Adesewa is Twelve

By Oluwatoyosi Odusola on September 17, 2020Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

She is my sister, but I see her as my daughter. I was six when I first held her. I am eighteen when I embrace her now.

 

Radical Interiority

By Emily Fender on September 15, 2020CriticismInterdisciplinary Seminar

On Kathleen Collins’s "Losing Ground"

 

It Echoes in My Bones

By Ava Marshall on September 14, 2020Interdisciplinary SeminarPoetryResearch

Black Women’s Resistance to the Stethoscope

 

Noli Me Tangere

By Annie Farnsworth on September 12, 2020Creative NonfictionInterdisciplinary Seminar

A queer sense of volume filling the ears with silence. Like a child’s hand in his hand. Body quivers and aches. Touch me not.

 

Placeless Architecture

By Connor Lambrecht on September 11, 2020First-Year Research SeminarResearch

For the first time in recorded history, one can now travel to any large urban development and perceive architecture that appears familiar regardless of its geographical location. How did this standardization come about?

 

On the Question of Joy

By Ashley Lai on September 10, 2020Arts WorkshopVideo

Except There's No Joy

 

Joy

By Jeffrey Yoon on September 10, 2020Arts WorkshopVideo

What does it look like, what does it sound like, and what does it feel like?

 

Race and Ontological Alienation in Othello

By Romaissaa Benzizoune on September 8, 2020CriticismInterdisciplinary Seminar

Whenever an author lays claim to what it means to be Black, a site of disruption is created, wherein a Black audience member is expected to identify with or see as “truth” a representation of himself that cannot be.

 

I Confess

By René Bennett on September 4, 2020CriticismInterdisciplinary Seminar

The Dictation of Sexuality in Mishima’s "Confessions of a Mask"

 

The No Photo Collection

By Sarah Hee Joo Hahn on September 3, 2020Arts WorkshopPortfolio

Since the very first daguerreotype, photographs have been a way to capture a moment in time. What other media are able to encapsulate our memories?

 

Musical Listening in Practice and Performance

By Jordan Good on September 1, 2020Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

We value a musician's completed compositions, technical virtuosity, or the ability of a performer to express emotion. But what about the value of listening?

 

Muse

By Cassi Quayson on August 31, 2020Advanced Writing CourseFiction

My face and my head pulse, and so does the radio. I’m losing track of time, but I can tell that we’re close to the beach when the police officer stops us—the ceaseless strip of road has gone satisfyingly gritty ...