While the Puerto Rican independence movement was a political failure, it has contributed immensely to the Puerto Rican identity, influencing both literature and culture. A provocative new book by Clark University associate professor of Spanish María Acosta Cruz uses examples from Puerto Rican literature, history, and pop culture to emphasize how the territory’s residents have…
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Inaugural poet Richard Blanco packs the house (twice)
Richard Blanco smiled, gestured to the standing-room only crowd, and remarked that it was the first time he’d ever witnessed a “poetry stampede.” Indeed, the prospect of hearing Blanco, who was selected to read his original poem at President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration ceremony, reflect on his life and work, drew such an overwhelming crowd…
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Inaugural poet Richard Blanco to speak at Clark University Jan. 20
One year since he appeared at the podium during President Barack Obama’s inauguration, celebrated poet Richard Blanco will join the Clark University celebration of Martin Luther King Day, beginning at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. In “Journey to the Podium,” Blanco will consider his…
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Franklin Eneh ’13 places second in Chinese language speech contest
Clark University’s Franklin Eneh ’13 placed second in the advanced level of the Chinese Bridge Mandarin Chinese Language Speech Contest held recently at the Confucius Institute at UMass Boston. The contest was open to students from colleges and universities in Massachusetts. A student from Harvard University won first place. “First semester freshman year I took…
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Guest lecturer, author recalls flight from fascism, shares life lessons
More than a survivor: Miriam Lipschutz Yevick, 88, shares journey of a buoyant spirit and ever-searching mind As part of an eloquent introduction of guest lecturer Miriam Lipschutz Yevick, associate professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures Belén Atienza remarked that the speaker had “come to the right place when she came to speak at Clark, a…
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Clark, Woodland Academy students publish ‘Aventuras (Adventures)’
Seven Clark University students and 20 third- and fourth-graders at Woodland Academy in Main South published a bilingual paperback storybook this fall, “Aventuras (Adventures).” Last semester, Clark students from visiting professor Luisa-María Rojas-Rimachi’s Spanish 127 class met weekly with teachers Danielle Ballon and Lillian Rentas and their students at Woodland Academy to write and illustrate…
