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My MoMA Visit

I had the pleasure of visiting the Museum of Modern Art for the first time today. To say that I was astounded and invigorated is a major understatement. As I grow older, I realize that I am really interested in … Continue reading

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Digital Essay Alvin Kumaga

Wow it’s finally here: the end of the spring term. This term flew by and what a perfect way to culminate the experience than creating the digital essay. I had a great time finding and experimenting with different ways to … Continue reading

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Digging a little bit deeper

Eileen Myles is quite the character. I’m surprised that I was spot on with my analysis of the poem. I am very thankful for the time I was able to spend that time with professor and obtain the articles and … Continue reading

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New York (1981)

After a lot of thought, I decided to change the poem I would be writing the final paper on. Instead of Hafiz’ “All the Hemispheres” I choosing to write on Eileen Myles’ “New York” (1981). What attracted me to the … Continue reading

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Alvin Kumaga: My Plan For the Digital Part of the Assignment

“All the Hemispheres” by Hafiz I honestly don’t know where to begin but I have alot of ideas floating around in my head. The most prevalent idea that I had was making a flash-card story video in which…well here’s an example of … Continue reading

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The Many Faces Of Amiri Baraka

Wow! Amiri Baraka is quite an interesting character. It’s crazy to me how sometimes you are able to understand  writers’ works so much better by analyzing their lives and different times in their lives. And who better to analyze than … Continue reading

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A Different Poetry

Frank O’ Hara. From reading his short collection of poems, I could tell that he was a very interesting man. What a pity that he only lived til the age of forty. If one were to tell me that he … Continue reading

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An assignment or an Adventure?

Writing. When I used to think of writing I would groan and moan at the thought of writing long, boring papers. That was true throughout my entire educational career from middle school up until college. I think others would agree … Continue reading

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Revision Process

I am having a bit of difficulty in the revision of my essay. I was finally able to find the movie Wild Style on the internet. After talking to Professor Kaufman, I realized that I am on the right track … Continue reading

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Poetry: The true meaning is behind the words

“I hate poetry.” “Poetry is boring.” “It’s so vague.” “Poetry makes no sense.” All opinions and statements we have all either heard or said of poetry. We, as college students, miss the days when poetry was so easily interpreted. We … Continue reading

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