The Pequod, established in 1968, is a student-run literary magazine that exhibits the creative work of Colby College’s artists and writers. It is published on a biannual basis, once each semester, and is comprised of both creative writing pieces and studio art works.
The magazine has evolved over its 50-plus year run. For instance, faculty once had a larger role both as contributors and editors. At one time, there was a period of collaboration with Mary-Low Coffeehouse that featured live readings and art exhibits. The physical shape of the magazine has changed over the years as well, in keeping with the editorial credo that “content should dictate the format and not vice versa.”
This digital collection is presented for the edification and enjoyment of the Colby College community. The content of the magazine is not intended for general public use and is not accessible outside of the Colby College network.
For more information about The Pequod see:
http://www.colby.edu/cwriting/student-writing/
http://www.colby.edu/artdept/pequod/
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Pequod (Fall 2017)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Cover by Rachel Bird
Pussy by Julia Grady
The Birth of Venus by Katya Nikiforova
On Stability by Allison Wehrle
Outside the Library by Jess Greenwald
Fist by Jocelyn Meyer
On the Possibility of Motherhood by Kylie Walters
Flowers by Molly Wu
Practicing Reincarnation in the Garden
You've Got to Learn How to Float by Eenie Bernard
Empty Street in Japan by Sarah Warner
Tuesday by Julia Grady
Untitled by Wallis Muraca
Things I Would Become If You Asked by Anonymous
First Impressions by Jess Greenwald
Endless ... Read More
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Pequod (Fall 2016)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Sprawl (photograph) by Sara Heilbronner: cover Untitled (photograph) by Anne Vetter: 3
Confessional #192 (poem) by Leah Cole Durst: 4 Space Song (prose) by Cleo Aukland: 5
To My Fledgling Daughter (poem) by Eliza Dunne: 7 Spring Cleaning (print) by Rachel Bird: 8
Shanghai Girl (print) by Simone Leung: 9
Rijeka (photograph) by Yichen Lu: 10
So You Heard It's Paved in Gold (poem) by Eliza Dunne: 11
Spill Me Blue (poem) by Kylie Walters: 12
Untitled (painting) by Danielle Bagley: 13
Hollow Temple, Hollow Bone (prose ... Read More -
Pequod (Spring 2016)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Untitled (photograph) by Anne Vetter: cover
Lalita swallows the moon (poem) by Maya Ramakrishnan: 3
On Allentown (poem) by Victoria Cheff: 4
Untitled (photograph) by Esther Mathieu: 5
For My Brother (poem) by Drew Boulos: 6
The House I Live In (prose) by Kyle Laurita-Bonom etti: 7-8
Untitled (painting) by Hannah Macquarrie: 9
How to Be Brazen (poem) by Emma Brown: 10 Farmhouses in Aroostook (poem) by Jake Bleich: 11 The Tempest (photograph) by Victoria Cheff: 12
And These Are the Days My Friends (prose) by Alex Sarappo: 13-20
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Pequod (Fall 2015)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Untitled (drawing) by Ester Topolarvoa: cover
Instantiation (poem) by Esther Mathieu: 4
Untitled (painting) by Terry O'Connor: 5
This is How You Blend In (prose) by Simone Leung: 6
Love Letter (poem) by Harris Hayman: 7
Untitled (photograph) by Erin Lu: 8
The City and the Night (prose) by Shona Bell McCarthy: 9
Grenade (poem) by Jess Greenwald: 10
Untitled (painting) by Karunya Nathan: 11
