Articles Tagged ‘ VOICES ’
January 31, 201212:08 am
Ballesteros Presents Bilingual Poetry
By Maria Smaldone, Assistant Editor
The first VOICES Reading of the spring 2012 semester featured the poetic works of José Ballesteros, a St. Mary’s Associate Professor of Spanish. A native of Quito, Ecuador, Ballesteros infused his poems with Ecuadorian and Latin cultural references and rich imagery, and dealt with themes such as youth, death, home life, and love. Israel Ruiz, [...]
November 2, 201112:11 am
9/11 Commemorative VOICES Reading Series Concludes
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor
The Voices Reading commemorative 9/11 Series concluded with two readings, held on Oct. 13 and Oct. 27. Crowds of students came to Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC) to hear two prominent poets, Laila Hallaby and Amiri Baraka. Laila Hallaby was born in Lebanon to a Jordanian father and American mother, and drew from her heritage to write [...]
October 18, 201112:10 am
Naomi Shihab Nye Enlightens in VOICES Reading
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor
This year’s VOICES reading series continued with award-winning artist Naomi Shihab Nye who read a plethora of pieces relating to Middle-Eastern culture as a part of the ten-year commemoration of September 11.
September 27, 201112:12 am
Community gathers to honor Clifton with poetry, music
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor and Emily Rosen, Contributing Writer
“American poetry is like a big house with rooms in it for everyone.” – Lucille Clifton
On Monday Sept. 12, the annual Voices reading series was off to a powerful start with a Lucille Clifton memorial. Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC) was completely filled as two poets that Clifton believed showed pure “clarity, vision, courage and compassion” read their poetry.
May 3, 201112:08 am
Last VOICES Reading Features Poems On Scientific Phenomena ,“Orphaned Images”
By Julia Andrade Rocha, Features Editor
On Thursday, April 21, this year’s VOICES Reading Series ended with a poetry reading from Linda Bierds, professor of English at University of Washington and author of First Hand. Bierds read poems from several of her collections and ended with more recent work, sequencing her reading in order to convey “the arc of [her] career.”
March 22, 201112:11 am
Street Talks Poetry and Environmentalism
By Kevin Baier, Online/Photo Editor
On Thursday, March 3, Laura Gray-Street, a visitor to artist house, spoke to St. Mary’s students and faculty with poetry about love, family, and the environment in Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC).
December 7, 20109:11 am
Hammond Discusses His Re-Exploration of Childhood Through Fifties Toys
By Kyle Jernigan, Editor-in-Chief
At the second-to-last VOICES lecture of this semester, St. Mary’s own Jeffrey Hammond read from his new memoir Little Big World, a reflection on the “weird American political history” contained in the figurines of fifties toy manufacturer Louis Marx, and the re-exploration of his childhood through the “strange psychology of collecting”.
November 6, 20101:09 am
Voices: Legal Laureates
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On the evening of Oct. 28, poets Brian Gilmore and Karl Carter read and discussed their poetry. Despite such similarities as some of their poems being based on their experiences as both practicing lawyers and prolific poets in Washington, D.C., Gilmore and Carter had different styles that nonetheless complemented each other.
October 19, 201012:08 am
Voices Reading Given To Packed House By SMCM’s Own JCB
By Amanda Zelaya, Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, Oct. 14 St. Mary’s Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black gave her first ever VOICES reading.
October 9, 20101:41 am
VOICES Reading Emphasizes Memories
By Maria Smaldone, Assistant Editor
On Thursday, Sept. 23, celebrated memoirist and author Joyce Dyer visited St. Mary’s as the second reader in the VOICES lecture series.
September 22, 20109:09 am
First VOICES Reading Conducted by SMC Alumni
By Amanda Zelaya, Editor-in-Chief
On Friday, Sept. 10th, St. Mary’s alumni Joe Hall returned as the first VOICES reader of the semester. Hall, who graduated from St. Mary’s in 2004, is a published poet and professor at University of Maryland.
April 27, 201012:05 pm
VOICES Reader Declares Democrats ‘Sexy’
By Amanda Zelaya, Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, Apr. 15 the VOICES lecture series presented author and professor Lee K. Abbott. This VOICES reading saw a change in venue from Daugherty Palmer Commons to Cole Cinema. Lee K. Abbott is a non-fiction writer and professor at Ohio State University. K. Abbott has been published in The New York Times Book Review, [...]
March 11, 201012:19 pm
Professor Jerry Gabriel Reads from First Book
By Steve Rees, Managing Editor
As part of the VOICES Reading Series, College English professor Jerry Gabriel read a short story from his newly published fiction book, Drowned Boy, in Daugherty-Palmer Commons on Feb. 25.
