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Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman recently participated in a group reading to celebrate 25 years of the Bright Hill Poetry Reading series.
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They are partners in poetry: Marty Cain '13 majored in interdisciplinary poetics at Hamilton, received a M.F.A. in poetics , and published Kids of the Black Hole. Kina Viola '13 majored in creative writing and edits and designs chapbooks. Together, they run Garden-Door Press.
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Published novelist Amy Zhang '18 has been named a Hamilton Senior Fellow, which means she can spend her senior year studying a project she developed. Its title:“ Birds of the Body: a Poetic Exploration of the Performance of Asian-American Femininity.”
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Poet Solmaz Sharif, whose debut poetry collection was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award, will read from her work on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Center.
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Students on Hamilton’s Poetry Slam Team recently competed in the 2017 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. CUPSI 2017 included 72 teams from around the globe and was hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago from April 12 through 16.
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In a mixture of lighthearted personal anecdotes and thought-provoking comments on today’s society, acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni spoke about the importance of racial pride and civil rights activism during her public reading in the Chapel on March 6.
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“I’d rather die than suffer another day as one of the obedient, silent ones,” said award-winning poet and writer Jimmy Santiago Baca during his public reading in the Chapel on March 1.
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Jimmy Santiago Baca, a poet whose work focuses on the southwestern United States and Chicano culture, will read from his poetry on Wednesday, March 1, at 8 p.m., in the Chapel. The reading is free and open to the public.
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The Hamilton College Departments of Art, Music, and Literature and Creative Writing will present a chamber salon featuring student artwork, chamber music, poetry readings on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 1:30 p.m., in the Linda Johnson Gallery of the Kennedy Center for Theatre and Studio Arts.
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Ocean Vuong, a poet whose work explores the themes of transformation, desire and violent loss, will perform a reading from a selection of his works on Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn Lobby.