Nikki Giovanni is Amazing! Two New Videos
Even though National Poetry Month ends today, we hope these new videos featuring the indelible poet Nikki Giovanni will linger…
Literature and Poetry
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She Puts Things In: Toni Morrison and the Legacy of Black Women Writers
In partnership with Emory University’s Rose Library and the Exhibitions team of Woodruff Library, Georgia Public Library Service…
Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath Experience “Poppy Day” in Cambridge
Di Beddow conducted research at the Rose Library in April 2018 as a recipient of a short-term fellowship. She is…
The Literary Letter and the Archive
In June 2019, Dr. Sarah Bennett conducted research at Emory’s Rose Library as a recipient of our Short-Term Fellowship Program….
Queer O’Connor: Surprises from the Archives
In February 2019, Sean DiLeonardi conducted research at Emory’s Rose Library as a recipient of our Short-Term Fellowship Program. Mr….
Suspense in the Archive, or: Did the Mid-Century Avant-garde Have a Southern Accent ...
In July 2018, Dr. Anna Ioanes conducted research at Emory’s Rose Library as a recipient of our Short Term Fellowship…
Recent Literature and Poetry
Talking back: bringing Beat counterculture into the modern era through dance
Author William S. Burroughs said, “In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.” Burroughs was certainly the former. He was a lifelong heroin addict, who wrote explicitly and affectionately of his drug use. He was...
Anthology, Archive, and Authority: Teaching with Lucille Clifton’s Papers
Marlo Starr (PhD Candidate, English Department) is the 2017-2018 Alice Walker Research Scholar in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Her project centers on the archives and scholarship of poet and children’s book writer Lucille Clifton who...
“So be it”: Celebrating Lucille Clifton’s Life and Work
In perhaps her best recognized poem, “won’t you celebrate with me” Lucille Clifton invites readers to celebrate her life. Though “born in babylon / both nonwhite and woman,” the poem’s speaker explains that she has managed to forge a kind...