~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 […]
Noel 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 […]
Author 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, […]
What 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 […]
I 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, […]
Tonight, Kay Ulanday Barrett will be on-campus as the keynote speaker for CSU’s on-campus LGBT Month celebrations, coordinated by the Pride Center. Door open at 5pm and Barrett speaks at 5:30pm in the Lory Student Center’s Ballroom A. Friday, Oct […]
~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 […]
Leslee 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 […]
Joseph 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. […]
~by Michaela Hayes Summer is an exciting time for me. I always craft an extensive list of books that I want to read and then get through about half of them. In early August, with a good chunk of books […]