Untitled {print) by Taylor Schlichting: 12
Interiors (prose) by Alex Sarappo: 13-19
Dysphoria (poem) by Emma Brown: 20
Untitled (painting) by Hannah Macquarrie: 21
Untitled (photograph) by Esther Mathieu: 22
Raspberries (poem) by Michaela Morris: 23
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Pequod (Fall 2014)
Colby College
Table of Contents
POETRY
Sleep Costs by Maggie Bower: 2
Inside That Coffee Shop by Katie Daigle: 3
The Moth by Sarah Leathe: 5
Scrape by Sam LeBlanc: 11
Valediction (Note: it's not goodbye) by Victoria Cheff: 12
Dance Partner by Simone Leung: 14
I Sleep Beneath the Rouge Bleu Jaune Navajo Quilt That's More Like a Rug Than a Blanket by Catherine Maguire: 15
Fortuity by Alex Sarappo: 19
For What Its Worth by Amy Cunningham: 20
Aurora by Ben Semmes: 22
Soup and Sandwich by Leah Powley: 28
In a Northern Maine Garden by Katie Daigle: 31
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Pequod (Spring 2013)
Colby College
Table of Contents
ART
"Untitled" (acrylic on ca nvas) - Kelly McCarthy ... cover
"Untitled" - Jack Cohen ... 5
"Untitled" Series - Molly Hodson ... 8-9
"Untitled" - Shannon Kooser ... 15
"Untitled" - Catherine Mcguire ... 23
"Untitled" - Sam Dow ... 5
"Untitled" Series - Nina Hatch ... 26-27
"Untitled" - Kendra Elie ... 30
"Untitled" - David DiNicola ...33
"Untitled" - Sam Dow...37
"Untitled" - Kelly McCarthy ... 39
"Compound of Dodecahedron and Great Dodecahedron" - James Lucas ... 40
"Untitled" - Jack Cohen ... 41
"Drop Leaf Table" - Nina Hatch ...42
"Shaker Coffee Table" - Garth Franklin ... ... Read More -
Pequod (Spring 2012)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Cover by Megan Compaine
What a Dog by Brynn Bernheimer
Cooking up a Storm by Lizzy Schneider
Untitled by Autumn Smith
Your Sparrow Stare by Kristen Starkowski
Fixtures of a Young Woman's Bathroom by Faye Schneider
Cucumber Eyes by Brittany Ziebel
Rummage Sale for the Indians by Leah Breen
Excerpt from "The Driver" by Jack Nivison
A Body is a Weapon by Anonymous
Moss by Brynn Bernheimer
A Moment of Contemplation While Playing Grand Theft Auto in 9am Sunday Services by Oscar Mancinas
The Bubble by Todd ... Read More
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Pequod (Spring 2011)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Cover by Monica Albu
Smoking Man by Mikaela Mintz
Hands by Molly Hodson
Crack Goes the Skin on My Carrots by Aliya Weiss
People Watching, Or When You Told Me How To Watch People by Darcy Bullock
Untitled by Monica Albu
Why I Pray by Molly Bennett
Torso by Mikaela Mintz
Lego Patties by Molly Bennett
Nesting Bowls by Emily Mininberg
What My Father Said to Me This Morning by Caitlin Vance
Untitled by Lexi DeConti
An Excerpt from "Still Life" by Kelsey Conroy
We lay synchronized ... Read More
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Pequod (Winter 2011)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Untitled by Megan Compaine
Constellations by Spencer Gopaul
Rialto Fish Market by Megan Compaine
A Girl I've Known by Michaelina Deneka
Untitled by Chelsea Tyler
Dear Heart by Priscilla McCelvey
Cypress by Lauren Fiorelli
Don't Say anything by Spencer Gopaul
Splitting by Nicholas Nowak
Origami King Cobra by James Lucas
Nightmare 12 by Priscilla McCelvey
Untitled by Ellen Evangelides
Foreign Lands by Lucy Dotson
Gaily by Lauren Fiorelli
She is Ugly when She Sleeps by Anonymous
The Damp by Lillian Holland
Better Luck Next Time by Michael ... Read More
