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Vega, Jolie

The Prairie Light Review 
Volume 43 Number 1 Article 7 
Fall 12-1-2020 
Editor's Note 
Jolie Vega 
College of DuPage 
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Vega, Jolie (2020) "Editor's Note," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 43 : No. 1 , Article 7. 
Available at: https://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol43/iss1/7 
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Editorial Team
 Editor in Chief 
 - Jolie Vega
 Production Editor 
 - Wren Dorris
 Marketing Editor 
 - Grace Rodriguez
 Assistant Editors 
 - Camila Casella
 - Melina Kline
 - Connor Pilman
 Faculty Advisor 
 - Adam Fotos
Editor’s Note
First and foremost, I would like to thank everyone who submitted 
their work to PLR; for continuing to create during such difficult 
times, and for your support and interest in the Prairie Light Review. 
I would also like to thank Student Life, both for their help in 
shipping out the past Spring 2020 volume and for their continued 
support of the journal. Their assistance has been invaluable and 
without them, we would be unable to get physical issues shipped 
out to our contributors. Lastly, a huge thank you to the Prairie 
Light Review’s editorial team and our faculty advisor Adam Fotos, 
for all of their hard work and dedication. It is thanks to them, the 
volume you hold in your hands was made possible. Through their 
perseverance, we were able to overcome the trials and tribulations 
of constructing the journal virtually. 
As for me, this is my first semester as editor in chief of the Prairie 
Light Review, and I look forward to many more! It’s been a blast to 
work with such a talented team and to produce a journal that I am 
truly proud of. The thematically-based Fall 2020 journal arranges 
the works by Nature, Communication, Death, Memory, and Self. 
It is my sincerest hope that everyone enjoys this issue and all the 
talent and hard work that went into it! Thank you very much! 
-Editor in Chief of Prairie Light Review, Jolie Vega 
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Editor\u27s Note

Kagin, Ethan

The Prairie Light Review 
Volume 43 Number 1 Article 18 
Fall 12-1-2020 
Peace 
Ethan Kagin 
College of DuPage 
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Peace
Peaceful
On the rock shore
The West Wind blows no more
Time is gone, only I remain
At rest
Ethan Kagin
Messengers of Joy
Bruce Norstrom
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Peace

Mendez, Angelo

The Prairie Light Review 
Volume 43 Number 1 Article 64 
Fall 12-1-2020 
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Angelo Mendez 
College of DuPage 
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Mendez, Angelo (2020) "Masked," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 43 : No. 1 , Article 64. 
Available at: https://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol43/iss1/64 
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Masked                                                                       Angelo Mendez
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S., Madiha

The Prairie Light Review 
Volume 43 Number 1 Article 66 
Fall 12-1-2020 
Today 
Madiha S. 
College of DuPage 
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Today
Today the sun does not feel so foreign to my lips
Today these eyes do not appear so solemn in your midst
Perhaps someone whispered a prayer to dispel my innermost veneers 
Granted me freedom from having to uphold a facade of tears
I think I will wander under the sun while its warmth is unfamiliar 
Though I often play a victim to fear
Casualties aside
Today I am here
Today I am here
Madiha S.
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Today

The Prairie Light Review 
Volume 43 Number 1 Article 67 
Fall 12-1-2020 
Gratitude 
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(2020) "Gratitude," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 43 : No. 1 , Article 67. 
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Gratitude
The team at Prairie Light Review is grateful for the support of Dr. Brian 
Caputo, Dr. Mark Curtis-Chavez, Dr. Diana Del Rosario, and Dean Sandra 
Martins. The finished product of this journal would have been impossible 
if not for the unwavering support of our faculty, who encourage students 
to revise and submit their submissions! Much thanks to Chuck Steele, 
Nicole Plumtree, Shannon Hernandez, Jelymar Mejia, and the Office of 
Student Life for their support and assistance with publicity as well as 
Jennifer Duda. Thanks to the CoD Library and Staff, especially Jennifer 
McIntosh for helping distribute Prairie Light Review to the public during 
the pandemic. Additional gratitude is due to Karen Kuhn, Cathie Walker, 
Paula Burns, the Budilovsky family. We are so grateful to the talented in-
dividuals at Alpha Graphics in Lisle, and especially to Doug Wade, without 
whom this would be impossible.
Colophon
Twice a year, College of DuPage invites all COD students, faculty and staff, 
as well as the entirety of District 502 to submit original literature and 
artwork for publication in the community liberal arts journal, the Prairie 
Light Review. This year Prairie Light Review accepted works of original 
fiction, nonfiction, essays, drama, poetry, graphic essays, photography, 
and 2D or 3D artwork of any medium to be considered for publication. 
Students enrolled in English 2210 worked as student editors to read 
and evaluate all submissions through a fair and anonymous system of 
evaluation. The class was guided by our faculty advisor, Adam Fotos, who 
oversees class proceedings, leads hiring decisions of class officers, and 
advises on creative and technical decisions of all varieties. 
Throughout the semester, our officers- Editor in Chief, Production Editor, 
and Marketing Editor- serve pertinent roles in ensuring the quality of 
our publication. Our Marketing Editor manages all of our social media 
and community connections, ensuring that the public is aware of the 
opportunities available to them, and the details of upcoming events. 
The Production Editor creates the overall design of the journal, deciding 
formatting, color scheme, piece placement, and other technical decisions. 
The Editor in Chief supervises all operations of the team, makes executive 
decisions on submissions, and advises Assistant Editors in their work. 
Final edits are approved by our entire team before the finished publication 
is sent to the printers.
Cover: 80 Pound Matte Paperstock
Design: Adobe Photoshop CC 2020.15.02.1, Adobe InDesign CC, Adobe 
Illustrator CC. Composed on a Apple MacBook Air
Finance and Operation: the publication is funded through College of  
 DuPage’s Student Life
Publishing: AlphaGraphics, Lisle, Illinois
Paperstock: 70 pound Matte Paperstock
Photography: All photography in this magazine is provided by residents  
 of District 502
Typography: Tisa Pro, available through Adobe & paid for by Student Life
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Gratitude

Shukin, Lydia

Construction Project Management: Building Your Career

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Phillips, Matt

Some Create Some Destroy

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Dr. Michelle E. Moore, is Professor of English at the College of DuPage, where she teaches classes in American literature and film and the honors composition sequence. She is the author of Chicago and the Making of American Modernism: Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald in Conflict published by Bloomsbury Academic and coeditor (with COD Professor Brian Brems) of the collection: Refocus: The Films of Paul Schrader to be published by Edinburgh University Press in June. She has published articles in the journals Literature/Film Quarterly, Cather Studies 9 and 11, and Faulkner Studies and chapters in the collections Teaching Henry James, Hemingway in the Digital Age, and Rape in Art Cinema. She is also a board member of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park

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