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Xanadu 87

MARC_XANADU_1987.pdf
"Xanadu 87 is the most recent edition available at the Micronesian Area Research. There are no known editions after this year.

Introduction by the editor, Ann Long Card:

Dear Xanadu Reader,

You found us! You've stumbled on Xanadu '87, a…

Random Things On A Lazy Day

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9b0rz35w6pp99tva76tns/MARC_XANADU_1987_NF13.pdf
A collection of thoughts and ideas about life, love, philosophy, and self.

The Death of Illusion

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n18y8jdhhsxqo6evv9mut/MARC_XANADU_1987_NF12.pdf
An almost argumentative paper about theories of disillusionment by Langston Hughs and Erich Fromm, and how one cannot actually and philosophically live in a world of black and white.

Pregnant Nude

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8xlsitwntp8m3ak4ub9py/MARC_XANADU_1987_A9.pdf
A block print of a naked pregnant woman. She is sitting on top of her legs in a kneeling position, while cradling her stomach. Her long hair is pulled forward to cover her face.

Lanai

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w7c00s58hpvp6hnm5k4ix/MARC_XANADU_1987_P35.pdf
A poem about a beautiful woman who dances, and in her dance the speaker recalls the beauty and the destruction of a paradise home.

And on To Better Things

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ky8ic1n2cbtat6aky6cle/MARC_XANADU_1987_P34.pdf
A poem about a mother who gave up her job to take care of her family. Now, with her children grown, she seeks to find herself.

Life with Beats

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uqqzs4crxzbsgn7xutmn1/MARC_XANADU_1987_P30.pdf
A poem about the joys and struggles of college life, but how life is ultimately more interesting with experience in college.

Hanging In

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ilrsbno7tx1e3yz8poso0/MARC_XANADU_1987_P28.pdf
One person's struggles with moods and mental health and how they were able to hang in.

Multiple interpretations can be made.

Happy Wet-Face Night

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tkts0bdvwamlwb06un947/MARC_XANADU_1987_P26.pdf
The poem of a student who is advanced in their academic career and who hopes that their mother is still alive to see them succeed.

As If I Were God

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/x557s8b6e8v0v3c98wsnf/MARC_XANADU_1987_P23.pdf
A poem about someone going outside and looking at all the great and many wonderful things that surround their home.