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Pequod (Fall 2010)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Front and Back Cover: Loon, Michelle Russell
Inside Front: Reese's and Popsicle Converse, Lauren Fiorelli
Fall Splendor on a Sunny Day, Sujie Zhu: 4
Overwintering, Jenny Helm: 5
She Was Not a Nanny a Mentor or a Sister ... Caitlin Vance: 6
Untitled, Ta jreen Hedayet: 7
A Pirate's Life, Autumn Smith: 8
Through the Window, Justin Banks: 9
Things I want, Priscilla McCelvey: 12
Teal Pot, Michelle Russell: 13
Wheel Zodiac, Jessalyn Steinman: 14
Happy Enough, Emily Stuart: 15
Heron, Michelle Russell: 24
Letter of Complaint to a Dead Grandfather, Caitlin Vance: 26
Untitled, Charlotte Wilder: 27
Lament on Lower Mystic, ... Read More -
Pequod (Spring 2010)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Words
2: My Poetry by Eric McDowell
2: Ode to an Orchestra Conductor by Sonia Booth
5: One Thing I've Seen by Blair Braverman
5: Buying Flowers by Elliotte George
6: Ashes to Ashes by Sarah Hirsch
11: Beautiful Murder of Crows! by Peter Serafini
12: Brighter by Charlie Hamlin
13: Us by Michael Herriman
14: Women Are Beautiful by Amy Weston
16: Bell by Trip Venturella
16: Dirge for a Ferret by Annelise Wiersema
22: Fairground, Wild by Matthieu Nadeau
23: Voyager by Grant Patch
27: Recollections of a Cannery by ... Read More -
Pequod (Spring 2009)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Literature
Pg. 4 - This Is A Story About Love, a short story by Jean Burnet
Pg. 9 - Madrigal, a poem by John Campbell
Pg. 9 - Ode To The Red Island, a poem by Elly Bookman
Pg. 10 - Saginaw, a short story by Sam Morales
Pg. 16 - Waiting For The Last Ferry, a poem by Liz O'Neill
Pg. 16 - Ice Fishing, a poem by Sara Hutchins
Pg. 17 - Blue Hour, a poem by Liz O'Neill
Pg. 18 - Alone On The Deschutes, a poem by Elly Bookman
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Pequod (2008)
Colby College
40th Anniversary Issue
Table of Contents
1. A World Apart - cover by Brian DiMento
2. Clouds in a Different Light by Brian DiMento
3. Hiding by jean Burnet
4. Le Maghreb by Byron Meinerth
5. After Sitting With Walter Gay's Painting I Realize by Maya Klauber
6. Groceries and Old Crushes by Elly Bookman
7. The Place Aquil Goes by Wes Miller
8. Looking Down by Chris van Alstyne
9. My Neighbor Says The Malady Saps Her Bones by Mesay Melese
10. This is a poem about a man who was a body. by Andreas Marcotty
11. Motion by ... Read More -
Pequod (Fall 2007)
Colby College
Table of Contents
COVER: Cat Jensen
FALL AND ALL THE INSECTS DIE OFF: Sara Hutchins, 1
16 ORCHARD LN: Andreas Marcotty, 1
UNTITLED: Byron Meinerth, 2
UNTITLED: Sara Hutchins, 3
FOOT: Willa Rose Vogel, 4
AN UNPOPULAR WAR: Bayley Lawrence, 6
A UNANIMOUS BLESSING ON THE A TRAIN BOUND DOWNTOWN: Maya Klauber, 7
THE FIG TREE: Coline Delaporte, 8
GRANDSTAND: Bayley Lawrence, 10
PSEUDOKU: Eric McDowell, 10
SNEAKING ON IN WINTER, HERE: Sara Hutchins, 11
EVENING: Caroline Belinski, 12
UNTITLED: Samantha Given-Dennis, 13
FALLEN TREE: Emily Wilbert, 14
RED MEAT: Dan O'Sullivan, 15
TWO-CENT BRIDGE: Sara Hutchins, 16
AS THE CROW FLIES: Liz Clark, 17
THE MOOSE ON ... Read More -
Pequod (Spring 2007)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Two Faces - Jess Stern: 1
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Eggs - Anna Bruno: 3
Polaroid - Jack D'Isodoro: 10
Tulips - Julia Csiskesz: 13
Street Print - Jess Stern: 14
