If you love creative writing, come write with a community of others with the guidance of a prompt tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team!
Tomorrow at 1:15 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team, poet John Murillo, a creative writing professor at two universities, will guide participants in exploring strategies by which poets may enrich their own art via imitation. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. Tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the same location, John Murillo will read from his award-winning collection, Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry.
Today at 4 p.m. CST, Patrick Reagan, the post-production supervisor for the Late Late Show on CBS, will talk about the world of late-night TV and how Hollywood been transformed by the pandemic. This event is hosted by English/Film & Media Studies. Join at bit.ly/33mP07D
Join us tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel, where Hendrix graduate Laela Zaidi ’18 will share her teaching experiences with JET, a competitive employment opportunity that allows graduates to live and work throughout Japan.
Join us today at 3:10 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel for the next Literature and Language Live Online! Today's presentation is titled "Where Language Meets Computer Science: Making Latin Poetry Count," by Tanner Barrett '22.
Come see us tomorrow from 11:10 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel if you need some extra help with proposing a project to Hendrix-Murphy. We will help those at all stages of the proposal process!
Stop by the first Write Nite of the semester tomorrow, Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events team, to write creatively with other students using a writing prompt.
Do you love reading, writing, foreign languages, and/or drama? Drop in to our information session tomorrow, Sept. 24, from 11:10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events team, to learn about the Murphy Scholars Program in Literature and Language and how you may apply.
The third episode of 𝘙𝘦: 𝘓𝘪𝘵 will be published at noon today. In this episode, Hope Coulter, Director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation and Assistant Professor of English at Hendrix College, speaks about how the idea for the new Poetry Sidewalk originated, how it physically came to be, and what the significance is of the placement of the individual poems. Check it out at the link in our bio or go to anchor.fm/HendrixMurphyFoundation.
Check out the latest issue of The Aonian at https://hendrixaonian.wordpress.com or at the link in our bio. There you will find the work of wonderful writers and artists who also happen to be Hendrix students, and it is all online.
Join the first "Making Media Now" chat with Hendrix alum Jon Crawford tonight at 7:30pm CST! Jon Crawford is a Guyanese American who grew up in the American South. After graduating with a degree in English from Hendrix, he received his MFA from UCLA and has had a wide-ranging career as an artist, filmmaker, and curator. He collaborates with large media companies such as Google, NBC, and PBS as well as local community media organizations such as Crosstown Arts. He recently made the award-winning video project, Tell Me a Memory, about the queer community in Memphis. He is also interested to speak about tips and strategies for getting started in the professional world of media. This presentation is sponsored by English/Film & Media Studies. Email glick@hendrix.edu to RSVP!
Join us on Friday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team for a reading of Friendships Sweet Like Sawdust by Elijah Dilday ’23, which won first place in the 2019-2020 Student Playwriting Contest. Contact hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu to RSVP!
Make sure you stop by the Hendrix-Murphy Events channel under the Hendrix Community Events Team this Friday, Sept. 4, at 2:10 p.m. to celebrate the launch of this year's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯! Not only will we have published writers reading their work, but we'll have a great time, too!
The eighth in our BIPOC Murphy Visiting Writers series is Ama Ata Aidoo, a Ghanaian writer who is the recipient of the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Africa) for her novel 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 among other prizes. She was a Murphy Visiting Writer during the academic year of 1994-1995. Aidoo's stories are known for "emphasiz[ing] the paradoxical position of the modern African woman" and often reflect on the ways Western culture affects African women.
In Tony Kushner’s musical 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, or 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, set in 1963 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, teenager Emmie Thibodeaux reveals that she and her friends have toppled the statue of the Confederate soldier in front of the local courthouse. When the statue’s head appears to her in a dream, Emmie tells him:
…and now it starts to spread across the South, what was amiss
begins a metamorphosis,
a word I learnt that mean
it changing . . .
Metamorphosis continues in real life, as yesterday Hurricane Laura toppled the actual Confederate statue from its place in front of the Lake Charles courthouse. (See picture attached.) Tony Kushner was Murphy Visiting Writer in April 2018.
Photo credit Hilary Scheinuk of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦
The seventh in our BIPOC Murphy Visiting Writers series is Li-Young Lee, a Chinese-American poet who has been the recipient of a Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, and numerous grants. He was a Murphy Visiting Writer during the academic year of 2002-2003. Lee's poetry is characterized as having a certain humility and belief in "the holiness of language" as he details the trials of growing up as a Chinese-American in the 1960s.
Our Poetry Sidewalk—Hendrix-Murphy Foundation's latest gift to the physical campus—is nearly finished! All summer, workers have been busy inscribing 43 poems in the sidewalks that criss-cross the Creative Quad, from the Murphy House to the SLTC. The poems are drawn from many traditions and languages on the timeless themes of nature, journey, and the arts.
The sixth in our BIPOC Murphy Visiting Writers series is Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, a Kenyan writer in many genres who has won multiple literary accolades. He was a Murphy Visiting Writer during the academic year of 1993-1994. Ngũgĩ, who faced imprisonment and exile during his career, wrote works that are widely regarded as necessary and that speak profoundly to our moment.
Here is a great opportunity sponsored by the Clinton School! At 6:30 PM on Thursday 8/6, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie G. Bunch, will tell the story of creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture, from site choice to opening, without guidebooks to light the way. RSVP by emailing kumpurislecture@clintonschool.uasys.edu 🏛
The second episode of Re: Lit is out and ready for listeners! Check out our discussion about the importance of language in the world at anchor.fm/hendrixmurphyfoundation 🌐
