Tag: Poetry
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The path to professorship: CSU English alumna describes circuitous path to creative writing tenure-track position
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Read More: The path to professorship: CSU English alumna describes circuitous path to creative writing tenure-track positionEntering the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing redefined Felicia Zamora’s professional trajectory in a way that continues to support her personal aspirations. Zamora (MFA ’12, Creative Writing) has accepted a tenure-track position as assistant professor of English at University of Cincinnati, where she begins in fall.
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Words for the Earth: English professor and Guggenheim fellow Camille Dungy shares environmental poems
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Read More: Words for the Earth: English professor and Guggenheim fellow Camille Dungy shares environmental poemsCSU English professor and Guggenheim fellow Camille Dungy reads three poems in acknowledgment of the space we share with our planetary co-habitants.
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Ross Gay
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Ross GayThe final installment of the 2017-2018 Creative Writing Reading Series took place to the sound of a sorority party happening next door. The bellows of Taylor Swift, celebration, and Greek chants penetrated through the walls. But even that couldn’t overshadow the vigor, humor, and emotion of Ross Gay’s reading. For…
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Black History Month: Poetry Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: Poetry Reading ListPoetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. ~Alice Walker Need something to read this weekend? We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite poetry collections by Black poets and authors. Phillis Wheatley, Complete Writings, Phillis Wheatley. As the first African American poet, Wheatley…
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Invisible Poetry: Poetry in Translation
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Read More: Invisible Poetry: Poetry in Translation~from intern Joyce Bohling Francisco Leal and Silvia Soler, both professors in CSU’s Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, are trying to do something they themselves describe as “impossible”: to translate the work of CSU poets into Spanish, including Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen, Dan Beachy-Quick, and Professor Emeritus Mary Crow.…
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Poetry Slam by Carlos Andrés Gómez, Event Reflection from Intern Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: Poetry Slam by Carlos Andrés Gómez, Event Reflection from Intern Ashley AlfirevicWednesday night, I went to a spoken word Poetry Slam by Carlos Andrés Gómez. It was rather last minute, but I’m a fan of slam poetry and I figured anything poetry related could be covered for the blog. Why not? Under the calming blue and purple lights of the LSC…
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David Baker Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: David Baker Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic~by English Department Communications Intern Ashley Alfirevic Collectible trading cards, practice footage, and man-and-ball portraits currently occupy the walls of the UCA’s Art Gallery. “I just don’t get all the football stuff,” someone behind me murmured as an aside. Granted, we were all there to listen to David Baker’s prolific…
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Humans of Eddy: Slamogadro
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Slamogadro~From English Department Communications Intern Tim Mahoney Take a stroll down the main plaza and you are to likely see many student advertisements written in chalk on the sides of the buildings. While many such advertisements have failed to capture my attention, earlier this semester while walking into the Clark…
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Gary Snyder Reading
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Read More: Gary Snyder ReadingPoet Gary Snyder read on September 17, 2014 at the University Art Center. This event was attended by English Department Communications intern Tim Mahoney, who had this to share: Last week, CSU’s English Department invited renowned author, Gary Snyder, to campus for a reading of his latest work. While I…