Composition in Black & White - Cindy Meadow: 15
Inverness - Paula Pelavin: 16-17
Fish - Chris Zajchowski: 18
Butterfly - Chris Zajchowski: 19
Self Portrait - Cindy Meadow: 20
Black & White Flower - Chris Zajchowski: 25
Lanterns - Anna Bruno: 30
Mountain Hut - Chris Zajchowski: 31
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Pequod (Fall 2006)
Colby College
Table of Contents
2: Exegesis of Genesis, Sasha Swarup-Deuser
3: River Lantern, Charles Frederick
4: Travis, Cindy Meadow
5: I Have a Pious Man, Jordan Levinson
6: The Leader, Mindy Favreau
12: Asylum, Charlotte Cutter
13: Roar Shack, John DeBruicker
14: Surf Music, Bayley Lawrence
15: Untitled, Tammy Lewin
16: Dream I, Charles Frederick
17: The Morning of the Slaughter, Elizabeth O'Neill
18: Missing Momma, Patrick Sanders
19: Claustrophobic Shanghai (excerpt), Chen Zhou
20: Creation 2, Catherine Jensen
22: Manhattan 3 AM - 51st and Avenue of the Americas, Wes Miller
24: look out the bus window way, Meagan Berg
25: Pare Javel-Andre Citroen, Josh Gerber
26: ... Read More -
Pequod (Spring 2006)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Untitled (Ventimiglia, Italy):Noah Balazs, 2
How Wine Can Stain Teeth:Emilie Coulson, 4
Spools and Light:Amy Weinfurter, 5
please help the homeless robots?:Sara Hutchins, 6
Girl in Blue:Angela Martinelli, 7
Seto:Danielle Preiss, 8
Oragami:Caroline Theoharides, 9
Two Untitled Poems:Elyse Apantaku, 10
The Orator:James McLaughlin, 11
Stick Figures:Byron Meinerth, 12
Fortune’s Fortune:Cliff White, 13
The Time Machines:John DeBruicker, 18
galbaugh:Steven Weinberg, 19
The Bald and the Beautiful:Katherine Berman, 20
The Power of Vacuum Engines Astonishes Me:Sasha Swarup-Deuser, 29
Banking Interview:Brian Parise, 30
The Rope:Geoff Meldahl, 31
His Silence—9th Street and Prospect Park West:Wes Miller, 32
Untitled (Palermo, Sicily):Noah Balazs, 33
Still Life with Pear:Angela Martinelli, 34
Conscience:James McLaughlin, 35
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Pequod (Fall 2005)
Colby College
Table of Contents
The Mosque, Fez Morocco: Charlie Hale, 2
Of Windows: Emily Mosites, 4
La Medusa: Sara Booth, 5
Sydney: Karen Alexander, 6
To peak and not win: John Debruicker, 7
Backward Evolution: Tom Myers, 8
The Weatherman and Wife: James McLaughlin, 9
I Would Learn an Instrument: Emilie Coulson, 10
Opalescence: Elizabeth Wyckoff, 11
Isola++: Tucker Burr, 18
Trolling: Erin Gallery, 19
Zorro: Sara Booth, 20
Domesticated: Liz Stovall, 21
Headache: Julia Stuebing, 22
Survivor: James McLaughlin, 23
Words: Wes Miller, 26
Footprints: Charlotte Cutter, 27
Insulated: Kathryn Lidington
Wreck: Meghan Gallery, 31
Supernova: Kyle Ross, 32
For Matt (Tree Hugging): Julia Germaine, 33
Color Strip: Lucy Hitz, ... Read More -
Pequod (March 2005)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Marisela...La Preciosa (Cochabamba, Bolivia): Lisa Andracke, 2
Ana and the Singer: Genevieve Shanoes, 4
After Thanksgiving: Laura Smith, 8
untitled: Anne Holt, 9
Harvesting Fiddlelteads: Caroline Theoharides, 10
The Grove: Rachel Beaupre, 12
The Joker: Genevieve Shanoes, 13
Boots: Andy Orr, 14
GRACE (After Ginsberg): Matthew Byron Ruby, 22
Namastae: Short Stories: Laura Hudecek, 24
untitled: Nilanjana Dutt, 25
Past Dark: Jessica Bernhard, 26
Women Washing Dishes: Melissa McNulty, 27
The Untitled Canvas: Mike King, 28
Reflections: Melissa Poulin, 29
Induction: Katie Toole, 30
Cazzo: Helen Brown, 32
An Argentine New Years: Danny Uhlmann, 33
