autumn of 1993 was Lincoln’s second-coldest on record, after keeping track for 125 years. With an average temperature of 48.4 degrees Fahrenheit and nearly a foot of rain per month, the residents of Lincoln were missing summer quite a bit. Charles Bukowski was featured in Prairie Schooner that fall with some words of encouragement …
The Nightmare by Joyce Carol Oates
In the fall of 1971, on-campus newspaper the Daily Nebraskan featured a series of articles on homosexuality. Robert Prokop, future University of Nebraska Regent, submitted a guest column in which he discussed homosexuality as a disease. In his column, Prokop plagiarized Edmund Bergler’s 1957 book, Homosexuality: Disease or Way of Life. Bergler contemplated what he …
Calculations of Being
Something Will Grow
Election Night—1885
Unpatriotic Art
The Buckeye by Rita Dove
Lincoln’s weather during the spring of 1988 was mild. With scant snowfall and temperatures ranging from the mid-40s to upper 60s, it was an ideal time for planting. On April 1, the Lanoha Nursery was selected to provide and plant trees for the spring Master Street Tree Planting Program, which laid out a plan as …