{"id":22367,"date":"2019-05-04T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=22367"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:24:53","slug":"boudin-2019-spring-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/05\/04\/boudin-2019-spring-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Boudin 2019: Spring Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Boudin 2019: Spring Edition<\/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\" 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width=\"889\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/05\/Grey-Minimalist-Wave-Presentation-1-e1778176843583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22539\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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-1c8e63411178ea5c1381cca98840a99e\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/03\/05\/fomo-by-william-auten\/\">FOMO<\/a>\u201d by William Auten<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9933e08e58160cfc2020ac3602e80e02\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/04\/18\/two-flash-stories-by-laton-carter\/\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>\u201cThis Pleasing Sting\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <strong>&amp;<\/strong> <strong><strong>\u201cWild Turkeys\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><strong>by Laton Carter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a0b0f59f276a736fcdce94b790433514\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/05\/03\/queen-for-a-day-by-emily-collins\/\">Queen for a Day<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Emily Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b83876d26b2fa9194481529ce46a8612\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/03\/12\/acadia-forest-and-hans-solo-by-keith-goldstein-and-mark-blickley\/\">\u201cAcadia Forest\u201d &amp; <strong>\u201cHan&#8217;s Solo\u201d<\/strong><\/a> by Keith Goldstein &amp; 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href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/05\/21\/apple-by-joey-poole\/\">Apple<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Joey Poole<\/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-7ba32e234f893d84806e0c73632688bc\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/05\/02\/an-afternoon-is-a-test-of-faith-and-i-am-gone-again-by-e-kristin-anderson\/\">An Afternoon Is a Test of Faith and I Am Gone Again<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by E. 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Brant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-460143d3c3acc7f814f07c8ff87da87f\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/04\/29\/happiness-in-the-face-of-bipolar-disorder-by-sean-l-corbin\/\">Happiness in the Face of Bipolar Disorder<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Sean L Corbin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-070741822b304f662677aa5495b435cb\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/04\/03\/happy-anniversary-darling-by-mary-hanrahan\/\">Happy Anniversary, Darling<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Mary Hanrahan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d3efe0ddce2ecba18ffba28395814ff1\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/04\/02\/two-poems-by-david-kirby\/\"><strong>\u201cThe Demimonde\u201d<\/strong> &amp; 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