{"id":19354,"date":"2025-04-30T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=19354"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:27:56","slug":"blooms-in-dusk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2025\/04\/30\/blooms-in-dusk\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooms in Dusk, Apr &#8217;25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Blooms in Dusk, April &#8217;25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556140010887\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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Lynn Watson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Guest Editor: Jade Turner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Managing Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/karris-rae\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/abbie-skinner\/\">Karris Rae<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Associate Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/taryn-white\/\">Taryn White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Assistant Editors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2025\/01\/29\/robbie-hess\/\">Robbie Hess<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2025\/01\/29\/leah-joseph\/\">Leah Joseph<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2024\/01\/12\/meilyn-woods\/\">Meilyn Woods<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Interns: <a 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