Monthly Archives: January 2015

“Cathedrals” by Emma Hoffman ’16

Posted on January 31, 2015 by tjames

This poem by Emma Hoffman ’16 will be published in the Fall 2015 issue of The Louisville Review. (Details available on the Creative Writing News). The piece, begun as a personal essay and distilled into a poem, is based on … Continue reading →

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“Unembellished We” by Mollie Wohlforth ’15

Posted on January 30, 2015 by tjames

The following poem by Mollie Wohlforth ’15 was published on the Five Quarterly blog, “Amost 5Q” on February 13th, 2015 and is forthcoming in Polyphony H.S. (Details on the Creative Writing News.) Her work has also been published by Canvas … Continue reading →

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Watercolor by Hannah Tarnow ’16

Posted on January 27, 2015 by tjames

Artist Hannah Tarnow ’16 created this piece during the IB Visual Art class’s color unit. In her words, “I chose to use watercolor as my medium, as I had not used it much before. The painting I made is a … Continue reading →

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Sylvia Plath Inspired Poems by Betsy LaPadula

Posted on January 26, 2015 by tjames

Because curious minds never stop learning, English Department faculty member Betsy LaPadula (author of the poetry chapbook Elpenor Falls) is taking an online poetry class focusing on the work of Sylvia Plath. The following poems were written in response to … Continue reading →

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Me, Myself & Mia: Artwork by Mia Smith ’15

Posted on January 25, 2015 by tjames

Mia Smith, a member of the Newark Academy Class of 2015, an alumna from The Oxbow School semester OS30, and a future graduate from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Class of 2019, has used art to express who … Continue reading →

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“Hammerhead Goes to the Gallows” by Andrew Alford

Posted on January 23, 2015 by tjames

NA’s Computer Science teacher and Tech Office guru, Andrew Alford, was recently awarded a New Writer Award Honorable Mention by Glimmer Train Magazine for his short story, “Erasure.” He calls the piece below a “mock, mock trial story,” (with apologies … Continue reading →

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“Zoom In” Community Art Show Photos & Poems by Digital Photography and Creative Writing Students

Posted on January 14, 2015 by tjames

The Digital Photography and Creative Writing classes collaborated on this project for the 2015 Community Art Show, which has the theme of “Zoom In.” The photographers took the “zoomed in” photos and the writers used the evocative shots as inspiration … Continue reading →

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New Creative Nonfiction by Aaron Weiss

Posted on January 12, 2015 by tjames

A. A. Weiss grew up in Maine and now resides in New York City. He teaches in NA’s Language Department after having lived in Ecuador, Mexico, Moldova and New Jersey. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Hippocampus Magazine, … Continue reading →

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Op-Ed & Personal Essay by Alexis Romay published by Translating Cuba & NBC News

Posted on January 5, 2015 by tjames

“On Cuba, Hope and Change” was published on December 23rd, 2014, by Translating Cuba, the platform that publishes the blogs that are banned by the Cuban government. (Here you can read the essay in Spanish.) Alexis Romay of the NA … Continue reading →

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