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Spring 2023

The Alembic

The Alembic - Spring 2023. 142 pages including covers and advertisements.

Table of Contents

Fiction and Poetry

• Bibars, Sofia, The Glittery Bits In Our Home, 11
• Christiansen, Celine, A Good Man's Grave, 23
• Clarke, Fiona, By The River Of Babylon, 38
• Dinges, Richard, Conductor, 39
• Dinges, Richard, Grim Reaper, 40
• Dinges, Richard, Raising, 41
• Ellis, Mark, A Lady Names Sorrows Bloom, 42
• Flores, Mariela, My Name, 43
• Flores, Mariela, Five Ways To Look At Hands, 45
• Flores, Mariela, Hardest Thing Is To Say Goodbye, 47
• Flores, Mariela, Trash Day, …

Chrysalis, Nafisa Choudhury

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

This poem explores the experience of being an Asian American care provider and civilian, growing up and trying to mesh together culture with “fitting in” and suffering racism from other individuals and patients. It was inspired by the March 16, 2022, shootings in Atlanta and discusses the origin of hatred and racism/xenophobia. What I hope this conveys is a glimpse into the shared perspectives of many Asian American and Pacific Islanders and describes the optimism moving forward as we begin to tackle these issues.

Using Big Data To Facilitate A Lyrical Analysis Of Poetry And Rap, Remington Yve Giller

English Undergraduate Distinction Projects

Poetry and rap are dissected using text mining techniques in order to determine overall trends in the words used by both. With this data, the way in which ideas and concepts are expressed can be compared and contrasted as a way of showing the legitimacy of rap as a form of literary expression. Other topics within the paper are: a background of the history of rap and the digital humanities, and an example of a close reading featuring a medieval poem and a rap by Eminem. This demonstrates how even in a traditional way of handling texts, both poetry and …

Still Learning: Covid Through The Eyes Of A Medical Student, Alexis Strahan

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

As a first-year medical student when the COVID-19 pandemic found a foothold, I felt an overwhelming amount of emotions that accompanied the pandemic’s spread. Fear, although a reasonable choice, was not the first emotion that I experienced. In fact, it was a general feeling of paralysis. I had not six months prior taken an oath to commit my career and life to the service of the public’s health care needs, yet I could provide little more than the textbook knowledge of biochemistry or genetics from my first semester of learning. My hands felt unarmed and unskilled for the fight. What …

Stop Requested: A Collection Of Als Poetry, Brittany File, Katherine Hubbard, Ma

Phase 1

Introduction: This project aims to use poetry to convey the lessons, challenges, and experiences encountered by patients in the Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). This will not only allow for individual patients to freely discuss, reminisce, and reflect on their journey with this disease, but distributing the collection to our community will aid in a better understanding of ALS patients, serve to humanize ALS, and deepen the empathic beyond between community members and patients. Additionally, it will create an environment in which both myself and physicians can reflect on the human experience and how disease …

Juneau: Notes From The Bus, Cara Makuh

Senior Theses

This creative writing project is about a week I spent alone in Juneau, Alaska. All time and travel was spent on foot, bus and boat. Alone, I had many different experiences, and every time I interacted with a new person, that isolation became a shared experience, if even for a minute. Each day started out a blank slate, and eventually wrote itself into a story with a unique identity of its own as each day does as we travel through seconds and minutes that build up into completed days. Social interactions with so many different people turns them from strangers …

Spring 2016

The Alembic

Spring 2016. Full issue, 133 pages in total including front matter & table of contents.

Table of Contents:

• Levy, Jeffrey, A Story to Tell, 1
• Durbin, Branan, Namesake, 2
• Durbin, Branan, Hannah, 4
• Durbin, Branan, Zoraida, 5
• Price, Devyn, The Surly Bonds of Earth, 7
• Perchik, Simon, *, 17
• Moglia, Greg, Three Steps, 18
• Moglia, Greg, Try to Get Away, 19
• Moglia, Greg, Commander, 20
• Wright, Ben, 1000 Tea & Topology, 21
• Wright, Ben, Herstein & More Caffeine, 22
• Wright, Ben, Irrational Pi, 23
• Wright, Ben, Bullet from …

Spring 2015

The Alembic

2015. Full issue, 193 pages in total including frontmatter & table of contents.

Table of Contents:

