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Poetry and Animals: Blurring the Boundaries with the Human, by Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Literature Onno Oerlemans, was published this month by Columbia University Press. The book presents different types of poetry about animals from the Middle Ages to today, classified into several categories.
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Jo Pitkin K’78 recently had two of her poems published in the anthology Like Light: 25 Years of Poetry and Prose by Bright Hill Poets & Writers. One of her poems, “Reading Baudelaire in My Backyard” was inspired by her college experiences at Kirkland.
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Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman recently participated in a group reading to celebrate 25 years of the Bright Hill Poetry Reading series.
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They are partners in poetry: Marty Cain '13 majored in interdisciplinary poetics at Hamilton, received a M.F.A. in poetics , and published Kids of the Black Hole. Kina Viola '13 majored in creative writing and edits and designs chapbooks. Together, they run Garden-Door Press.
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Published novelist Amy Zhang '18 has been named a Hamilton Senior Fellow, which means she can spend her senior year studying a project she developed. Its title:“ Birds of the Body: a Poetic Exploration of the Performance of Asian-American Femininity.”
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Poet Solmaz Sharif, whose debut poetry collection was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award, will read from her work on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Center.
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Students on Hamilton’s Poetry Slam Team recently competed in the 2017 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. CUPSI 2017 included 72 teams from around the globe and was hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago from April 12 through 16.
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In a mixture of lighthearted personal anecdotes and thought-provoking comments on today’s society, acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni spoke about the importance of racial pride and civil rights activism during her public reading in the Chapel on March 6.
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“I’d rather die than suffer another day as one of the obedient, silent ones,” said award-winning poet and writer Jimmy Santiago Baca during his public reading in the Chapel on March 1.
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Jimmy Santiago Baca, a poet whose work focuses on the southwestern United States and Chicano culture, will read from his poetry on Wednesday, March 1, at 8 p.m., in the Chapel. The reading is free and open to the public.