Today I presented at the Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies 30th conference, which was held at the College of William and Mary. I joined three other undergraduate students from various other colleges to speak on a panel titled “Representing the Caribbean: Cultural Memory and (Trans)national Flows”. Other students presented on the politics [...]
My “Local and Global Issues in 20th Century Poetry” course organized a poetry reading which took place in the Botetourt Gallery of Swem Library this afternoon. Called “EarthVisions”, the event attempted to show the importance of poetry as a unifying force. Many poems had a natural theme, however students and professors read a variety [...]
In light of President Nichol’s resignation and political turmoil on campus, some teachers elected to have their classes canceled. Professor Longo brought our Local & Global Issues in 20th Century Poetry course outside. Many other students joined us to listen to Martin Espada’s “Imagine the Angels of Bread”, and we then broke [...]