FICTION

• Barefoot Princesses, Jennifer Cyr, 4
• My GPS, My Love, Walter B. Levis, 19
• Rejection, Sten Spinella, 28
• Kamaloca, Stephen Jarrett, 47
• Blinded by the Sight, Diana Vlavianos, 74
• Choice, Blake Kilgore, 102
• Four-and-a-Half Feet, Neal Mercier, 121
• The Village, Collin Anderson, 133
• Purple Petunias, Lee Varon, 159

POETRY

• Simic, Guy Thorvaldsen, 1
• Nomad, Catharine Lucas, 2
• Eileen Marú, Matt Gillick, 3
• Beams, Laurie Patton, 10
• Home is a Human Being …

Riffs On Riffs, Steven Lighty

Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview

A collection of original poetry written by Steven Lighty that examines the way music is created.

Front Matter

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Contributors

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Full Issue

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Volume 27, Number 3 - February 1949

The Alembic

Volume 27, Number 3 - February 1949. 78 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Editorial"
• "Exchange"
• Daley, James T., Jr., "Miller's Reputation"
• Eagle, George L., "Embers In The Mist"
• Plummer, William H., "The Critic"
• Brott, Clifford J., "A Pastoral Meditation"
• Vayo, Harold E., "One Autumn Afternoon"
• Vayo, Harold E., "Winter Scene"
• Wooley, Charles F., "Kaleidoscope"
• Vayo, Harold E., "A Passing Thought"
• Henry, Wales B., "Meditation After Reading Dorothy Parker"
• Plummer, William H., "To A Meadowlark"
• Honnen, William, "Thirty Pieces of Silver"
• Henry, Wales B., "Unrequited Love"
• Henry, Wales B., "Idee Fixe"
• Eagle, George L., "Morning Classes"
• Vayo, Harold E., "I Wonder" …

Volume 27, Number 2 - December 1948

The Alembic

Volume 27, Number 2 - December 1948. 90 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Editorial"

• Doherty, Robert E., "Editors Also Know Despair"

• Brott, Clifford J., "Reunion"
• Boning, Thomas H., "66th Street, East of Broadway"
• Henry, Wales B., "Timpani in Tom-Toms"
• Geffroy, Guy, "The Way A Friend Would"
• Honnen, William, "Rue De Bom Jesus"
• Wooley, Charles F., "The Concrete Jungle"
• Brott, Clifford J., "Reverie"
• Beausoleil, Norman D., "Evolution of French Literature"
• Lynch, John J., "Gross Negligence"
• Henry, Wales B., "Five and Twenty Years Ago"
• Cochran, George Hunter, "Sonnet to Beauty"
• Eagle, George L., The Felon"
• Cochran, George Hunter, "One Rose"
• Marino, L. …

Volume 27, Number 1 - October 1948

The Alembic

Volume 27, Number 1 - October 1948. 58 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Paolino, Daniel, "Not I, Lord"
• Scungio, Raymond, "Rain in Trinidad"
• Doherty, Robert, "Adventures of Blunderjohn"
• Cochran, George, "Day Coach"
• Brott, Clifford, "Short Essays"
• Cruz, Valentine, "On F.E.P.C."
• Cochran, George, "Windsong"
• Kirtland, Robert, "St. Thomas Aquinas"
• Fleck, Richard L., "Resurrection"
• Henry, Wales B., "Clouds"
• Fitz Simmons, E. P., "Simplicity"
• Henry, Wales B., "Soap"
• Doherty, Robert, "On Gertrude Stein"

Volume 26, Number 3 - March 1948

The Alembic

Volume 26, Number 3 - March 1948. 105 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Alembiscope"

• Eagle, George, "Another Vintage"

• Brott, Clifford J., "Those Tender Years"

• Kurguz, Peter William, "A Students Prayer"

• Meagher, Francis T., "History's Lesson"

• Lynch, John J., "Modern Trends"

• Henry, Wales B., "The Dim Red Glow"

• "$64 Question"

• Cochran, Hunter George, "Modern Poetry and the New Slavery"

• Doherty, Robert E., "Memoirs From Bedlam"

• Weir, Fantasy, "Illustration"

• Scungio, Raymond, "Things Are Really Racy In Rio"

• "Football and the Friars"

• Eagle, George L., "Hearse-Verse"

• Doherty, Robert E., "From Europe About the Marshall Plan"

