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From Bikini Atoll, Jillian Boger

The Graduate Review

"At Bikini Atoll" is a 13-line poem that deals with the speaker's loss of a child.

Andromeda, Jillian Boger

The Graduate Review

"'Andromeda'" is a poem which discusses the relationship between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies in the context of a person spying on their next-door neighbor.

The Bridge, Volume 15, 2018, Bridgewater State University

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Editor-in-Chief: Mialise Carney

Managing Editor: Alex Everette

Lead Designer: Cady Parker

Editors:
Sydney Cabral
Jake Camara
Christina Carter
Care DeSouza
Gabriel Hazeldine
Parker Jones
Karina Lagstrom
Alexandria Machado
Emily Melo-Coppinger
Katie McPherson
Joe Near
Harrison Ryan
Soraya Santos
Treina Santos
John Wilson

Faculty Advisor: Evan Dardano

Graduate Assistant: Jill Boger

Consultant: Cheryl Sirois, Design

Staging A Life: An Interview With John J. Winters, Benjamin Carson

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Love You To Death, Kaleigh Longe

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

The Self And Society: Critical Reflection Of Taking Root, Caitlyn Cribben

Honors Program Theses and Projects

This story, Taking Root, was in its brainstorming stages back in the summer of 2016, while the actual writing began in the fall of the same year. Since the beginning, I considered this my own “coming out” story, a full-length novel for and about queer people. I had dabbled with the inclusion of queer characters in short stories before, but they were shy attempts compared to Taking Root. Although I had considered writing outside of my genre comfort zone for my first longer story with queer characters, going a more traditional slice-of-life young adult route, in the end I wanted …

The Internal Compass, Joshua Dyer

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Languish: Chapters From A Novel, Melissa L. Ryan

Master’s Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Birth By Portland: A Collection Of Short Stories By Shay Duchaine, Shay Duchaine

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Death With Raindrops, Mark J. Aitchison

The Graduate Review

My story is about the final hours in the life of the Brazilian social activist and rubber, Chico Mendes, before he was assassinated on December 22, 1988. Even before I moved to Brazil in 1992–and got married and started a tour business there–I was hugely interested in the Amazon and its history and exploration. And what student of Amazonian culture hasn’t heard of Chico Mendes? He was what really inspired me to start traveling to the Amazon to see what I could perhaps do to help save the rainforest. My story is an humble effort to show the strength of …

The City Has A Music All Its Own, Craig Demelo

The Graduate Review

No abstract provided.

Fault Lines, Craig Demelo

The Graduate Review

No abstract provided.

Pappyland Forever, Kelley Barrett

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

The Bridge, Volume 14, 2017, Bridgewater State University

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Editor-in-Chief:
Allie Briggs

Editors:
Katherine Nazzaro
Medjine Tercy
Alexandria Machado
Alyssa McLellan
Rupert Simpson
Parker Jones
Mialise Carney

Faculty Advisors:
Katy Whittingham
Evan Dardano

Graduate Consultant:
Jill Boger

Design Consultant:
Cheryl Sirois

Student Consultants:
Kelsey Leuenberger
Stephanie Janeczek
Claire Alexander

How Do You Squash A Cricket? A Collection Of Essays, Kelley Barrett

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Essays include:

• How Do You Squash a Cricket?
• Imagine That
• The Night of Their Lives
• Not A Member
• Coming of Age in a Catholic School Bathroom
• The Perils of Being Pleasant
• Single White Female Seeks Fairy Godmother
• Parents These Days
• Losing My Religion
• A Good Enough Samaritan

Little Left Of Normal, Nicole Archambault

Master’s Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

People Are Oceans: A Novel, Brianna Cataldo

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Fairy Tales Rewritten: Reclaiming Womanhood For Women, Caitlin Rose Bradley

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Poetry: Counting In Circles; All Would Be Still, Diane Dolphin

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Poetry: Resonance, Diane Dolphin

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Saint Jude Knows Us By Name And Other Stories, Abigail Wooton

Master’s Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Broken Hearts: Short Stories, Angelique Paparella

Master’s Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

She Said, He Said: The Gendering Of Truth In Memoir, Angela M. Furioso

Master’s Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Reaper In The Rain: An Animated E-Book, Kurt Stilwell

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Reaper in the Rain is a short story approaching Novella length in the young adult fantasy genre. The story follows two protagonists, Rebecca Reed, a freshman college student, and Eric Manning, a teenage boy who harnesses the powers of the Grim Reaper to destroy the Temuti mafia and avenge his mother’s death. This thesis explores the melding of genre; the fantasy of the Grim Reaper, the realistic grounding of Chicago, and the visual novel with the addition of animations.

The Clock, Or Happiness Is Not Ready Made, Caitlin Westgate

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

The Bridge, Volume 13, 2016, Bridgewater State University

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Editor-in-Chief: Jill Boger
Managing Editor: Kelsey Leuenberger
Lead Designer: Ghada Masri
Photo Editor: David Hooker

Editors:
Hannah Green
Amanda Hankel
Kelci Sylvia
Caitlin Westgate

Faculty Advisor: John Mulrooney

Consultant: Cheryl Tullis

Blood Of The Monster: Book 1 In The Covenant Trilogy, Emily Hayes

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Writing To Save The Earth, Jill Blye, Brea Caisey, Samantha Cicirelli, Brianna Davidson, Brianna Gallagher, Adam Hayes, Sydney Holbrook, Julianne Kilduff, Cassidy Morrow, Haley Piotrowski, Danielle Souza, William Tkaczuk, Leonarda Vieira

Student Scholarship and Projects

A Magazine of Sustainable Ideas from EN199 Writing for the Earth (Professor John Kucich, Fall 2015)

A Sense of Place: Essays on Where We Live

• Fogo, Cabo Verde, by Leonarda Vieira
• Weweantic River, by Sydney Holbrook
• Carver Pond, by Brianna Gallagher
• Nantasket Beach, by Brianna Davidson
• Ames Nowell, by Cassidy Morrow
• Old Orchard Beach, by Jill Blye
• A Place in the Sky, by Danielle Souza
• Pond Meadow, by Samantha Cicirelli

Imagining a Future: Speculative Fiction

• Peggy the Penguin in Antarctica, by Haley Piotrowski
• Lives Change in One Day, by Julianne Kilduff
• Dust, by Adam Hayes

Taking Action: Policy, Politics and …

Disquietude, Panteha Sanati

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

What Carries On: Drafting, Revising, And Attention To Craft In Young Adult Fiction, Briana Mcdonald

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.