Coe Review

04/14/2020

An Update From the Editors:
We regret to inform that this semester, due to COVID-19 and the closure of Coe College's campus, we will not be producing a 2020 Fiction issue at this time. For those whose pieces were already accepted, they had the option to have their stories published on our website and then later be published in our 2021 Fiction issue. Please look out for those pieces to be published online and we encourage writers to keep writing and submitting. We are currently accepting submissions for our 2020 Poetry issue. Thank you for everyone's understanding and continuous support. Stay healthy.

12/09/2019

The Wolves by Sarah Delappe is a contemporary play about a girl’s soccer team. Delappe focuses in on the girls themselves, giving adults very few lines and rarely showing the teammates off the field. Off field pressures and issues are still very relevant though, as the girls discuss everything from foreign politics to a teammates potential crush on a girl and the ramifications of their captain being a le***an. [ 117 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/09/the-wolves-by-sarah-delappe-review-by-sarah-stocking/

The Wolves by Sarah Delappe is a contemporary play about a girl’s soccer team. Delappe focuses in on the girls themselves, giving adults very few lines and rarely showing the teammates off the fiel…

12/08/2019

You know that thing that pops into your head right before you fall asleep? That one embarrassing thing that you did, that may have taken place years ago, yet it still continues to make you cringe whenever it enters your mind? Perhaps it was that time that you tripped down a flight of stairs in front of your crush, or that awkward thing where you wave at someone who most certainly was not waving at you. [ 1,449 more word ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/im-proud-of-you-by-hannah-hass/

You know that thing that pops into your head right before you fall asleep? That one embarrassing thing that you did, that may have taken place years ago, yet it still continues to make you cringe w…

12/08/2019

Call me . Never mind how little or no money in my purse, To me , I thought I would see the world. A way I have of regulating the circulation I find myself growing in my soul; whenever I find coffin warehouses, and every funeral; my hand, requires a strong principle to prevent me from stepping into and knocking, [ 48 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/self-indulged-by-simon-walker/

Call me . Never mind how little or no money in my purse, To me , I thought I would see the world. A way I ha…

12/08/2019

Red Rising has many deep meanings behind the society, behind Darrow, behind the whole complexity of the world they live in. The theme of this book to me was that’s a conflict between Appearance versus Reality. There are three major pivotal points in this book that stood out to me the most within the actions, plot, setting, and characters. The three moments/characteristic qualities that stood out the most were; Darrow’s discovery of the true outside world, his physical transformation to fit in, and the game/school training they go through when he finds out the proctors are a part of their own game (It’s a game within a game, within a really big game). [ 1,062 more word ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/red-rising-by-pierce-brown-review-by-alyssa-jack/

Red Rising has many deep meanings behind the society, behind Darrow, behind the whole complexity of the world they live in. The theme of this book to me was that’s a conflict between Appearance ver…

12/08/2019

Plot summary: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd starts with not the murder of Mr. Ackroyd, but his secret love, Mrs. Ferrars. Mrs. Ferrars was rumored by Dr. Sheppard’s sister, Caroline and others to have poisoned her late husband, Ashley Ferrars. As the story unfolds Mrs. Ferrars death uncovers the truth that she did in fact poison her now dead husband and she did it because of her love for Mr. [ 651 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/short-analysis-of-the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-by-alyssa-jack/

Plot summary: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd starts with not the murder of Mr. Ackroyd, but his secret love, Mrs. Ferrars. Mrs. Ferrars was rumored by Dr. Sheppard’s sister, Caroline and others to hav…

12/08/2019

Catholic Metalhead “We are called to love one another, and walk humbly with God!” My mother’s slightly off-key singing voice jolts me awake as the processional ends and everyone takes their seats in their pews. After what went down last night I didn’t really feel like walking anywhere with anyone. I just wanted to curl up in my bed and take a nap for the next week or so. [ 3,049 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/catholic-metalhead-by-hannah-hass/

Catholic Metalhead “We are called to love one another, and walk humbly with God!” My mother’s slightly off-key singing voice jolts me awake as the processional ends and everyone takes their seats i…

12/08/2019

The man— tired of his meaningless life, a meaningless life with no purpose, working eight to five at a dead end job selling useless paper products to companies that did not need the products (Paper products that were marketed as previously being used and recycled was instead previously used and never recycled) products that his company lied to other companies about and solely was for the making of money, which he never saw nor did he earn more than minimum wage (8.25 an hour) so he would work multiple jobs daily to try to bring in enough money to keep himself fed and to keep a roof over his head— drove his 2008 Mazda 5 van, this nice dark red vehicle with tinted windows and a broken fender from a collision he had when he was in school (a collision that could have been avoided if the other driver was aware of the situation and was focused on the road ahead of her, instead of focusing on her phone) a van that he had had since his graduation— a graduation day that was filled with sadness at the death of his younger sister at age seven, who passed away in a surgical malpractice incident that arose from an incompetant doctor and a cancer that had been aggressive since she was four years old, costing them her life and the job of the doctor; costing him the sister that was always there for him, that would make him smile on rainy days, that would always be there for him, the sister that would no longer be there— he drove to the cliffside that he and his sister would always come to, and on this, the 40th anniversary of her death and the 10th anniversary of the death of his parents (leaving him as the only living member of his family), he parked the car and opened two bottles of Pepsi, taking them over to the grave stone that stood atop the cliff reading the name of his sister; setting down the Pepsi beside the grave stone, he rests his back on the cold stone and watches the sunset on this, the 40th anniversary of him losing his best friend.
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/untitled-by-simon-walker/

