J. Adam Briggs, saxophone

Alexandra GardnerLuciano BerioKaren TanakaOlivier MessiaenAlexis Baco

Spring 2018

The Alembic - Spring 2018. Full Issue, 137 pages in total including front matter & table of contents. Table of Contents: Alfier, Jeffrey, The Corner of Monmouth and Broad Streets 1 Alfier, Jeffrey, Eighth Winter in Kraków 2 Sapp, David, Lorenzo’s 3 DelFarno, Marisa, The Arrival on Europa 4 Cairoli, Kendall, Dirty Water 9 Ward, Samuel, My Mind Wanders 11 Spireng, Matthew J., Waking After A Dream 14 Murawski, Elisabeth, Urban 15 Murawski, Elisabeth, Solace 16 Charland, Ryan, You Let it Wash Over You 17 Hughes, Margaret C., cleistomorphosis 28 Nelms, Sheryl L., Golden Garden Spider 29 Nelms, Sheryl L., Green High Flyer 30 Alfier, Tobi, He Wants Me To 31 Alfier, Tobi, Jocelyn’s Victory 30 Alfier, Tobi, The Man Who Cooks Greens While Thinking of Words 34 Day, Holly, In Memoriam 36 Interview with Jane Lunin Perel 37 Interview with Ed Ochester 43 Tavares, Ralph, Petra, Jordan, 2011 48 Tavares, Ralph, Mount Nebo, 2011 48 Tavares, Ralph, Wadi Rum, Jordan, 2011 49 Harbour, Alexandra, Autumn 50 Harbour, Alexandra, General Store 50 Harbour, Alexandra, Alida 51 Harbour, Alexandra, Drip 51 Harbour, Alexandra, Erie Bunkhouse 52 Harbour, Alexandra, Kennicott Glacier 52 Harbour, Alexandra, Lift 53 Fricchione, Mel, 95% water 54 Fricchione, Mel, not pictured 3 pals 54 Fricchione, Mel, city flowers 55 Fricchione, Mel, open 55 Manning, Eric, Celtic Boats 56 Manning, Eric, Trim Castle Sunset 56 Manning, Eric, Nieakhanie Mountain 57 Manning, Eric, Mt. Hood Burning 57 Interview with Ruth Gilligan 58 Interview with Phillip B.Williams 62 Levison, Judith Ann, Eclipse 66 Castleberry, R.T., A River, A World 67 Castleberry, R.T., Late for Leaving 68 Kent, Jessica, Perspective 69 Wergeland, Kari, Venting 70 Henry, Amy, The Last Reel 72 Roberts, Stephen R., The Clock Collector 85 Jais, Alexis, Sisters 86 Nielsen, Kristy, The Hands of Someone I Love 87 Nielsen, Kristy, Introducing the Wounded 88 Sullivan, Rachel, The Theory of Whiteness 89 De Leon, Kiana , Emmett Till 102 Buckley, David, Pierced 103 Colby, Joan, Arson 104 Colby, Joan, Stairway at 48 rue de Lille, Paris, 1906 105 Henriquez, Dawyn, Afro- 106 Bosque, Mallari, It is (my) anxiety 109 Glasser, Marvin, The Apology 111 Perchik, Simon, * 112 Perchik, Simon,* 113 Perchik, Simon,* 114 Perchik, Simon,* 115 Contributors’ Notes 11

Spring 2017

Spring 2017. Full Issue, 175 pages including covers and advertisements. Table of Contents: Murawski, Elisabeth, When Lilies Burn, 1 Murawski, Elisabeth, Rivera, 2 Spireng, Matthew J., Rockport Nor\u27easter, June, 3 Munroe, Anna, Seasonal Attire, 4 Munroe, Anna, The Mission, 7 Murphy, Julie, Meanwhile, 9 Roberts, Stephen R., Notes on a Lost Notebook, with Complications, 10 Brenner, Francesca, Memory Box, 11 Stuart, Jane, The Oval Mirror, 12 Fox, Wendy, St. Maria of the Head, 13 Nelms, Sheryl L., Altocumulus Clouds, 26 Tramonte, Rachel, Long Relationships, 27 Tramonte, Rachel, No More Mythology, 28 Howerton, David, For Those Few, 29 Howerton, David, Finches Hop Across Field, 30 Meckel, Lisa, Some Unanswerable Questions Raised by Soft Flowers and an Old Woman, 31 Interview with Allison Espach, 32 Interview with Catherine MacPhail, 36 Acunzo, Zachary, A Storm\u27s A Brewin, 41 Acunzo, Zachary, Riverside Flies, 41 D\u27Ella, Olivia, Hear Me, 42 D\u27Ella, Olivia, Nothing But Blues, 42 D\u27Ella, Olivia, Summer Sky, 43 D\u27Ella, Olivia, Warmth, 43 Harbour, Alexandra, Santorini, 44 Harbour, Alexandra, Burano, 44 Harbour, Alexandra, Copenhagen, 45 Harbour, Alexandra, New York, 46 Harbour, Alexandra, Amsterdam, 46 Harbour, Alexandra, Rome, 47 Harbour, Alexandra, Lexi\u27s Door, 47 Harbour, Alexandra, Venice, 48 Harbour, Alexandra, New Hampshire, 48 McGill, Carla, Shifting, 49 McGill, Carla, The Glow of Former Times, 50 Howlett, Brian, So the Whale Said, 51 Alfier, Jefferey, Route 14, North from White Heather, 60 Richardson, Serena Eve, On Tour, 61 Askew, Judith, Gestures, 62 Askew, Judith, Ear Piercing, 63 Clutter, Timothy, Claudius on the Human Ear, 65 Biggus, Lela, Boy Devine, 67 Zeldolik, John, Only Careful Tread, 76 Raphael, Dan, Night is the Name We Give, 77 Francis, H.E., Stain, 79 Greenhause, Jonathan, Like Writing About Love, 100 Kelley, Jacqueline, Elevator Talk, 102 Cardoza, Sarah, Sushi in South Dakota, 103 Kent, Jessica, Sunday, 104 Kent, Jessica, Going Home, 105 Kent, Jessica, Small Talk, 106 McMann, Donald, Shaken and Stirred, 109 O\u27Connell, Suzanne, Privilege, 123 Swigart, Samantha, The Hour of Lead, 124 Williams, Stephen, Intended Solitude, 135 Thoreen, David, Winter Wheat, 136 Denelle, Courtney, The Kiss, 137 Tandon, Jason, Stranger, 143 Tandon, Jason, I Was Having a Wonderful Dream, 144 Foxley, Griff, A Second Coat, 145 Dumais, Anna C., Lying on the Hammock, Summer 2015, 146 Dumais, Anna C., Balance, 147 Dumais, Anna C., Walking in Providence, August 2016, 148 Dumais, Anna C., Hurricane Irene, Four Years Later, 149 Dumais, Anna C., Maybe Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back, 15