Volume 26, Number 2 - January 1948

The Alembic

Volume 26, Number 2 – January 1948. 71 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Editorial
• Poutray, A.R. "Three for a Dime"
• Cochran, George Hunter "To St. John of the Cross"
• O'Brien, John J. "Design for Intellectuals"
• Doherty, Robert E. "Austrian Interlude"
• Eagle, George "How Far We've Come!"
• Henry, Wales B. "The Twelve Steps"
• Scungio, Raymond "The Commander's Husband"
• Knickerbocker, Jr., M.R. "The Catholic Novel: Its Problems"

Volume 26, Number 1 - November 1947

The Alembic

Volume 26, Number 1 - November 1947. 71 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Editorial"
• Henry, Wales B., "The Uncertain Mind"
• Cochran, George Hunter, "Man To His Soul"
• D'Ambrosio, Raymond, "Turret and Tree"
• Goulet, Norman, "Social Justice"
• Doherty, Robert E., "Resume"
• Cochran, George Hunter, "Infinitus"
• Deasy, John, "Looking Down The Years"
• Boning, Thomas, "Tears"
• Fitz Simmons, Edward P., "The Village Art Show"
• Eagle, George, "Peculiar Company"

Volume 25, Number 1 - February 1947

The Alembic

Volume 25, Number 1 – February 1947. 58 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Editorial
• Doherty, R.E. "The Beast"
• O'Brien, John J. "On Coffee"
• Eagle, George L. "A Stranger in Strasbourg"
• Shanley, Joseph V. "Reflections"
• Doherty, R.E. "Thoughts on New York"
• Gnys, Edward L. "Chaos"
• Morrison, Coleman "On Floorwalkers"
• Eagle, George L. "Moment of Vision"
• Deasy, John "Living History"
• Fortin, Andrew G. "Effects of Studying the Essayists"
• Critique

Volume 25, Number 3 - March 1943

The Alembic

Volume 25, Number 3 - March 1943. 49 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Stafford, John, "Frustration"

• Davitt, John H., "Among The Missing"

• "War And Nutrition"

• Weintraub, Jerome Irving, "A Study Of Sir John Falstaff"

• Fournier, Conrad A., "Come Follow Me"

• Carroll, Jr., Walter F., "Auntie's Favorite"

• Buckley, John F., "Isaac Hecker And Brook Farm"

• "Reveille"

• "Divertissement"

Volume 25, Number 2 - December 1942

The Alembic

Volume 25, Number 2 - December 1942. 54 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Fingers In The Pi"

• Lee, Edward A., "In God We Trust"

• Gorman, Jeffrey, "On Etiquette"

• Davitt, John H., "Before The Wave"

• Stadnicki, Francis A., "Saroyanism And Surrealism"

• Shiel, James F., "Rauschning Has The Answer"

• Fournier, Conrad, "Check--$50,000"

• O'Shea, Joseph C., "Blueprints For A Just Peace"

• "By The Way"

Volume 25, Number 1 - October 1942

The Alembic

Volume 25, Number 1 - October 1942. 58 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "New Fingers in the Pi"
• Hughes, Riley, "A Catholic College and War"
• Gerhard, John, "The Father"
• Kelly, Matthew "Fast Freight"
• Kenny, Joseph, "Revolution in the Making"
• Holleran, Thomas, "Journey to Scotland"
• Kiernan, Leo, "Cancer Research"
• Fay, Michael, "We Shall Meet Again"
• Gerhard, John, "By the Way"

Volume 24, Number 4 - Summer 1942

The Alembic

Volume 24, Number 4 – Summer 1942. 55 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Kenny, Joseph "A Woman of Letters"
• Rosen, Louis "The Gazette Goes to Press"
• Gerhard, John "When the War is Over"
• Young, Peter "Need Money?"
• Shiel, James "Alembichords"
• Gerhard, John "The Truck"
• Sherman, James "Conquistador"
• Gorman, Jeffrey "On Late-Comers"
• Sharkey, John "St. Georgie and the Dragon"
• "By the Way'

