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We’re thrilled to introduce you to a brand-new chapter in The Alembic’s history. For the first time ever, we’re offering an audio edition of the journal—an exciting new endeavor for 2025. In this edition, you’ll hear every written piece read aloud by Providence College students, bringing a new dimension and life to the written word.
Over fifty years as I round the curve
where I saw her lying on the shoulder
then—strange place to choose to nap:
first thought—and I see her still
there, as if time were a small thing,
as if today were every day then
and between. With time, she
would be in her sixties now.
The driver of the van? I never
saw him that I recall, though I know
he was there trying to help. He might
still be alive. He might be in his
seventies or eighties. He might still
see her too, just there as he rounded
the curve where she walked, back
to traffic, no chance to swerve. He
did not see her sleeping. He might
still, for a moment, see her alive.