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Black History Month: Rita Dove

February 27, 2017 Author -

Black History Month is almost over, but we’ve barely brushed the surface of the influence black authors have had on the literary community. Rita Frances Dove was born in Akron, Ohio in 1952. Her father, Ray Dove, was the first African-American […]

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Black History Month: W.E.B. Du Bois

February 24, 2017 Author -

W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois is remembered for his many roles as a journalist, educator, African-American sociologist, and Civil Rights activist. He was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Du Bois excelled at school, receiving two bachelor’s degrees from Fisk […]

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Black History Month: Alice Walker

February 21, 2017 Author -

Author, civil rights activist, and women’s rights activist Alice Walker was born in Putnam County, Georgia in 1944. Born into a family of sharecroppers, she was the youngest of eight children. She grew up surrounded by oral tradition, hearing stories […]

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Humans of Eddy: Danny Bishop

February 20, 2017 Author -

~from intern Katie Haggstrom Danny Bishop Double Major: English and Journalism & Media Communication You mentioned that up until last year you wanted to be a news reporter. What made you change your path? Like most liberal arts students, I […]

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Black History Month: Maya Angelou

February 16, 2017 Author -

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Writer, poet, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou had a powerful story to tell. She led an enormously influential life, using her 1969 I […]

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Black History Month: Malcolm X

February 15, 2017 Author -

Malcolm X was a strong voice for human rights activism and an African-American Muslim minister born in 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He laid the foundation for the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 70s. Unlike Martin Luther King Jr.’s […]

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Black History Month: Martin Luther King, Jr.

February 14, 2017 Author -

Nearly 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, the nation still celebrates the impact he made fighting against black discrimination. For MLK Day on January 16th, over 1000 people showed up in Old Town Fort Collins to join in […]

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Humans of Eddy: Tiffany Akers

February 13, 2017 Author -

~from intern Katie Haggstrom Name: Tiffany Akers [I ran into Tiffany in the basement of Eddy in the Writing Center]. What is your major/program in the English Department? I am a first year TEFL/TESL graduate student. How do you spend more […]

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Black History Month: Octavia Butler

February 13, 2017 Author -

Author Octavia Butler paved the way for African-American science fiction authors. Born in 1947 in Pasadena, California, Butler conquered obstacle after obstacle, from losing her father, living with dyslexia, and fighting stigmas against both women and African American writers. At […]

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Introducing Our Spring 2017 Interns: Joyce Bohling and Katie Haggstrom

January 25, 2017 Author -

From Jill Salahub, English Department Communications Coordinator: We had so many great applicants for the internship position this time around. Any of them would have been a great fit, which meant we got to pick the best of the best. I […]

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