Category: Portfolio

What Is The Portfolio Staff Grateful For?

Taylor Rogers ’24: my family, Dunkin’ holiday lattes, and my amazing friends :) Mariela Flores ’23: the family I have known my whole life and the found family I will know for the rest of it  Aidan Lerner ’22: our copy editors at The Cowl who work hard to get our pieces published each week […]

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Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, Should I break up with my boyfriend to feel the pain of Taylor Swift’s new album? I just feel like it would make listening to Red a surreal experience (and fit the vibe).  Sincerely, Not Too Well (Taylor’s Version) Dear Not Too Well,  If you are asking this question, you have […]

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Girls With Honey-Colored Hair and Owl Eyes

by Taylor Maguire ’24 I watch as my friend Lena packs up for her semester in France. She lines up her wool sweaters and corduroy jeans in a color-coordinated fashion upon her childhood bed. It is very quiet in her room.   “I’m going to die alone,” my best friend Dewey announces, breaking the silence. He […]

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Five Ways to Look at Hands

by Mariela Flores ’23 ONE  I fashion a gun out of cold flesh,   and point it directly at my enemy.   There is no hesitation in this kill,   you are at the mercy of my hands.      TWO  When the wind turns my bones stiff   and the ground is frozen,   warm hands find my flesh   and […]

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What a Piece of Work is Man

by Fiona Clarke ’23 In the summer of 2011, as our house in Michigan was compressed into cardboard boxes and plastic bins, sorted and taped and stacked and chucked into a truck, my sister and I, with great care, selected and packed up a box of our favorite movies to keep with us while we […]

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Thankful: A DWC Paper 

By: Aidan Lerner ’22 Since the beginning of time when the first man evolved from clay or fish or from apes, there has been higher education (I would assume). Aidan Lerner ’22 is a current student at Providence College who thinks positively about his experience. Lerner is a finance major, a writing minor, and a […]

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Listomania

   Things to bring to Friendsgiving  Buffalo chicken dip A rotisserie chicken  Anything but deviled eggs A solid playlist Microwave mashed potatoes  A can of raw pumpkin Political debate topics Store-bought pie Dollar Tree decorations Conversation topics (to avoid awkward silences) Craft supplies (to make hand turkeys) Welch’s sparkling cider Friends Friends Thanksgiving episodes My […]

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Rule Book

AJ Worsley ’22   get down on your knees  rub your face across the grass tickle your cheek with excitement, you feel something.   drive to the water, one hand on the wheel, your other is holding on to life. you haven’t felt alive in a minute.   the skylines reek of hope but you […]

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Umbrella

Anna Pomeroy ’23   They say it’s bad luck to open an umbrella indoors. I never seemed to understand that–– Why not be granted the extra protection before you even step outdoors? It’s rather a challenge, standing down the hall of my mudroom As I glare down the open door drowned with rainpour. It’s a […]

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Book Review: The Vanishing Half

Book Review: The Vanishing Half A Compelling Tale of Identity and Sisterhood Tully Mahoney ’23 It should come as no surprise that The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett won the Goodreads Choice Awards for the best historical fiction novel of 2020 and was immediately picked up by HBO to be made into a limited series. […]

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