{"id":21072,"date":"2022-10-31T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=21072"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:00:55","slug":"boodin-it-came-from-the-swamp-oct-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2025\/10\/27\/boodin-it-came-from-the-swamp-oct-22\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Boo&#8221;din: It Came from the Swamp, Oct &#8217;22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;Boo&#8221;din: It Came from the Swamp, Oct &#8217;22<\/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\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-instagram  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/boudin_mcneese\/\" 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\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12,4.622c2.403,0,2.688,0.009,3.637,0.052c0.877,0.04,1.354,0.187,1.671,0.31c0.42,0.163,0.72,0.358,1.035,0.673 c0.315,0.315,0.51,0.615,0.673,1.035c0.123,0.317,0.27,0.794,0.31,1.671c0.043,0.949,0.052,1.234,0.052,3.637 s-0.009,2.688-0.052,3.637c-0.04,0.877-0.187,1.354-0.31,1.671c-0.163,0.42-0.358,0.72-0.673,1.035 c-0.315,0.315-0.615,0.51-1.035,0.673c-0.317,0.123-0.794,0.27-1.671,0.31c-0.949,0.043-1.233,0.052-3.637,0.052 s-2.688-0.009-3.637-0.052c-0.877-0.04-1.354-0.187-1.671-0.31c-0.42-0.163-0.72-0.358-1.035-0.673 c-0.315-0.315-0.51-0.615-0.673-1.035c-0.123-0.317-0.27-0.794-0.31-1.671C4.631,14.688,4.622,14.403,4.622,12 s0.009-2.688,0.052-3.637c0.04-0.877,0.187-1.354,0.31-1.671c0.163-0.42,0.358-0.72,0.673-1.035 c0.315-0.315,0.615-0.51,1.035-0.673c0.317-0.123,0.794-0.27,1.671-0.31C9.312,4.631,9.597,4.622,12,4.622 M12,3 C9.556,3,9.249,3.01,8.289,3.054C7.331,3.098,6.677,3.25,6.105,3.472C5.513,3.702,5.011,4.01,4.511,4.511 c-0.5,0.5-0.808,1.002-1.038,1.594C3.25,6.677,3.098,7.331,3.054,8.289C3.01,9.249,3,9.556,3,12c0,2.444,0.01,2.751,0.054,3.711 c0.044,0.958,0.196,1.612,0.418,2.185c0.23,0.592,0.538,1.094,1.038,1.594c0.5,0.5,1.002,0.808,1.594,1.038 c0.572,0.222,1.227,0.375,2.185,0.418C9.249,20.99,9.556,21,12,21s2.751-0.01,3.711-0.054c0.958-0.044,1.612-0.196,2.185-0.418 c0.592-0.23,1.094-0.538,1.594-1.038c0.5-0.5,0.808-1.002,1.038-1.594c0.222-0.572,0.375-1.227,0.418-2.185 C20.99,14.751,21,14.444,21,12s-0.01-2.751-0.054-3.711c-0.044-0.958-0.196-1.612-0.418-2.185c-0.23-0.592-0.538-1.094-1.038-1.594 c-0.5-0.5-1.002-0.808-1.594-1.038c-0.572-0.222-1.227-0.375-2.185-0.418C14.751,3.01,14.444,3,12,3L12,3z M12,7.378 c-2.552,0-4.622,2.069-4.622,4.622S9.448,16.622,12,16.622s4.622-2.069,4.622-4.622S14.552,7.378,12,7.378z M12,15 c-1.657,0-3-1.343-3-3s1.343-3,3-3s3,1.343,3,3S13.657,15,12,15z M16.804,6.116c-0.596,0-1.08,0.484-1.08,1.08 s0.484,1.08,1.08,1.08c0.596,0,1.08-0.484,1.08-1.08S17.401,6.116,16.804,6.116z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Poetry Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/rachel-pittman\/\">Rachel Pittman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Fiction Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/abbie-skinner\/\">Abbie Skinner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" class=\"wp-image-14402\" style=\"width: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/10\/Swamp-Girl-1-e1761607451916.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"#Benedictybio\">Victoria de Benedicty<\/a><\/strong>, &#8220;Swamp Girl&#8221; (2022), oil paint and oil pastel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-373bbc9ceb27db74806173a7f3f0fb7b\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/dear-anonymous-cryptid-photographer\/\">Dear Anonymous Cryptid Photographer<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by William Hawkins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e457e4b7e4b87b955749b9ce6e44d546\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/nothing-to-fear\/\">nothing to fear<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by M. Caroline McMaulay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9064c2609fbfb08afc05c1f4dd0d460c\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/summer-love\/\">Summer Love<\/a>\u201d by Cassondra Windwalker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-76973f5c8387a2b1ea1c8b615f2d1015\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/feu-follet\/\">Feu-Follet<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Danelle Lejeune<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-efe66ff720dfaa7ee6108e6df5fbd9b0\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/pumpkin-ash-and-cypress-knees\/\">Pumpkin Ash and Cypress Knees<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Katherine Quevedo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a7787dd8042af7af6d2fa5beed953748\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/lore-of-swamp-girl\/\"><strong>\u201cLore of Swamp Girl\u201d<\/strong>, <strong><strong>\u201cGator&#8217;s Confessions\u201d, &amp; <strong><strong>\u201cWhere Willows Weep\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a> by Ryleigh Wann<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Art Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7e1b9f16fb742ca0f541a80ad8a57f10\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/victoria-de-benedicty\/\"><strong>\u201cThe Boyfriend \u201d<\/strong> &amp; <strong><strong>\u201cSwamp Girl\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <strong>by Victoria de Benedicty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"Benedictybio\"><strong>Victoria de Benedicty <\/strong>is a multi-media artist, writer, and musician from central Florida. Victoria\u2019s interests lie in what can be represented in an image and what an image inherently represents. Her work explores polarity, absurdism, &amp; surrealism. To Victoria, colors and patterns embody vibrational waves that are feelings, themselves, an indication of the greater pattern which encompasses all and of which all is made. She aims to solidify, preserve and excavate these aspects in her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>__________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To learn more about submitting your work to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/boudin-submissions\/\">Boudin<\/a><\/em> or applying to McNeese State University&#8217;s Creative Writing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/mfa-application-submissions\/\">MFA program<\/a>, please visit Submissions for details.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17781\" style=\"width:70px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1.png 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Boo&#8221;din: It Came from the Swamp, Oct &#8217;22 Poetry Editor: Rachel Pittman Fiction Editor: Abbie Skinner Victoria de Benedicty, &#8220;Swamp Girl&#8221; (2022), oil paint and oil pastel Fiction \u201cDear Anonymous Cryptid Photographer\u201d by William Hawkins \u201cnothing to fear\u201d by M. 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