Category: News
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Women’s History Month 2018
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Read More: Women’s History Month 2018Celebrated in March to coincide with International Women’s Day on the 6th, Women’s History Month highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. This year’s national theme is “Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women” and here on the blog, similarly to how we…
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Black History Month: Jesmyn Ward
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Read More: Black History Month: Jesmyn WardAuthor Jesmyn Ward is making waves with her third novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, which was just released in 2017. This novel won the National Book Award, making Ward the first woman to win not one, but two National Book Awards in Fiction. Ward was born in 1977 in DeLisle, Mississippi.…
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Creative Writing Reading Series Fundraiser
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series FundraiserThe CSU department of English Creative Writing Reading Series (CWRS) brings major literary voices to share their work with students and community members through free and public readings. In addition to giving a reading of their work, visiting writers take part in an audience Q&A, a book signing, and class…
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Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection from Michaela Hayes
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection from Michaela HayesAt the end of November, four MFA students wrapped up the semester’s Creative Writing Reading Series for Fall 2017 in a stellar performance at the Visual Arts building. By the time the reading began, the walls of the lecture hall were lined with students, faculty, and community members alike. The…
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Black History Month: Essay Collections, a Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: Essay Collections, a Reading List~from Jill Salahub As we wrap up our celebration of Black History Month, we want to share one more reading list — this time we focus on essay collections. Here are some of our favorites and recommendations. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is…
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Black History Month: YA Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: YA Reading List~from Katie Haggstrom Even as college students, it’s still fun to read young adult novels. We’ve found some classic and some new must-read young adult novels, all featuring African American authors. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. This book made the New York Times young adult best seller list.…
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Black History Month: Nonfiction Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: Nonfiction Reading ListSo far this Black History Month, we’ve shared a reading list from Camille Dungy, a poetry-themed list, and a list of books by Black authors that had been adapted into films. Today, we’d like to share a list of nonfiction books we think are worth a read. Women, Race, & Class…
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Black History Month: Books by Black Authors Adapted to Film
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Read More: Black History Month: Books by Black Authors Adapted to Film~From Michaela Hayes Black Panther: Based on a comic book of the same name released in 1966, Black Panther has made a huge splash in pop culture the past few weeks. Though several other superheroes of African descent debued just a few years after Black Panther, it was America’s first in…
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Black History Month: Jordan Peele
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Read More: Black History Month: Jordan PeeleJordan Peele is an actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He was born in New York City on February 21, 1979, (Happy Birthday, Jordan!). He attended the Calhoun School in Manhattan and went on to Sarah Lawrence College with the intention of studying puppeteering before dropping out after two years to…