Peacock: Anne Holt, 38
Walking to Work in Jersey City Before ... Read More -
Pequod (Spring 2004)
Colby College
Table of Contents
untitled: Sara Booth, 2
untitled: Steven Weinberg, 4
Why My Father Doesn’t Eat Seafood: Heather Hansman, 5
Anna’s Son: Nichols Ford Malick, 6
Melodramatic Self-portait on Tuesday Morning: Ben Raphael, 11
Sestina: Michael King, 12
Whitsundy Islands, Australia: Dorothy Najda, 13
Shoes: Nicholas Loukes, 14
Magnetic: Jocelyn LeBlanc & Sarah Webster, 21
untitled: Dorothy Najda, 22
Yellow Lily Bud Exposed: Andrea Nicoletti, 23
First Impressions of a Maine Morning: Melissa McNulty, 24
On the Night Train From Santinikaten to Calcutta: Sohrab Noshirvani, 25
untitled: Melissa Poulin, 26
Shutterbabe: Marley E. Orr, 27
You Make Me Top-Heavy: Megan Celeste Burd, 35
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Pequod (Fall 2003)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Cover by Jason Chew
Without Her by Sarah Getchell
Untitled by Andrea Nicoletti
Untitled by Sara Booth
Perspective by Hannah Emery
Jake by Melina Markos
Customs by Sohrab Noshirvani
Us by Ben Raphael
Flight Training In Elgin by Clifford White
Untitled by Alex Mocanu
Idle Hands by Robert Saunders
In a God by Jared Berezin
Untitled by Kathryn Hulick
Needle in the Hay by Andy Lizotte
Mountains at Dusk by Darren Larsen
A Mere Filament of the Imagination
Wizard Falls by Anonymous
City Bus by Kaitlin Herlihy
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Pequod (Spring 2003)
Colby College
Table of Contents
Prose
War Movie: Emilie Coulson, 7
Rewards: Nichols Malick, 17
How to Reinvent Yourself in an Obscure Mexican Town: Kyle Mellen, 27
Untitled: Clayton Donahue, 38Poetry
Nimrods: Matthew Nelson, 4
An Affair with Michael Douglas: Whitney Johnson, 6
Legend Be Told: Allyson Hill, 13
A poem to my father: Genevieve Schanoes, 14
Lianna Mills: Damaris Drummond, 16
Clouds: Adrian Silver, 23
Fading: Allyson Hill, 24
Desert Flower: Anonymous, 26
Untitled: Laura Morrison, 35
liz's bedroom: Genevieve Schanoes, 38Art
Untitled: Joshua Garfein, 2
Untitled: Genevieve Schanoes, 5
Untitled: Matthew Bacon, 12
Untitled: Kathryn Hulick, 15
Wasp Study: Anna Carvill, 23
Untitled: Joshua Garfein, 25
Tribute to Malcolm ... Read More -
Pequod (Fall 2001)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Cover by Josh McConnell
Theme for English B by Langston Hughes
Chicken Shack by Michael Ames
Dog (For Peter) by John Hughes
A Traveler's Journal by Andrew Hoyt
Mrs. Shepherd by Jessica Abston
Everest, prayer flags by Vajra Alsop
Tiger Shop by Vajra Alsop
Metamorphosis by Jaime Muehl
When things are bad by Christopher Kuhlman
Jay's Baptism by Lisa McDonald
Untitled by Sam Heck
Silver by John Hughes
Pass it Around by Anonymous
Durga Puja: the Death of the Demon King Mahishasur by Vajra Alsop
Medusa by ... Read More
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Pequod (Fall 2000)
Colby College
Table of Contents:
Cover by
An Atlas of the Difficult World by Adrienne Rich
Untitled by Vanessa Pickett
Julie by Jennifer Blume
Aubris by Jason Bougere
You by Vajra Alsop
Reunion; Luxembourg Gardens by Jacqueline Johnson
Having Since Moved On by Jeff Calareso
Untitled by Damaris Drummond
Fuzzball by Thad Fowler
Untitled by Jennifer Blume
Figure by Sarah Rundquist
Birds by ME Leroy
Fruit by Jason Hoag
August by Briana Wright
Paper Birch by Michelle Cook
After my Dad Left by Briney Alltucker
15 Second Drawing by Chatham Baker
Stained-Glass ... Read More