Articles Tagged ‘ VOICES ’
March 21, 201210:05 pm
Maloof Speaks for the Trees at VOICES
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor
Biologist, writer, activist. On Mar. 8, St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Department of English and the VOICES Reading Series presented Joan Maloof, an artist whose passion for old growth forests is rooted in these three professions. Nearly every seat was filled in Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC) as the author of “Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern [...]
February 28, 201212:07 am
Jeffrey Coleman Presents Poetry from the Civil Rights Movement in VOICES Reading Series
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor
The spring season of the VOICES Reading Series continued with Associate Professor of English Jeffrey Coleman. Coleman presented works from his book of poetry and his upcoming anthology of poetry from the Civil Rights Movement before a crowd of students in Daugherty-Palmer Commons on Feb. 16. Assistant Professor Karen Anderson introduced Coleman, telling the audience [...]
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, [...]
May 1, 201212:09 am
VOICES Reading Series Concludes with Author and Editor Hannah Tinti
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor
The VOICES Reading series concluded on Thursday, April 26 with Hannah Tinti, novelist and editor-in-chief of One Story Magazine. The final reading was held in Cole Cinema, rather than the usual location for the VOICES readings, Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC). Assistant Professor of English Jerry Gabriel, who has worked with Tinti on One Story Magazine, introduced [...]
April 17, 201212:04 am
Voices Reading Features Author Peter Ho Davies
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor
On April 5, students and staff filled the seats of Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC) as author Peter Ho Davies, one of the most anticipated VOICES Reading series presenters of the year, read excepts from his widely anthologized short stories. Davies is the author of several novels, including “The Welsh Girl,” written in 2007, “Equal Love,” and [...]
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, Former 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, Former Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, Oct. 14 St. Mary’s Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black gave her first ever VOICES reading.