The man— tired of his meaningless life, a meaningless life with no purpose, working eight to five at a dead end job selling useless paper products to companies that did not need the products (Paper…

12/08/2019

Continual Opening lines Masquerade a normality. I’m angry that it matters so much and that Normal isn’t q***r. Glowing hearts, caring, and being treated the way I should be treated—this should be normal. Openly, I try to share with everyone Until the assumptions flood or the exhaustion kicks in. Tired of coming out. Tired of having to.
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/coming-out-written-bykailey-blunk-for-audrey-nelson/

Continual Opening lines Masquerade a normality. I’m angry that it matters so much and that Normal isn’t q***r. Glowing hearts, caring, and being treated the way I should be treated—this should be …

12/08/2019

“You gotta be willing to be brave enough to be the only one who knows you’re afraid.” Lines like this and more were performed by international touring poet and performance artist, Ebony Stewart, Wednesday night at her Student Activities Committee (SAC) sponsored spoken word show. The show was held in the Mills in Dows at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2nd, with fifteen students in attendance. [ 521 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/poetry-sex-education-and-more-during-spoken-word-performance-by-kailey-blunk/

“You gotta be willing to be brave enough to be the only one who knows you’re afraid.” Lines like this and more were performed by international touring poet and performance artist, Ebony Stewart, We…

12/08/2019

Impulse is the chronicle of three teenagers’ journeys while in an inpatient mental health program. Told via switching viewpoints (seemingly always leaving the reader on a cliffhanger), Hopkins’s novel focuses on Connor, a rich kid whose parents put so much pressure on his that he attempted su***de, Toni, an abuse victim whose mentor died recently, and Vanessa, following in her mentally ill mother’s footsteps. [ 314 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/book-review-impulse-by-ellen-hopkins-by-athena-aguiar/

Impulse is the chronicle of three teenagers’ journeys while in an inpatient mental health program. Told via switching viewpoints (seemingly always leaving the reader on a cliffhanger), Hopkins’s no…

12/08/2019

The String I am what others may call an empath. Empaths are people who are so aware of the world around them, so much so that they are aware of others emotionally and physically. For example if someone were to fall, in a sense, I feel their pain. At least, I can imagine it. The point of contact where their body hit the ground, the movement and soreness that comes when they stand back up. [ 433 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/the-string-by-taylor-bruno/

The String   I am what others may call an empath. Empaths are people who are so aware of the world around them, so much so that they are aware of others emotionally and physically. For exampl…

12/08/2019

A Field of Reeds A single warm light illuminates an old man all alone on a dark stage. He looks around and isn’t concerned that he is alone. He isn’t too bothered at all. He is wearing all black and looks longingly at a place (nothing in particular, but never at the audience). He just keeps looking. He then examines himself, debating if he is even actually standing where he is. [ 440 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/a-field-of-reeds-by-taylor-bruno/

A Field of Reeds   A single warm light illuminates an old man all alone on a dark stage. He looks around and isn’t concerned that he is alone. He isn’t too bothered at all.   He is wearin…

12/08/2019

untitled recipes Concoction #23: Spicy water Loose leaf chai tea steeped in iced water (3 ice cubes per cup of water). Steep for 3 minutes. Add a tablespoon of honey. 2 shots of Colombia Santa Maria espresso. Concoction #44: kitchen sink, deconstructed 1-part water from the tap, 2 parts any and all household spices in your spice drawer/cabinet/lazy susan/rack. Apply generously. Stir with conviction.
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/untitled-recipes-by-ellora-bultema/

untitled recipes Concoction #23: Spicy water Loose leaf chai tea steeped in iced water (3 ice cubes per cup of water). Steep for 3 minutes. Add a tablespoon of honey. 2 shots of Colombia Santa Mari…

12/08/2019

Children Underground was a documentary focusing on the counterculture of homeless children in Romania, collecting data through a self-report study method. The film followed the lives of a few children living in a subway in Romania and throughout the movie the audience is shown examples of violent and nonviolent crimes as well as sanctions practiced within the counterculture. The society is made up of boys and girls varying in age and economic background and resembled theories like the differential association theory. [ 532 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/children-underground-a-reflection-through-the-lens-of-sociology-by-ellora-bultema/

Children Underground was a documentary focusing on the counterculture of homeless children in Romania, collecting data through a self-report study method. The film followed the lives of a few child…

12/08/2019

Every writer knows that they should edit their work, but this last step is not regarded as highly as it should be in the writing process. It is what brings your poem from something that was written on a whim to a professional, publishable written work. Here I will highlight some important things you need to integrate into your editing process: [ 318 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/the-importance-of-editing-in-poetry-athena-aguiar/

Every writer knows that they should edit their work, but this last step is not regarded as highly as it should be in the writing process. It is what brings your poem from something that was written…

12/08/2019

Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Bronte, about love and revenge on the English moors. Set in 1800, it details the long interconnected history of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange and the two families who live there as neighbors. Bronte relates the story in a multi frame narrative as we read Lockwood’s diary and he writes about the story Nelly Dean is telling, parts of which are also related from yet another person’s point of view, so at almost every point in the narrative you are no fewer than three degrees of separation from the story. [ 415 more words ]
http://coereview.org/2019/12/08/wuthering-heights-review-by-sarah-stocking/

Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Bronte, about love and revenge on the English moors. Set in 1800, it details the long interconnected history of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange and th…