A legacy of speaking truths: Poetry as politics at UC Berkeley
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The use of poetry as a political tool proves fitting at an institution widely recognized for a commitment to academic excellence and revolutionary ideals.
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It’s lit with Lindsay: Levitations
(A quick note on the hauls: The list of the books in the beginning is a highlight reel of the books I’ve been reading that have really seized my attention since the last installment of this blog and books I’ve purchased recently. In general, nothing on the books will be
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Lit with Lindsay: Expand the English canon
We’ve been talking about books for a while now — almost an entire semester, actually — and from column to column, we’ve circled around issues involving inclusivity in literature. We’ve been keeping it positive, I think — from learning to love “Beowulf” to embracing the hate-read, my message in writing
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Poet, teacher Claire Stancek talks power of words, ‘Mouths’
“I have a story that my mom likes to retell of me as a child,” says Claire Marie Stancek. We’re at one of her favorite on-campus haunts — a bench in the thick of the London plane tree grove at the north foot of the Campanile. Here, the strange, knobby
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