wake the artifacts

419 Pages·2016·1.73 MB·English

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Wake
the Artifacts
Student Writing
from Wake Forest University’s
Special Collections
Curated by
the ZSR Writers Camp Committee
First print/electronic edition
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Cover image: W. J. Cash typewriter, Wake Forest University ZSR
Library Special Collections
Cover design by William P. Kane, Library Partners Press
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Dedicated to D . E G w ,
r Dwin ravEs ilson
“Mr. Wake Forest,”
Professor Emeritus of English and
Provost Emeritus of Wake Forest University

C
ontents
xi Preface: about Writers camP
xiii introduction: GoinG doWn the rabbit hole
Jenny Puckett
1
Kari Marie Burgess, Junio del 1972
19
Kathryn Huggins,
W. J. Cash at his Typewriter, Mexico City, 1941
25
Savannah Baber,
Ground Breakers: To Wake Forest’s Firsts
33
Leah J. Haynes, Six Impossible Things
41
Emily Goodman, How to Raise an Elephant
45
Erin E. McKee
Praise Song for the Memory of Brian Piccolo
49
Madeline Baxter, Rebirth, of Sorts
65
Ashley Laughlin, Strangled
75
Ziwei Chen, 1932
81
Maggi McCann, The Most Loyal “Folder”
89
Rachel I. Schwam, Graded & Dated
91
Olivia Teegan, Get Closer
119
Alexandria C. Dean, The Stories She Didn’t Tell
127
Sara Isabel Coronel,
Happiness: A Double-Edged Sword
143
Jessica Hung, You Promised Me a Kingdom
179
William Morgan, The Struggle to Be Good
193
Yunyi Rong, The King’s Medal
205
Maya Marks, Circuit
209
Ben Covington, Ever Endureth
223
Rachel Stewart, navel characters
229
Weiji (Ji) Wang, Trophy
235
Matt Schlosser, Our Path
243
Hannah L. Goodwin, Cane and Able
251
Natalie Jacqueline Casimir, To Excavate a Beast
255
Leo Capobianco, Jr., Freshman Year
259
Zachary I. Thomas, Heating Glass
277
Elizabeth Waid,
If Not for that Damn Balcony:
The True Story of Romeo Montague
293
James Falese, Dust Storm
299
Laura Garland, Self Portrait
311
Jack Olsen, Untitled
321
Thomas Poston, Homage
329
Karringtan A. Harris, Over
337
Lena Hooker, It Will Last Longer
355
Sean Dougherty, Elegy
387 contributors
399 acknoWledGments