The last time Ross Gay visited Smith College was in the fall of 2016 when he was drafting “The Book of Delights” which was published in 2019. Since then, the United States has plunged into a new political landscape and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forever altered the world.
Posts tagged as “Boutelle-Day Poetry Center”
On 21 March, poet Franny Choi was welcomed as a reader at the Boutelle Day Poetry Center with a large, vibrant audience as she read her poems of finding love and light in the despair of current events and generational trauma.
Kicking off this season’s readings at the Boutelle Day Poetry Center on Feb. 28, Jennifer Chang brought a calm but assertive energy with her writings of war, nature and family. Her soft spoken tone was evocative of childhood memories and reflections of trauma with poems such as “Again A Solstice” and “Dorothy Wordsworth.”
On Oct. 12 at Graham Hall, Christopher Prince introduced the documentary “Fierceness Served! The ENIKAlley Coffeehouse.” Prince, project director of the film and former member…
During her poetry reading on Oct. 18 in Weinstein Auditorium, Smith professor Arda Collins explored the themes of the underlying humor in grief and the…