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-9 posts tagged "poem"
Emma Duffy | Monday, April 3, 2023
Twelve books, 10,500 lines and plenty of sinful apples — all were consumed during this year’s Milton Marathon, an all-day reading of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” On Saturday, students and faculty gathered in the Program of Liberal Studies’ third-floor lounge in O’Shaughnessy Hall to spend approximately 10 hours with the epic poem in blank verse.
Cora Haddad | Monday, April 3, 2023
As part of the Visiting Writers Series, Saint Mary’s welcomed novelist and poet Melissa Ginsburg Thursday for a reading and book signing in Haggar Parlor. Ginsburg started off by reading from her novel, “The House Uptown,” which was released during the pandemic. The novel’s inspiration, Ginsburg said, was both her personal life and imagination. “The
Gabriel Zarazua | Wednesday, March 1, 2023
I don’t know what to call this. I guess it’s a short story. Either way, I was struggling on if I wanted this to be my final Inside Column, if I wanted to be this personal. However, I think if I can open myself up and tell this story, perhaps it will reach someone, at
Mili Garcia Casas | Friday, February 25, 2022
Joyelle McSweeney, a professor of English and the director of Creative Writing Program at Notre Dame, recently published a poem featured in The New York Times Magazine titled, “Kingdom.” McSweeney was inspired to write “Kingdom” after she experienced tragedy. “Well, that poem was written in the early months after we lost our little baby, who
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Dear Christine Blasey Ford, It seems your story is blowing over like a bygone mythos. But, for me, it has not yet blotted to black. See, I’m writing to inform you of a recent development in my well-being, which is that it is not well at all. I’m devoid of inner assets. And, for that
Gabriel Niforatos | Wednesday, October 31, 2018
To my brothers and sisters, the heroes of the Tree of Life Synagogue with whom I share the bond of being Jewish, who lost their lives but have empowered a people and a nation: They promised us clean water when we were dirty, But rain could not wash our feet that lay in mud,
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, May 1, 2018
To the man who killed my brother, I hope it hurts you. More than it hurts me. I hope it eats away at who you are on the inside. In time, I pray I get to see your face. I pray you don’t have the courage to look away. I am his youngest sibling and
Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
This is a trying time of year even for the most sanguine among us: it’s been a long winter, a political transition brings uncertainty and even sports seem to make more headlines for off-field offenses than on-field triumphs. Perhaps as a result of that darned liberal arts education of mine, at this time I find
John Darr | Tuesday, February 7, 2017
“Certain types of institutional recognition (people writing articles about you, winning awards, etc.) don’t necessarily even lead to that many people seeing your work. … I decided I’d rather seek a bigger living audience over prestige or institutional respect.” – Steve Roggenbuck, internet poet Notre Dame’s only copies of “AGNI” volumes 80-85 have been sitting