Fordham Welcomes Reid Writer Claudia Rankine
On April 15, some 300 members of the Fordham community welcomed poet Claudia Rankine, the…
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Reading Deeper: Student’s Poetry Analysis Earns Plaudits
Poet Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric (Greywolf, 2014) earned rave reviews when it was…
Irish Feminist Arts Movement Gains Alumni and Scholarly Support
A movement that calls attention to the wealth of women’s voices currently being excluded from…
New Musicology Book Examines the Human Capacity to “Think in Tones”
For many, “knowledge of music” means having a grasp on our favorite repertoires and performers. Musicologist…
Deixis: The Most Common Unit of Grammar That You Never Heard Of
“I don’t want to sit next to that aunt at Christmas.” Practically speaking, this statement…
Birds’ Nests, Spider Webs, and the Metaphors They Inspire
Writers and poets rarely get to display their words beyond the pages of a book.…
For Creative Writing Professor, Words Nourish the Soul
Readers of a recent The New York Times review of the restaurant Tito King’s Kitchen…
Professor Featured in New Documentary on Romance Publishing
Fordham English professor Mary Bly, PhD, will get her silver screen close-up next week when Love…
The Needy and the Needed: Grappling with Tough Questions about Homelessness and Service
Molly Shilo was frustrated. When she had signed up for Susan Greenfield’s course on homelessness…
Other Passions: Professor Fuses Literature, Psychoanalysis, and Art
(In a four-part series, Inside Fordham looks at the passions that drive some of Fordham’s…