Mixed Race America

Thoughts, musings, and observations about race in America, particularly the mixing of race--in all the ways you can imagine: people of various races interacting, people of various races not wanting to mix, issues of purity, hybridity, multiplicity, heterogeneity, and any other way you can describe the blending, melding, melting, tossing, turning, churning of race relations in the United States.

Showing posts with label April is National Poetry Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April is National Poetry Month. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

This week's poet: Vikram Seth & The Golden Gate

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You may accuse me of cheating a bit in my recommendation of this week's poet--or at least this week's poetic text. Because for thos...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Hug a poet or, even better, buy a book of poetry

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So I missed the boat with Women's History Month. I think I squeaked in an acknowledgment of African American History Month . But by go...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Poetry celebration month coming to a close

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We are nearing the end of April, which means your chances of hugging a poet are becoming slim, so go out there, find a poet, and hug the stu...
Thursday, April 10, 2008

"I will live an die a banana man"

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Another entry in honor of National Poetry Month. When Robert Pinsky was the National Poet Laureate, he initiated the Favorite Poem Project ...
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A 40-something professor of contemporary American literature and Asian American literature interested in issues of social justice and specifically how to create spaces to talk comfortably (and sometimes uncomfortably) about race.
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