Tag: Poetry
Langston Hughes – domestic pariah, international superstar
Jason Miller, North Carolina State University
A leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, the inspiration behind Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” and...
In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate...
Kate Flint, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Climate change is real, it’s accelerating and it’s terrifying. We are...
In the 1600s Hester Pulter wondered, ‘Why must I forever be...
Samantha Snively, University of California, Davis
In 1996, a graduate student named Mark Robson was creating a digital catalog of the University of Leeds’ Brotherton...
Should we scoff at the idea of love at first sight?
James Kuzner, Brown University
For a lecture course I teach at Brown University called “Love Stories,” we begin at the beginning, with love at first...
A history of loneliness
Amelia S. Worsley, Amherst College
Is loneliness our modern malaise?
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says the most common pathology he saw during his years...
What makes some art so bad that it’s good?
John Dyck, CUNY Graduate Center
“The Disaster Artist” – which just earned James Franco a Golden Globe for his portrayal of director Tommy Wiseau –...
What can be done about our modern-day Frankensteins?
What can be done about our modern-day Frankensteins?
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Veterans turned poets can help bridge divides
James Dubinsky, Virginia Tech
Although Veterans Day is a national holiday, often filled with parades and celebrations, it brings with it ambiguity.
Howard Zinn, a...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
