Prologue

Editors:

Natalie Gross
Claire Navarro
Allison Kranek

Prologue is an annual journal of academic essays created to showcase first-year writing at Denison. The journal provides many of these students with the opportunity to have their works published for the first time. The selection process began with many first-year students submitting their essays anonymously during this spring semester. Next, the editorial board carefully reviewed the collection of pieces submitted and selected ten pieces for publication. Decisions were difficult because the board received many quality essays. Then each of the ten current Writing Center consultants reviewed one of the selected essays and wrote a commentary to accompany the piece. These commentaries highlight the strengths of each essay.

We would like to express our thanks to the following people:

• Dr. Brenda Boyle, for her role as Staff Adviser of the journal
• Dr. Susan Kanter, for her technological assistance with the online publication of the journal
• Laurie Mackenzie-Crane, for her creative journal advertisements and Prologue cover
  
• Anneliese Davis, for her assistance with the essay submission process
  

The Writing Center and its consultants have also been instrumental in this process from Prologue’s conception to its final publication. In addition, this journal would not have been possible without the willingness of many first-year writers to share their thoughtful essays with the Denison community.

2009 Content

Alex Daniels
Every Scar Tells a Story [pdf] - Commentary by Ellie Swensson

McKenzie Hull 
Clorox Going Green? [pdf] - Commentary by Natalie Gross

Ryder Lamb
Feeling Transcends Language in Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River" [pdf]-  Commentary by Brynn Lewallen

Emily McIntosh
In Any Circumstance....Freshness to Live" [pdf] - Commentary by Alex Rosenberg

Lin Mu
When Maternity Encounters Innocence [pdf] - Commentary by Kevin Lynch

Nozomi Onishi
I Know How He Felt [pdf] - Commentary by Caroline Wilson

Evan Pugh 
An Unattainable Past [pdf] - Commentary by Michelle Oyakawa

Megan Randall
Springsteen the Cavalier: The Boss and the Bards [pdf] - Commentary by Allison Kranek

Katie Vaillancourt
Religion as a Framework of the Nomos [pdf]- Commentary by Jack Wolfe

Joy Wang
The Bridge in "Beloved" [pdf] - Commentary by Claire Navarro