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'T-^ %-'"Pwi^. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/aubade199222univ A D A B E IT MaryWashingtonCollegeReviewOfArtandLiterature f lat ^~ \i' ^Q-0I®a^fi'a~a fi"7C7C0®tta+to f-^©-f 0/f^fi ©®'ata®©''^I'-t ^ fia¥afifi'®t 'r®~a^T\®0^^d'~q a~dA'fit^/¥ Ia¥fi0/ ©0atona~'-^i^-.t0~ Literature ChandlerPrize forPoesie 35 ChandlerPrize forFiction 37-41 Poesie Cottle, Kathy 20-1,24,42 Dervin, Dan 29 Fowler,Sheryl 7 Gilligan,Jen 28 Glover Donald 18,54,56 Gudjonsson, KristinB. 9 Gut,Terry 8,25 Keane, Rosemary 35 MacKenzie,Jessica 55 McPheeters,Bonni 33 Mog,Joel 45 Parker,Adrienne 44 Fiction Fowler,Sheryl 46-53 Nelson,BabaraG. 11-17 Shirley,Virginia 37-41 Art Melchers Prize forTwo-Dimensional Art frontcover Melchers Prize forThree-DimensionalArt 36 Two-dimensional MaryJaneBohlen cover, 26, 34 JenniferCarroll 19, 23, 27,32 MaryClark 30 Diana Paris 53 Criis Geer 31,43 Christina Higgins 24 Joohee Lee 22 JessicaMacKenzie 57 JenniferPugin 10 Three-dimensional Diana Paris 21, 29, 54 Criis Geer 8,9 JenniferGreen 44,45 Aletta Nickles 41 NikkiShiUing 36 A U B A D E Editor:JeffreyS. Bardzell LiteraryEditor: ElizabethHockmuth ArtEditor:CriisGeer Sponsor:GenineLentine Staff K.JasonBryan JessicaMacKenzie TracyCampbell Mog Joel JenniferCarroll DeborahMoore KathyCottle BarbaraNelson JUlGolden JenniferO'Donnell KristinGudjonsson AdrienneParker EvansLaRoche MonicaSlovenz MelarueLenihan ThankstoCoryAnneHarriganforcopyediting,and DavidCanatseyforComputerLiteracy. Special thanks totheWritingIntensiveProgramfor co-sponsoringbothoftheChandlerPrizesforLiterature CoverartbyMaryJaneBohlen ImaginaryPoetinResidence: Virgil ImaginaryArtistinResidence:SalvadorDali Thismagazineisforthestudents,faculty,andstaffofMaryWash- ingtonCollege. Opinionsexpressedarethoseofthecontributorswho retainallrights. Thestaffofthismagazinejudgesallworkanonymously. Beforeit reviewsanyofthesubmissions,theeditorsremovethenamesfromthe works. Tofurtherensurefairreviewing,staffmemberswhoknowthe author/artistofagivenworkabstainfrombothvotinganddiscussion. Staffmembersand theirfamiliesarenoteligiblefortheprizes. ©copyright 1992Aubade Moving bySherylFowler Itbeganthenight youredreamedourapartment. Frowzyvisionsinatousledbed gaveussofaspace andboughtthatbigwroughtiron bedstead,forabedroomasbigas ourentireefficiency. Alongthefarwallyouplaced ricepaperwindows, openingontoapathedgarden. Inthedarkyouwokeupconfused- youthoughtwehadputin skylights. Later,indesperation, youblewthewallsapart. Themouldingsplitopen, thestarlightspilledin, andwehadspace- Ihadn't, thewallsextended butfreedomiscatching. withjointsofclearcrystal. Insidiouslythepaper Youawokeinecstasy, creptinwithmybooks. youhadalreadymoved. Penmarksappeared, mapsweredrawn, budgetsconstructed. We stilltoldourselves welovedour "littlehouse." Steppingovereachother inthekitchenwesaid this; andelbowingeachotheratthe bathroomsinkweaffirmed. Butthesecondhousewelookedat wasperfect. Thatnightyoudreamed weplantedagarden, andunrolled like squashvines, andblossomedwithflowers. Anorexia byTerryGur Justasimpletest,Theysaid, toexplaintoTheirsatisfaction mythin,dryskin, mypipestemarms, myshallow,sunkenface. SoIdrankTheirthick,gray,chalk-dustdrink, mappedamuddy,x-raypath tomystomach. Theyfound twocrawlymonstersthere (IcouldhavetoldThem) eatingintentlyaway. Thebigonehadfather'syellowteeth, mymother'sdeep-seteyes. Thesmallonelookedlikeme. CriisGeer BlackBear Soapstone CriisGeer BlackBear Soapstone Cicada byKristinB.Gudjonsson anemergenceofemerald; anymphborneout ofanetherealshellofamber. onethousandeyes onethousandsights. deliberate, arduous, quivering; genesis. suspendedflaccid, pending thegleamoffreshwings andmaturehusk. seventeenyears, burrowed inabewitchedslumber. themutedbuzznowvoiced. JenniferPugin EnforcingHeinies Photography 10