Celebrating National Poetry Month
“Introduction to Poetry” By Billy Collins I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive I say drop a mouse into a poem and…
“Introduction to Poetry” By Billy Collins I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive I say drop a mouse into a poem and…
Along with celebrating Black History Month, we make note of National Freedom Day, occurring on the first of February. In 1865 on February 1st, President Lincoln signed the 13th amendment, thereby outlawing slavery. While it didn’t become a national holiday…
As February, the month of love, comes to a close, I thought it appropriate to reflect on another commemoration for which it is known. Since 1976, the month of February has been designated by every U.S. President as Black History…
Bucknell University Press’s original Irish Writers Series began in the 1970s under the editorship of J.F. Carens as a way to promote 19th and 20th century Anglo writers whose works deserved monographic exposure. The series published its first books in…