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Points Of Attachment, Calvert Truxtun Jacks

Senior Projects Fall 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

The Language Of Loss, Liam Ainslie Mayo

Senior Projects Spring 2021

After an old man, Jeremy Haskell, dies in a small town, the people important in his life have to reckon with what his passing means for them. Three in particular receive letters from his death bed: Abigail, the woman who took over the hunting store that he ran, Rys, his grandchild, and Randolph, the Grim Reaper with whom he shared a long and mysterious past. Through the letters, those three come to a new understanding of who Jeremy was, and the place he had in all of their lives.

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of …

Child Ballads: Folk Songs And Stories From The New World, Brian Gabriel Watko

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Basement Girls, Skylar Hauge

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Suburban Panic, Ella Ania Baldwin

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

This Terrible Thing, Ari Ray Trubey Agnew

Senior Projects Spring 2021

This Terrible Thing is a story about abuse, control, and the danger of letting your love define you. It's also a story about vampires.

Excerpts From Witness’S Testimony, Menahem Haike

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Excerpts from Witness’s Testimony

(New York v Taylor)

including “Eyes Like the Eyes of a Man, and a Mouth Speaking Pompous Words”

by Dr. Daniel Yochai

Introduction by Dr. Yehuda Mendelsohn

Hidden In A Snail Shell, Zara Ana Kornfeld

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Snails are an often overlooked member of the Hudson River ecosystem, though play a critical role in supporting it. This Senior Project delves into the evolutionary history of freshwater snails as well as the roles they fulfill within their ecosystems. This project also considers the codependent nature of snails and the Hudson River and how that relationship will be impacted by Climate Change.

The Shadow Hoop, Celia Mara Buckley

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College

So It Shall Be Done By Warner Bailey, Sophia Margaret Kagan

Senior Projects Spring 2021

“So It Shall Be Done By Warner Bailey” is the first part of a book about two protagonists attempting to survive in the roles they have been forced to play. Written by an unreliable author, who goes by the alias of Warner Bailey, the story is in a constant state of manipulation. The reader will find that the unreliable author is editing the story as he writes it to keep the plot on a direct path. If the characters attempt to thwart the progression of his story, Warner Bailey will intervene. However, while Warner Bailey rules his fictional world with …

A Gift For Nature, Lagan P. Ananda

Senior Projects Spring 2021

I love nature.

Dimentia: Footnotes Of Time, Zachary Hait

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Time from the physicist's perspective is not inclusive of our lived experience of time; time from the philosopher's perspective is not mathematically engaged, in fact Henri Bergson asserted explicitly that time could not be mathematically engaged whatsoever. What follows is a mathematical engagement of time that is inclusive of our lived experiences, requiring the tools of storytelling.

Pomegranate Seeds, Grace Faye Kasemeier

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Bruised Oranges, Blair Peppe

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

A Lamb To His Left, Dean Jamieson

Senior Projects Fall 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Writing At The Horizon: How Producing Imagined Narratives Affects Mood, David Yu-Zhong Liang

Senior Projects Fall 2021

The present study explores the effect of three different writing activities and their subsequent effects on participant mood. Writing has been of particular interest for psychologists due to its use in interventions aimed at working through traumatic or stressful periods, and recent research has begun to explore the use of narrative in placing traumatic events and experiences in greater context. However, purely therapeutic, intervention-based writing exercises exclude a large amount of more expressive, imagined creations and narratives, which may have the capacity to reorient, contextualize, and otherwise positively affect a person’s mood. This study investigates whether employing the imagination may …

I Can Speak For You, Tchad Kayla Ross

Senior Projects Fall 2021

This novella is about a queer Caribbean- American young woman named Nessa struggling with her relationship with her mother. A death occurs that leads Nessa to discover her mother may not be who she previously thought she was. This coming of age story confronts the delayed state of self actualization that occurs when Caribbean culture meets queer identity.

The Minx, Amirah B. Miller

Senior Projects Fall 2021

This story follows a reference to the biblical Jezebel with a modern twist using a fictional character called Trinity, an 18-year-old college student with a dark past.

It Could Have Been Anyone, Mariel Ruth Cupp

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Before You Grow Fruit, Stella Rose Schneeberg

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

A Nameless Blue, Francis (Elle) Lawson Mitchell

Senior Projects Spring 2021

A Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College, Written Arts. A science fiction novel about queerness, disability, the heart and the body. The novel considers where the biological and the mechanical meet, and where the body intersects with relationships of power, the state, production and religion.

The Body Makes No Sound Against Glass, Mj Bond

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Chainwreck, Bailey Elizabeth Bowers

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

A Rejection Of Nature? Or The Natural World? An Objectless Inquiry Into The Writings Of Kazimir Malevich, Aidan Edward Galloway

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

The Wedding, Hannah Applebaum

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

No Explanation Needed, Niels Blumel

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Flowergirls, Oriana Marie Mack

Senior Projects Spring 2021

A psychological exploration of the relationship between two adolescent girls and their music teacher. The arc of the piece explores the complexities of their mutual fascination and the ways in which it splinters over time.

King In The Monster: A Story In Image Descriptions, Vanessa B. Shapiro

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Goro Nakayama is the most famous man in 1960s Japan, and nobody has ever heard of him. He is the actor inside the suit for Gargondos, a beloved giant monster. He's done this physically and emotionally taxing job for years, but as the climate of the films he works on begins to change, he wonders what exactly he's doing this all for. A character study told via image descriptions, a graphic novel sans graphics.

Fledging, Eliza M. Watson

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Fledging is a fictionalized exploration on the complexities of female agency, identity, and relationships in the face of migration. Told through a series of connected short stories inspired by magical realism, memory, and Irish mythology, Fledging seeks to acknowledge the pain and beauty of grief, love, loss, and motherhood.

Lady Disdain, Hunter Lucian Lustberg

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.