Anderson House has become an icon of the English Department since it was first purchased by Clark University over fifty years ago.
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I got the chance to ask Professor Senquiz some guiding questions about her upcoming spring course, Toni Morrison, where she discusses how her class will honor the literary legacy Morrison has left behind. O.S: Can you talk briefly about yourself? (Personal projects/passions, academic history, etc.) What led you to this work? K.S: It is difficult…
Upon my arrival in Santiago Chile, it was made clear to me that class registration at their local universities was going to be a long and arduous process. I knew that all my classes would be in Spanish, the teachers speaking generally only limited English and expecting quality work regardless of my proficiency level. I…
I got the chance to ask Professor Blake some guiding questions about her upcoming spring course, Reading Voraciously: Food and Literature in the 20th Century, where she discusses the ways in which students can think critically about food, foodways, and culinary exploration. O.S: Can you talk briefly about yourself? (Personal projects/passions, academic history, etc.) What led…
This essay was published by The Washington Examiner: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/welcome-to-the-freshman-class-of-9-11 This is the first day in 18 years that I didn’t spend 9/11 in New York City. It was the first time nothing took place at my school. The first time people didn’t even bring it up. The first time no one seemed to remember what…
I had the privilege of spending the summer of 2019 at the Boston Athenaeum as a Boston University PhD Intern. The internship is intended to furnish BU PhD candidates with a taste of professional life outside the academy. Every morning, as I ascended historic Beacon Hill towards the Athenaeum’s imposingly classical, colonnaded building, I counted…
So here you are too foreign for home too foreign for here never enough for both. – Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Diaspora Blues Written by Ijeoma Umebinyuo,”Diaspora Blues” responds to a feeling of displacement that Umebinyuo felt when returning to Nigeria after being away for many years. I have wanted nothing more in my…
