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The Magic River is written, edited, and produced by Pearl River Community College students.

Editors' Section

Short Story Section
  • Politico
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      Michael McAndrew weaves a complex tale of political intrigue.
  • Instant Religion
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      This supernatural thriller by Jarrod Kendall Lott focuses on what happens when a priest loses his faith.
  • The Quest
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      Ronn Hague looks at the Knights Templar and their link to Solomon's Temple in this thriller.
Essay Section
 
  • White
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      Kelly Wilton takes a different view of the color white.
  • Growing up in Kazikhstan
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      PRCC's Russian student, John Krieger tells about growing up in Russia, both under Soviet rule and as a democratic republic.
  • Quality Time (or More Fun Than a Root Canal)
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      What does a root canal have to do with a family vacation?  Michael McAndrew shares his experiences in this humerous essay.
  • Life Messages
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      Shannon Hutto tells what a suddenly single-again mother faces in this essay about her experiences learning to handle everyday problems.
  • Learning From Life
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      Life has a way of changing views and attitudes.  Katie McRae discovers this when she works with impovershied children.
Guest Essay: Poetry Section
 
Michael McAndrew
See-through
She Applies a Little Rouge to Her Dream
Outside the Tavern Where We First Met
Reflections in a Shard of Broken China
Shannon Hutto
Picture Frame
Traci's World
Liseth Nelson
Using
things
human nature
Shannon O'Neal
Not Listening
It's Over
Frustrations
I Might Start To Believe It
Ronn Hague
Elusive Peace
Eulogy
Dreams


Special Section

Essays From Siberia

 What picture do you get when someone says the word Siberia?  If you are like most Americans, you visualize frigid landscapes of frozen tundra, Russian gulags filled with half-starved prisoners, or maybe you revert to the Disney animation of the Russian folk tale, Peter and the Wolf.  Whatever your mental picture, it is probably erroneous, due to the many years communists occupied the Kremlin, keeping an iron curtain around the country and its people.  Now that the curtain has fallen, allowing American tourists in for the first time in more than half a century, perhaps the myths and fallacies in our idea of Siberian life will topple as well, opening up Siberia and its wonders and beauty to the rest of the world.
    Six Siberian students and their English tutor have submitted essays to The Magic River for your enlightenment and enjoyment.  As you see Siberia through their eyes, perhaps you will find that except for language and a few cultural differences, we are very much alike.
    As we begin our journey into Siberia, our first encounter is with a dedicated English teacher named Michael Dvoriadkin.  He will tell us about the educational system in Siberia, followed by Siberian life from a student's perspective.  So sit back and enjoy your journey into Siberia.

                                                                                                                                                                  —The Editorial Staff
Education in Russia
    by Michael Dvoryadkin
Life in Irkutsk, Siberia
    by Alexander Lysenko
My Siberian Home
    by Ivan Sysoenko
Eastern Siberia
    by Marat Galyautdinov
Irkutsk
    by Katya Grigoryeva
Retreat on Lake Baikal
    by Zhenya Emelyanov
Teens in Siberia
    by Andrew Chigrinev
 The Magic River Literary Magazine is a publication of
The Department of English
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Poplarville, Mississippi
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