Photo of the Day
February 23, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, Photo Galleries, Showcase
Nathaniel Nevels writes rhymes as he enjoys the sunshine at Chico State on Thursday.
Relocated Turner Museum launches first Print and Poetry exhibition
September 4, 2016
Filed under Breaking News, News
The Janet Turner Print Museum opened its first exhibition last Monday; it is titled Visual Metrics: Print and Poetry. It will stay open until Oct. 1. Print and Poetry is a collaboration between visual imagery and poetry. Advanced poetry students were instructed to select a print they connected with,...
Refining the art of sexting
May 8, 2016
I think we are losing the art and ability to seduce our partners with words, wit and intellect. Yes, a nice body is fun to look at or take for a spin, but what is going to make me stay? How is this person going to communicate with me? When I am not near, how does this person keep me on the hook when I ...
The depressing trend toward desensitization
April 17, 2015
Maybe this is the only serious thing I’ll ever write. I’m taking a child development class this semester, and last week we watched a videotaped live birth, with the stretching and blood and screaming and crying and every factor essential to escaping the uterus and entering a world of more co...
Soldier poet delivers powerful poetry
April 2, 2014
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Reviews
Many in attendance spoke with one another as they patiently waited for the start of a night that was soon filled with intricate and thought-provoking poetry.Brian Turner, Iraq veteran, poet and author of two poetry collection books, presented his inspiring collection of literature Tuesday night inside Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.Turner opened the night with a brief backgroun...
Poems convey voices from Russian history
March 6, 2014
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Reviews
Meryl Natchez describes her first encounter with the works of Russian poets Anna Akhmatova, Nikolay Gumilev and Polish poet Osip Mandelstam as exciting.Natchez presented her recently published collection of translations of these poets, "Poems from the Stray Dog Cafe," on Wednesday at a reading in Trinity Hall 100.The poems seemed so...
