Category: News
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Filipino American History Month: N.V.M. Gonzalez
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Read More: Filipino American History Month: N.V.M. GonzalezN.V.M Gonzalez, an important icon among the Filipino literary community, feels like a fitting way to wrap up Filipino American History Month. Born in the Philippines in 1915 in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Gonzalez expressed passion for music at a young age. He learned to play the violin and…
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LGBT History Month: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman~by Michaela Hayes To wrap up CSU English’s celebration of LGBT history month, today we are taking a look at arguably two of the greatest poets of American history, and certainly the most influential of the 19th century– Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Despite very different poetic styles, the two have a few…
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LGBT and Filipino American History Month: Noel Alumit
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Read More: LGBT and Filipino American History Month: Noel AlumitNoel Alumit is a novelist, actor, and activist. He was born in Baguio City, The Philippines, and grew up in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles. Alumit earned his BFA in Drama from the University of Southern California and is currently working toward his Masters in Divinity at the University of the West.…
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Filipino American History Month: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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Read More: Filipino American History Month: Cecilia Manguerra BrainardAuthor and editor, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard was born and raised in the Philippines. The death of her father when she was nine prompted her to start writing, first in journals, then essays and fiction. She went to college in the Philippines, then did graduate work at UCLA. Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is…
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Faculty Profile: Ryan Campbell
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Ryan CampbellWhat is your position in the department/courses you teach? I am NTTF [Non-Tenure Track Faculty] in the English department, currently teaching Composition. What brought you to CSU? Where were you before CSU? Teaching at CSU is a return to my alma mater. Prior to being here, I taught at Front…
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Filipino American History Month: Jessica Hagedorn
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Read More: Filipino American History Month: Jessica HagedornI write really because I have to and if the writing also destroys some of those myths and subverts forms and makes people question the very idea of the writer, the woman, the Filipino-American, the whatever, great! ~Jessica Hagedorn Playwright, writer, poet, and multimedia performance artist Jessica Hagedorn was born…
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LGBT History Month: Allen Ginsberg
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Allen Ginsberg~by Michaela Hayes Allen Ginsberg changed the world. There is really no way around this one. Ginsberg was hugely influential in so many areas of American life it is nearly impossible to believe that he was a real person and not a robot designed for superhuman warmth and creativity. Ginsberg was born…
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News of Note Week of October 16
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Read More: News of Note Week of October 16Leslee Becker has been named a Finalist for the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Award in Short Stories. Doug Cloud’s co-authored essay, “How People Make Sense of Trump and Why It Matters for Racial Justice” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric. It should be out in November or…
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Filipino American AND LGBT History Month: Joseph O Legaspi
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Read More: Filipino American AND LGBT History Month: Joseph O LegaspiJoseph O Legaspi is a poet born in the Philippines. When he was only twelve, his family immigrated to America, arriving in Los Angeles, California. His life has always been oriented towards writing, and his academic career reflects that passion. Legaspi received his BA from Loyola Marymount University and went…