Category: News
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National Poetry Month: Billy Collins
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Billy CollinsJohn Updike described Billy Collins’s poems as “more serious than they seem.” And indeed, while Collins’ poems are often laugh-out-loud funny, many end on a touching, sometimes somber note. Billy Collins is one of the most well-known and financially successful poets in the United States. He was the United States…
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The TEFL/TESL Student Association presents: Advocacy Week
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Read More: The TEFL/TESL Student Association presents: Advocacy Week~from the TEFL/TESL Student Association We are excited to announce that Advocacy Week is almost upon us! As a registered GSA, the TEFL/TESL Student Association (TTSA) strives to promote linguistic and cultural diversity, both here on campus and in the larger Fort Collins community. We do this through Advocacy Week,…
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National Poetry Month: Rupi Kaur
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Rupi KaurArtist and poet Rupi Kaur was born in Punjab, India, in 1992. When she was only 4, her parents emigrated to Toronto, Canada. Her artistic and creative ability was something that emerged when she was a young age. Kaur began to draw and paint, inspired by her mom and would…
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National Poetry Month: David Whyte
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Read More: National Poetry Month: David WhyteThe work of David Whyte moves between literary, psychological, theological and vocational worlds. As Whyte explains, his poetry and philosophy comes from “the conversational nature of reality.” Born in 1955 in Mirfield Yorkshire, his poetry was influenced by bother his mother’s Irish heritage and what he called his “Wordsworthian childhood”…
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National Poetry Month: Mary Oliver
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Mary OliverTell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ~Mary Oliver, from her poem “The Summer Day” Mary Oliver is a prolific contemporary poet. Her work has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award,…
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Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection~from intern Joyce Bohling The reading of creative writing master’s theses on March 30 featured creative nonfiction M.A. candidate Dana Chellman and poetry M.F.A. candidates Denise Jarrott and Kylan Rice. Each reading featured unique style and subject matter, showing the diversity and creativity of work produced by students in the…
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National Poetry Month: Shel Silverstein
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Shel SilversteinSome poetry connects generations together, drawing them in at an early age through fun rhymes and silly images. Shel Silverstein has become synonymous with children’s poetry, the type of poetry that sticks with its readers well into adulthood. Most children are familiar with poet Shel Silverstein’s work and the fun…
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News of Note Week of April 3
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Read More: News of Note Week of April 3Next Wednesday, Doug Cloud will be giving a workshop for the School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) Sustainability Fellows titled “Talking Science with Conservative, Religious and Other Potentially Skeptical Audiences.” Tobi Jacobi participated at the recent Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) through a panel presentation entitled, “Not “All Ellas”:…
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National Poetry Month: Naomi Shihab Nye
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Naomi Shihab NyeNaomi Shihab Nye is the author of numerous books of poems, as well as the author of several books of poetry and fiction for children. Born to a Palestinian father and an American mother, she spent her adolescence in both Jerusalem and San Antonio, Texas. Her experience of difference has influenced much…