Skunk River Review, 1989-2018
Scope and Contents
The Skunk River Review (SRR) features the writing of DMACC students enrolled at all levels of the college’s Composition courses. Included student works are selected by DMACC faculty and staff. Unlike issues of Expressions, which typically include a combination of prose, poetry, illustration and photography, SRR includes only prose, both fiction and non-fiction.
Like Expressions, the SRR has not been numbered, dated, or self-described with uniformity over the years of its publication. Some editions are described as “scholarship editions,” where corporate sponsors have donated funds for monetary “scholarships” for the top entries in categories such as Composition I and Composition II.
From volume 1: "Title aside, our main goal was to celebrate student writing. Along the way we have collected a wide range of essays that reflects the diversity of the student body. This issue features writing from Writing Skills Review. Composition I and II, and Major American Writers. In Part I, we simply presented the essays as they were presented to us. We have been true to the original manuscripts (except in spelling). Part II offers essays in process. The selection process for this issue was not easy. Out of 64 manuscripts submitted, 33 are represented here. Space limitations dictated the number. We tried to represent as wide a selection of rhetorical circumstances as possible. We hope the Skunk River Rev1ew will be used as a reader in writing classrooms, as a supplemental text, and perhaps most importantly, as the celebration it was intended to be. Most of all, these essays represent a voice, a collective voice. Reading these essays is an invitation to share in the lives and feelings of the writers. It is a unique voice, an evocation of a time and place, as particular as the Skunk River. A voice not easily ignored."
Dates
- Publication: 1989-2018
Conditions Governing Use
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Full Extent
19 Volumes : 19 volumes are physical natives and have been digitized ; Vol. 1 – Vol. 5: 5.5”x8.24” Vol. 6 – Vol. 10: 8.5”x11”; spiral bound Vol. 12 – Vol. 14: 8.5”x11” Vol. 15: 8.5”x11”; spiral bound Vol. 16 – Vol. 24: 8.5”x11”
Full Extent
155 Megabytes (19 volumes are physical natives and have been digitized; 6 volumes are digital natives.)
Language of Materials
From the Class: English
Repository Details
Part of the Archive of Des Moines Area Community College Repository
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