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Stuck in Rhode Island

Essay by Nicole Amaral '10 I love my home, and home for me has always been Rhode Island, despite the fact that I never actually lived in the state until my time at college. All of my extended family members lives in Rhode Island and have lived there all their lives. I was born in a hospital in Providence, and all of my doctors and dentists are in Rhode Island, as well as most of the jobs I have had. Full story

Mr. Scallybrine

Poetry by Bobby Bretz '12

There stan ol man Scallybrine
inna crick a comely a da rhine
he dour pout an out cast he line
meanby he curse da sunny shine
waddup missa wha got ya down?
he turn an grill me wit he frown:
dey skeetos up an i ben bit
me skimmah gotta whole init
i ben too moon sin i las ate
dem crawdad gone an lift me bate
but annudda worry make me wine
me pluggy mug be fawty nine
an wha lass inner rifle mine
dream o beena Scallybrine?

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Bright Street Lights

Fiction by Daniel James '11 Street lights. That’s the first thing I remember seeing in the darkness. There’s no sound outside of those damn humming noises from the dull bulbs that create little craters on the pavement. I assume that there are houses next to me, surrounding me, even. Full story

Study Abroad: A Hostel Situation

While anticipating my semester abroad, I hoped to spend a good number of my weekends traveling throughout Europe. Previous abroad students told me that cheap European travel consists of two main elements: Ryanair and hostels. Full story

Disappearing into the Wind

Anne disappeared. No one really saw where she went. Just one day, up and poof. Just one day, some people saw her walking down the sidewalk with her hair like it normally was. She wore her straggly brown hair in pigtails. Every day. Full story

Poems by Google

Poetry by Kaly Thayer '10

Maybe...

maybe this time
maybe I’m amazed
maybe tomorrow
maybe I deserve it
maybe you’re gonna come back
maybe I like it this way
maybe I was born to hold you in these arms
maybe I would have been something you’d be good at
maybe it’s true I can’t live without you
maybe it was the champagne

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Casual Vanity

Poetry by Blake Bergeron ’11 There is the necessary vanity, the one that lets you understand that it’s not just you who’s in love – that the same thing you see in every woman reading, mixing her yogurt, they see in you, sipping coffee trying to write what you yearn to call poetry. Today I am vain. Today I will fall in love five times. Full story