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Total Number of Articles: 6
First Article on this Page: February 14, 2025
Latest Article on this Page: February 19, 2026
In my writing, I tend to veer on the side of indulgent nostalgia. I usually find myself leaning into romanticism in my attempts at expressing a deep longing for home, a simultaneous mistrust of it and how those feelings have …
It’s been a while since I last wrote for the Orient. You may remember my last contribution to this column, which had a brief stint of YikYak fame, titled “Why I can’t go home.” In it, I lamented the struggles …
To be a Southerner in Maine is to be homesick. It is to dream of an idealized version of a home that does not exist. It is an unrequited love, a longing for a place that does not want you …
Last fall, President Trump campaigned on a promise to close the federal Department of Education and return the regulation of public schools to the states. Two weeks ago, he signed an executive order attempting to do so by instructing the …
On December 1, 2022, I received the news that I had been matched with Bowdoin on a full-ride scholarship through QuestBridge. As soon as I was let out of my last class of the day, I ran to my car, …
Eighty years from now, my hometown will be swallowed by the ocean. Hot, white sand and elegant, drooping oak trees decimated by the incoming tide. My three-bedroom, FEMA-manufactured home, which has lasted decades longer than it was meant to, will …
