Grad Research: Julie Kantor in the LARB
Congratulations to UT AMS graduate student Julie Kantor, who recently had some of the poems from her chapbook Land published in the "No Crisis" issue of the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly. We spoke to Julie about her work when Land came out last spring, and we're excited to able to share a selection with you, below.
Happy holidays to all!
The AMS :: ATX blog will be going dark for a few weeks for winter break, so we hope everyone has a restful and relaxing holiday season.
The Snowfall is So SilentThe snowfall is so silent,so slow,bit by bit, with delicacyit settles down on the earthand covers over the fields.The silent snow comes downwhite and weightless;snowfall makes no noise,falls as forgetting falls,flake after flake.It covers the fields gentlywhile frost attacks themwith its sudden flashes of white;covers everything with its pureand silent covering;not one thing on the groundanywhere escapes it.And wherever it falls it stays,content and gay,for snow does not slip offas rain does,but it stays and sinks in.The flakes are skyflowers,pale lilies from the clouds,that wither on earth.They come down blossomingbut then so quicklythey are gone;they bloom only on the peak,above the mountains,and make the earth feel heavierwhen they die inside.Snow, delicate snow,that falls with such lightnesson the head,on the feelings,come and cover over the sadnessthat lies always in my reason.Miguel de Unamuno
Announcement: Salman Rushdie at the Harry Ransom Center, 10/28!
What an event: novelist Salman Rushdie will be at the Harry Ransom Center, delivering the keynote address for the symposium Gabriel García Márquez: His Life and Legacy.Registrants for the symposium have reserved seating, and while all other free tickets have been claimed, there will be a standby line at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium should any seats become available last minute. The event happens on Wednesday, October 28; doors will open at 5:00pm and the talk will begin at 6:00pm.
Announcement: MALS department and SSW hosts Luis Zayas and Kane Smego
You're in for a treat this afternoon, everyone: the MALS department and School of Social Work will be hosting School of Social Work Dean Luis Zayas and hip hop/spoken word artist Kane Smego for a conversation about immigration, social justice, marginalized communities, and art from 4:00 - 6:00pm today (Thursday, September 24) in the Santa Rita Suite in the Union (UNB 3.502).But wait, there's more: our own Dr. Nicole Guidotti-Hernández will discuss Zayas's new book, Forgotten Citizens, the most complete picture yet of how immigration policy subverts children's rights, harms their mental health, and leaves lasting psychological traumas.For more information, see COLA's event listing and the poster above.