by Jessica Polanco ’20 I thought I had it all figured out—until I figured it out. I was only about twelve years old when I met Aylin. Her demeanor was that of an older woman who’d just finished dying her white hair to black just so her wisdom wouldn’t show so much. Aylin was twelve, […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, Okay, I’m in the shower, and the fire alarm goes off. What are my options? Sincerely, Slipping in Suds Dear Slippery on Life, Stay in the shower. The water should protect you…right? Unless you feel like streaking across the entire campus, in which case, be my guest. Either way, I can’t […]
by Sam Ward ’21 each sentiment rises and falls as if the moon inspires but these are brain waves living, breathing, decaying eternal in space, ethereal in time a reprieve from continuity complacent thoughts comatose it’s perfection or insanity and these thoughts will drive you mad so spill black and blue blood spelling out spirit […]
by Sara Conway ’21 A&E Staff The children’s literature community spoke up and took action when needed most. This past June when the Trump administration declared a “Zero Tolerance” immigration policy that literally tore families apart. About 2,000 children were separated from their parents and detained at the U.S./Mexico border, some being kept in cages […]
by Dr. Cristina Rodriguez Assistant Professor of English There are so few books that feel like an event when you read them, where you seem to enter a realm of magic outside normal space or time. Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony (1977) is one of those rare books. In the opening lines, the reader learns that […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, What’s your ideal fall date? -Hungry for love not pumpkins Dear Forever Starving for Love, My ideal fall date would be jumping in bug-infested piles of leaves and getting pumpkin guts all over me while carving scary faces into them. Fall is just my favorite season, can’t you tell? Ugh, […]
A picture of my undercooked chicken “Cheating on Ray with Take3” A picture of my own cooking “Where’s the hot chocolate?” A picture of Dot looking sad at the changes in Ray A face-swapped picture with the cockroach sitting next to me A picture of my secret Tupperware full of stolen food A picture of […]
by Erin Venuti ’20 With September brings the last goodbyes of summer, The last marshmallow toasted, Farewell photos posted Of what you’ll leave behind. With September brings the first greetings of autumn, New tales to tell And new stories to live. Novel characters featured in contemporary classics. With September brings the pressure, The preoccupation, And […]
by Dawyn Henriquez ’19 The Mind does interesting things when you’re trying to keep certain thoughts from it. Like a genie, it can give you that wish of eternal life in the form of cancer. “That part of you will never die!” the man in the lamp assures you, as you slowly metastasize […]