Author Archives: js147740

So throughout the semester I couldn’t go to any of the poetry reading because of my school and work schedule. However, today afternoon I finally had a chance to attend one. After looking online I saw a poetry reading at … Continue reading →

After battling my way through Windows Movie Maker, I finally finished my digital essay. Surprisingly I really enjoyed this part of the essay and I had fun making the video. My essay was on homosexuality in the hip hop industry. … Continue reading →

Before my meeting with Professor Kaufman, I was worried about my paper because I thought it was horrible. But she assured me that it was pretty good but I have some things to fix. I finally wrote a decent thesis but it … Continue reading →

So instead of choosing a poem for this project I decided to choose a song that has a lot of creativity and meaning behind it. I don’t want to say what song it is yet because I don’t know if … Continue reading →

“Personism: A Manifesto” by Frank O’ Hara is by far one of my favorite readings I’ve read this whole semester. The reason is because everything O’Hara says about poetry and reading is so true and I couldn’t agree more. He says how poetry is not … Continue reading →

I’ve wrote a blog before how sometimes I don’t understand some of the readings we have in class and that poetry doesn’t seem to excite me like a good book would. Even though its not really “poetry”,  I actually enjoyed reading ““Poetry … Continue reading →

Iv lived in New York my entire life but Iv never been to Brooklyn. With all this talk about the Brooklyn Bridge and New York, I decided to see it for myself this weekend. I invited a couple of my … Continue reading →

After writing the first paper, this paper was a little bit easier because the topic was simpler. We were told to write a paper on one of the several poems or pieces of literature that were given. I chose to … Continue reading →

I consider my self to be one of the most pickiest person. I’m literally picky about everything such as food, cars, clothes, etc. I’m even picky about poetry since I’m not a huge fan of poetry to begin with. I … Continue reading →

On Wednesday we had the opportunity to play with the makey makey. We were told to use the makey makey in a creative way. Our first idea was to make our own band using the makey makey and fruits. We would hook … Continue reading →