Category: News
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Black History Month: Ava DuVernay
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Read More: Black History Month: Ava DuVernayThe much anticipated Black Panther film opened in theaters this weekend, and it is breaking all kinds of records. Another film releasing soon and eagerly awaited by audiences is A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay. In 2015, DuVernay was in consideration to direct and possibly co-write Black Panther, but decided against it. Ava DuVernay…
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Black History Month: Poetry Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: Poetry Reading ListPoetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. ~Alice Walker Need something to read this weekend? We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite poetry collections by Black poets and authors. Phillis Wheatley, Complete Writings, Phillis Wheatley. As the first African American poet, Wheatley…
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Black History Month: Sonya Renee Taylor
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Read More: Black History Month: Sonya Renee Taylor“Sonya Renee is conviction, compassion, and fierce grace. Her work is a thunderous call to action, spoken with porch light welcome.” ~Andrea Gibson, Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, author, activist Sonya Renee Taylor is an author, poet, spoken word artist, speaker, humanitarian and social justice activist, educator, and founder…
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Black History Month: Lucille Clifton
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Read More: Black History Month: Lucille CliftonLucille Clifton (1936-2010) was a prolific poet, children’s book author, and professor. Clifton’s poetry focuses mainly on the strength and endurance one must possess in order to live as a Black American, though it also explores other aspects of her identity, such as being a woman and a poet. She taught at a…
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Humans of Eddy: Jordan Ferensic
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Jordan FerensicJordan Ferensic English major with a Linguistics concentration and a minor in Japanese Besides your current classes, what else are you doing or have you done that we should know about? Should know about is a tricky phrase, I don’t feel that there’s anything about me anyone ought to explicitly…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Emily Pérez and Lauren Haldeman
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Emily Pérez and Lauren Haldeman~from Katie Haggstrom The most recent Creative Writing Reading Series event took place in the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art. The venue created a powerful dynamic between the blending of visual arts with literary arts. This reading was set apart from others because both poets, Emily Pérez and Lauren Haldeman,…
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Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
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Read More: Remembering Ursula K. Le GuinNovelist and short fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin died on January 22nd at her home in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 88. She was born in 1929 in Berkeley, California, daughter of an anthropologist and a writer. She wrote her first fantasy story at age 9, and submitted her…
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Advocacy Week: Monday, Feb 26 – Friday, March 2
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Read More: Advocacy Week: Monday, Feb 26 – Friday, March 2It’s that time again! Advocacy Week, presented by the TEFL/TESL Student Association, is just around the corner. Mini-presentations will occur all week beginning Monday, February 26th with the week culminating in a keynote address on Friday, March 2nd. This year, we are very excited to present a keynote address from…
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Black History Month: Claudia Rankine
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Read More: Black History Month: Claudia RankineI think any poem, and any writer, is always breaking open the questions beneath the poem, or the writing. You’re always trying to figure out: what gives me the right to say x or y? What does that mean? When I say this, what does it mean? How does it…
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Black History Month: Ross Gay
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Read More: Black History Month: Ross GayRoss Gay, born in 1974, is an American writer and professor, and considered by many to be one of America’s leading poets. Gay was born in Ohio but soon relocated to Pennsylvania, where he stayed until graduating from Lafayette College with a BA. He then moved on to receive an…