Life in Verse: Introduction
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Editor's Note: If you would like to submit your poems or prose, send them in a PDF file to Mbrooks@richmond.edu. The views and opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of The Collegian.
When senior Alexandra Hunt declared her creative writing minor, she never thought it would entail firing 9mm handguns during class time. But that is exactly what she is doing this semester in a new course called Writing Richmond.
After working at the University of Richmond for 20 years, English professor Daryl Dance is retiring this spring, but be careful when mentioning the word retirement around her.
Race and gender melt away in a true multicultural book, Grace Lin, a children's author and illustrator, told an audience of almost 50 people in the Brown-Alley Room last Wednesday. Storytelling is at the heart of Grace Lin's award-winning children's writing and illustrations. Lin's Chinese heritage and rich artistic background from her days at the Rhode Island School of Design shine through in works such as her 2010 Newbery Honor children's novel, "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon."
Majak Yai leaned over the book and carefully sounded out the words.
Hello Dean Newcomb,
Some of the most irritating experiences that can occur in a classroom setting, in my experience, happen because of class participation policies.
It might be because I've been listening to Taylor Swift's new album on repeat since it came out, or perhaps it's the fact that I shopped online for wedding dresses yesterday during chapter with my roommate, or maybe it's because the last thing my apartmentmate and I did before bed last night was snuggle into the covers with my laptop on the hunt for the perfect engagement ring, but marriage is definitely in the air this week (and by week I mean the last three years of my life).
On Sunday, wearing my graduation robe along with the rest of the University of Richmond senior women, going through Proclamation Night for the second time, was a bit surreal.
When I received my writing assignment for The Collegian last week, I glanced at it and saw something about art and some place called UR Downtown.
"I'm flying high over Tupelo, Miss., with America's hottest band -- and we're all about to die."
Well, University of Richmond, it's time. On March 25, which is the date of the next Collegian issue because of spring break, The Collegian will have its next news editor, and I will hand over the reigns. I will have a Rice Report, but I wanted to say a few final words before doing introductions.
Colson Whitehead was born in 1969 and grew up in Manhattan. He attended Harvard College, then spent two years working as a pop culture critic for the Village Voice. In 1999 his debut novel about elevator inspectors, "The Intuitionist," received wide critical acclaim, with the New Yorker calling it strikingly original and scintillating.
What do you do during the weekends?