II Anthony’s eyes let loose a few traitorous tears in the cab seat next to me, his hand clutching the black drawstring bag between his feet as if it were a lifeline. I’d only known him a few weeks, but he was woefully unaccustomed to the violence of the Circle’s way of life. I saw it […]
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by Julia Zygiel ’19 I look into the mirror, my nose centimeters from touching the glass frosted with my breath. I try to spot what he sees in my eyes. A storm? Perhaps. I study the edge of a scar that eternally creeps towards my tear duct, a finger of lightning that is always a […]
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, […]