Volume 24, Number 3 - March 1942

The Alembic

Volume 24, Number 3 – March 1942. 49 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Cavanaugh, Paul "Captain Charles E. Rosendahl, U.S.N."
• "New Fingers in the Pi"
• Mulligan, Thomas "Writing for the Alembic"
• F.M., Extension School "God Bless Them"
• Bracq, Edward "'Liberal Education'"
• McCormick, William "Certitude"
• Young, Kenneth "The Chinese Language"
• Murphy, James J. "In the Land of the Shamrocks"
• O'Shea, Joseph "The New Fleet"
• Maguire, Frank "Alembichords"
• Rosen, Louis S. "Futility"
• "The Enchanting Young Ghost"
• Shiel, James "By the Way"

Volume 24, Number 2 - December 1941

The Alembic

Volume 24, Number 2 - December 1941. 62 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Dedication"

• Sharkey, John S., "Poets At Sea"

• Shiel, James F., "Keating and the Four Masters"

• Hickey, Vincent J., "The House of Rurik"

• McWeeney, Leo, "The Hero of the Russian Peasants"

• Gill, James, "The Political Police of the Soviet Union"

• McCool, Edward, "Peter the Great"

• Kaminski, Robert, "The Soviet Press"

• Krupowicz, Z.A., "Some of Russia's Leaders and Governments"

• Greenstein, Maurice, "Stalin"

• Garber, Martin, "Social Life in Russian Farm Communes"

• Gennaro, Anthony, "Social Conditions of Russia"

• Maddren, Herbert, "Russian Language and Literature"

• Mulligan, Thomas, "Damon Runyon At College"

• "Alembichords" …

Volume 24, Number 1 - October 1941

The Alembic

Volume 24, Number 1 - October 1941. 49 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Dedication"

• "New Fingers In The Pi"

• Gerhard, John, "Defence Efficiency"

• Whalen, Jr., Frank J., "A Few Minutes Of Rest"

• Gerhard, John, "Brains"

• Cottam, Charles F., "Strawberry Love Song"

• Sharkey, John, "On First Looking Into Newspaper Rumor"

• Doyle, Thomas J., "Her Majesty The Cook"

• J. A. C., "Alembichords"

• "By The Way"

Volume 23, Number 4 - May 1941

The Alembic

Volume 23, Number 4 – May 1941. 66 pages including covers and advertisements. (Only 36 pages available in archival copy.)

• The Quality of Decorum
• Conway, Joseph A. "For the Fatherland"
• Rich, Harold "End of a Visit"
• Gallagher, Matthew P. "How Long, O Lord?"
• Murphy, James J. "Holy Man of Dublin"
• J.A.C. "Records and Discords"
• Greene, John "Thought"
• Maguire, F.J. "In Quest of Arcady"
• Jodaitis, Annie T. of the Extension School "Women's Posiition in the Early Social World"
• "By the Way'

Volume 23, Number 3 - March 1941

The Alembic

Volume 23, Number 3 – March 1941. 66 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Editorial
• Kaylor, Edward "The Rivals"
• Williams, Jr., Ira T. "Fool's Folly"
• J.A.C. "Records and Wrecked Chords"
• Sweeney, Charles E. "Children of the Sun"
• Gallagher, Matthew P. "The Master"
• "By the Way"

Volume 23, Number 2 - December 1940

The Alembic

Volume 23, Number 2 – December 1940. 64 pages including covers and advertisements.

• Dedication
• Perrotta O.P., Rev. Paul C. "The Soul's Lasting Armistice with Christ"
• Murphy, James J. "Queen at the Crib"
• Gallagher, Matthew P. "A Bow-Legged Saint"
• Sharkey, J. "The Hunt"
• Murphy, Leo "The Hill"
• Conway, J.A. "On Not Having Seen the World's Fair"
• Smith, Raymond C. "A Child's Christmas"
• Whalen, Frank J. "Jim Scares Me No Longer"
• Mulligan, Thomas A. "Go to the Office"
• McGovern, Charles "A Footnote to History"
• Williams, Jr., Ira T. "The Still of the Night"
• "By the Way'

Volume 23, Number 1 - October 1940

The Alembic

Volume 23, Number 1 - October 1940. 66 pages including covers and advertisements.

• "Traumwelt"

• Sweeney, Charles E., "Men Against A Tide"

• Rosen, Louis, "Fantasy At Night"

• Gallagher, Matthew P., "The Kettle"

• Maguire, Francis J., "Excuse Please"

• Conway, J.A., "The Wines of Germany"

• Falcas, John M., "To Prince Henry The Navigator"

• Williams, Jr., Ira T., "Lest We Forget"

• Anonymous, "Home of the Brave"

• "By The Way"