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6 posts tagged "poet laureate"

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Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey delivers poetry reading on background, identity

Redmond Bernhold | Friday, November 11, 2022

Natasha Trethewey, two-term 19th U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, gave a poetry reading focused on her identity and inspiration as a poet Wednesday night for the Notre Dame community. “I think of myself as an elegiac poet as well as a poet concerned with remembrance and memorialization with the intersections between

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Tracy K. Smith explores Christianity’s connection to poetry

Maria Leontaras and Maeve Filbin | Thursday, September 6, 2018

Tracy K. Smith, the 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S., spoke at the annual Saint Mary’s Christian Culture Lecture on Wednesday night. The acclaimed writer shared her beliefs on the connections between poetry and faith, read her work and explained the Christian undertones of her writings. Smith said faith and poetry provide an opportunity for

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Poet Laureate discusses writing process

Jordan Cockrum | Thursday, September 6, 2018

In much of her poetry, current Poet Laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith allows her writing to be driven by her answers to questions such as, “Why do I care about [this topic]?” It is through this journey of sitting with a single question or phase that she finds other feelings and connections

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Poet laureate visits Notre Dame

Devon Harford | Thursday, October 6, 2016

The Institute for Latino Studies and the Office of the President presented a poetry reading and moderated question-and-answer session with Juan Felipe Herrera, poet laureate of the United States, in DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on Wednesday night. Herrera was appointed a national poet laureate by the Library of Congress in 2015 and served as poet laureate

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Poet laureate to visit Notre Dame

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Juan Felipe Herrera, poet laureate of the United States, will visit Notre Dame on Oct. 5 and 6, according to a University press release. Herrera was appointed the first Latino poet laureate in the U.S. in 2015, the country’s highest honor in poetry, according to the release. He is the author of 28 books of

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Memorial reading to feature Pulitzer winner

Dan DeToro | Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The Department of English’s inaugural Ernest Sandeen Memorial Reading will bring together both established and up-and-coming talent Wednesday in McKenna Hall at 7:30 p.m. The reading will honor Sandeen, a former Notre Dame faculty member, and will feature U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer prize-winner Philip Levine and University of Illinois at Chicago professor Christina Pugh. In keeping with Sandeen’s legacy

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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