‘poetry’
An Artistic Weekend on Campus
Feb. 20, 2019—My French professor often starts the class by a question, “Qu’avez vous fait ce weekend?” (What did you do this weekend?) This time, I will answer, “I had an artistic weekend on campus.” Friday, February 15: a movie I spent the late afternoon on watching Thermae Romae, a Japanese film, at Furman Hall. Two Japanese...
Play Bridge and Be a Bridge: Yuchen Xu
Dec. 12, 2018—In the Thanksgiving Break, I interviewed Yuchen Xu, the president of Vanderbilt University Bridge Club. Hope the following questions and answers will provide insights into college life, Vanderbilt experience, and more! Part I. “I am” Year: Sophomore Hometown: Beijing, China Majors: Neuroscience and Computer Science Extracurriculars: Bridge Club, Undergraduate Honor Council, InterAxon Places You Have Traveled to...
A Variety of Speakers
Oct. 16, 2016—As you may have picked up, this semester is pretty packed for me — but there’s no cause to worry! Even with eighteen hours and a Mayfield Project (refer to other post), there’s still plenty of time to do things that I like to do. (And if I can do it, I know you can!)...
Class Matters
Nov. 18, 2015—I talk about experience with small seminar classes, and coffee shops with professors!
Life Happens
Nov. 17, 2015—With the Thanksgiving season approaching, there comes to mind not dinner or television but something (or someone) far more wholesome.
The Dean’s Book Club
Feb. 6, 2014—Since December, I’ve participated in the Dean’s Book Club on two occasions. The first book, a slim volume of poetry called Maybe the Saddest Thing by Marcus Wicker, confused me with its plenitude of hip-hop and pop culture references. There were a few poems, however, that I enjoyed, even though I knew I was missing...
The Vanderbilt Review: Profiles
Nov. 26, 2013—It's been a while, dear readers, and perhaps you've been wondering what has kept me from blogging as often as I normally do. Well, allow me to show you one of the things that has recently been filling my time!
Poetry Performances
Nov. 10, 2012—One of the activities that I am involved in this year is CCRF, or Creative Campus Residential Fellows. This past week we went to an event as a group entitled Daniel Beaty: Transforming Pain into Power.
Billy Collins at Vanderbilt
Sep. 18, 2011—Wednesday evening, I had the opportunity to dine with the 2001-2003 poet laureate, Billy Collins. This awesome opportunity was part of an event called Dinner and a Draft, which is put on by The Writing Studio and open to all students, particularly first years. I was excited that as a sophomore I still got the...
Poetry, out loud.
Jan. 25, 2011—Last Thursday, I was able to attend Jericho Brown’s reading at the Black Cultural Center here on Vanderbilt campus. The Vanderbilt Creative Writing program hosts Gertrude & Harold Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series where different poetry and fiction authors come read and do a Q&A for those who attend the reading. The awesome thing about these...