Tag: LGBT History Month
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National LGBT History Month Reading List
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Read More: National LGBT History Month Reading ListOctober was National LGBTQ+ Month, and also the 20 year anniversary of CSU’s Pride Resource Center. Because of the double celebration, there’s lots of great events happening on campus. To see more about those, visit the Pride Resource Center events page. For National LGBTQ+ Month, we compiled a list of…
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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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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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LGBT History Month: James Baldwin
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Read More: LGBT History Month: James Baldwin~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 left to go and only two weeks before the fall…
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LGBT History Month: Virginia Woolf
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf was born as Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882. Like many other great authors, Woolf’s path to literary fame was not ordinary. Her parents were both intelligent and social within their community, resulting in ample connections and opportunities for their children. However, their good fortune did not last long.…
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LGBT History Month: Scott Heim
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Scott Heim~by Michaela Hayes Scott Heim has had a varied and somewhat quiet career. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1966 and later attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence to earn a B.A. in English and Art History in 1989 and an M.A. in English Literature in…
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LGBT History Month: Federico Garcia Lorca
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Federico Garcia LorcaFederico Garcia Lorca was born in 1889 in Spain. Throughout his life, he worked as a playwright, a theatre director, and a poet. He gained recognition when he joined Generation of ‘27, a group predominantly comprised of Spanish poets who wanted to share their avant-garde poetry and art with people.…
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October Celebrations: Filipino-American, Hispanic, and LGBT History Month(s)
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Read More: October Celebrations: Filipino-American, Hispanic, and LGBT History Month(s)Spring semester of 2017 we ran a series of features on the blog. We celebrated Black History Month (February), Women’s History Month (March), and National Poetry Month (April). For Black History Month, we focused in particular on the role of African Americans in literature. All month long, we featured African…