SpectroscopicTechniques and DFT Calculations to Understand Charge Transport Mechinisms in OFETs

The organic electronics research field has advanced tremendously in the last decades, but there is still an incomplete understanding of the main mechanisms governing charge injection and transport in such devices. The performance of organic semiconductors is governed not only by their molecular structures but also by their intermolecular assembly in the solid state. Here we use a combination of Raman spectroscopy and charge modulation spectroscopy (CMS) to gather information on molecular and supramolecular levels, of organic semiconductors [1,2] (Figure 1) [3]. This last one is an optical-spectroscopy technique conducted on a real OFETs, that allows us to study in situ the charge carriers present at the semiconductor-dielectric interface, where the largest contribution to charge transport occurs. [3] In this communication we will present the study of the bithiophene imide (BTIn) molecules which exhibit encouraging electron mobilities in OFETs [1,2], by using the spectroscopic techniques presented above, supported by DFT quantum chemical calculations in order to shed light on the mechanism of charge transport in OFETs.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

The birds and the bees : gender performance in Grandville's Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux

Published between 1840 and 1842, J. J. Grandville’s Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux is a hybrid work of satirical allegory that stages the scandals, polemics, and power struggles of the July Monarchy through a collection of illustrations by Grandville and stories written to accompany them. The printed image significantly disrupted artistic hierarchies of the period and sparked heated debates about both the expertise of illustrators and the possibilities of the image, described by Philippe Kaenel as an “instrument of seduction”. Scholarly engagement with Scènes des animaux has all but ignored gender, yet the increased visibility of women in the publishing industry during the July Monarchy permanently altered the terms of modern artistic legitimacy. In this paper, I demonstrate that gender has been conceptualized, represented, and reified in terms of animality and evolutionary discourses in Grandville’s text. Drawing on Alexandra Wettlaufer’s analysis of the dialectic between word and image at play in Scenes des animaux, as well as Bakhtinian polyphony and Eve Sedgwick’s concept of erotic triangles, I consider the work in terms of a triple dialectic between word, image, and gender. Through the figures of bird and bee and their associated verbal tropes, Grandville, Hetzel, and Balzac all link women to consumerism, materialism, stupidity, and sensuality. This set of associations distance women from the field of “legitimate” literary production and disempowers them as sociopolitical agents. At the same time, the overdetermined containment strategies employed by the contributors reveal that they rely on women as their primary reading public and clientele. Economic anxiety has been displaced onto the body of the animal-woman, and the contributors dress up their objections with the accoutrements of conservative morality. In titling this project “The Birds and the Bees” —a euphemism used to explain sex and courtship to small children— I call attention to the persistence of animal metaphors related to gender and sexuality in contemporary culture.Comparative Literatur

Obituary − Emeritus Professor Dr John Davidson McCraw (1925−2014) MBE, MSc NZ, DSc Well, CRSNZ, FNZSSS.

John McCraw was an Earth scientist who began working as a pedologist with Soil Bureau, DSIR, then became the Foundation Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, inspiring a new generation to study and work in Earth sciences . In retirement, John McCraw was an author and historian with a special emphasis on Central Otago as well as the Waikato region. Throughout his career, marked especially by exemplary leadership, accomplished administration, and commitment to his staff and students at the University of Waikato, John McCraw also contributed to the communities in which he lived through public service organizations and as a public speaker. He received a number of awards including an MBE, fellowship, and companionship, and, uniquely, is commemorated also with a glacier, a fossil, and a museum-based research room named for him. Emeritus Professor John McCraw passed away on the 14th of December, 2014. An obituary, entitled “Dedicated to earth science and his students”, was published in the Waikato Times on the 10th of January, 2015