Poetry versus Academic Writing

For the first time in 5 years, since my senior year at Bucknell, I am in a poetry workshop, an MFA seminar in the English Department here at University of Maryland, taught by Michael Collier. Ever since I arrived in graduate school I have wanted to take a poetry class, but was told by my … Continue reading →

On Why I Avoid the First Bathroom in Airports and Meditate: Books That Become Part of Your Life

On New Year’s Eve I flew to Ecuador to visit my sister for two weeks. (She has been doing volunteer work there at an elementary school and working with street kids in a market).  When I landed in Miami for my connecting flight I needed to use the bathroom, but I didn’t go into the … Continue reading →

Former Stadler Fellow Jamaal May Nominated for NAACP Image Award!

Congratulations to former Stadler Fellow Jamaal May, whose book Hum (Alice James Books, 2013) was recently nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry! Fellow nominees include poets Nikki Giovanni, A. Van Jordan, Ai, and Frank X Walker. The NAACP Image Awards will kick off Saturday, Feb. 22 at … Continue reading →

Poetry in Introduction to Women’s Studies

With September underway, I am in the 4th week of the new semester, which means lots of work writing and researching, and also teaching.  For the third time (solo) I am teaching “Women, Art and Culture” which is our humanities Intro to Women’s Studies course.  We learn about the feminist art movement, visit musuems in … Continue reading →

FRIDGEWORTHY NEWS: The ARTS EVERYWHERE edition!

So, our metaphorical fridge hasn’t been cleaned out in some time. What better way to break out of the last lazy days of summer with some news from the Stadler Center for Poetry! The Poetry Path will christen its new year of perfectly-placed poems throughout Lewisburg in an opening ceremony TODAY (Friday) at 4PM starting … Continue reading →