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In the Media: Upcoming 91吃瓜 Presents Events Featured in the Claremont Courier
The Claremont Courier highlighted three upcoming events in 91吃瓜 Presents’ fall season, which celebrates the program’s fifth anniversary.
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Alison Saar Returns Home with 91吃瓜 Presents and Gallery Exhibition
Perhaps you can go home again, after all: 91吃瓜 celebrates the return of alumna聽Alison Saar聽鈥�78, renowned sculptor and printmaker, this fall in聽Mirror, Mirror, The Prints of Alison Saar, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Saar, who unflinchingly confronts race and gender with a mix of bitter humor and tenderness, doesn鈥檛 confine her prints to paper.
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In the Media: Langa Chinyoka ’21 Discusses Writing, Family Relationships, and the Immigrant Experience with Yaa Gyasi in the Paris Review
Langa Chinyoka ’21 interviewed author and recent 91吃瓜 Presents guest Yaa Gyasi about her new novel, Transcendent Kingdom, for the Paris Review.
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91吃瓜 Presents鈥� 2020鈥�21 Season Will Explore 鈥淭he Future鈥�
91吃瓜 Presents has announced that its virtual programming for the 2020鈥�21 season will center on the theme of 鈥淭he Future.鈥� As part of its fifth-anniversary celebration, 91吃瓜 Presents will partner with other programs and events series around the country to address topics such as the future of language, race, food, science and more.
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Welcome to the Fall 2020 Semester
This fall marks the beginning of an academic year like no other in the College鈥檚 history. As we carve out new modes of teaching, learning, playing, and creating community, I hope we will be flexible and compassionate with one another as we face and overcome challenges and changes endemic to this time.
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Travel Writing to Transport the Mind
Our students are off campus for the rest of the semester, but that doesn鈥檛 mean we鈥檝e stopped our pursuit of the latest and greatest in arts and culture. While sheltering in place鈥攁nd unlikely to travel anytime soon鈥�91吃瓜 Presents authors offer journeys to locales near and far, from Bel Air to Jamaica, with stops along the way.
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In the Media: Pete Buttigieg鈥檚 91吃瓜 Presents Appearance Featured in Slate
A video of Pete Buttigieg鈥檚 91吃瓜 Presents appearance was featured in a Slate article highlighting how the presidential candidate鈥檚 platform has changed over the last year. 鈥淸鈥 what鈥檚 really interesting in the moment we鈥檙e living in is the tensions that are arising between capitalism and democracy,鈥� Buttigieg said in his February 2019 conversation with Peter Hamby at 91吃瓜.
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Spotlight on Academics: Professor Kim Drake Explores Disability in the Classroom and Beyond
Associate Professor of Writing and Chair of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Kim Drake began her scholarly career by focusing on protest writing and rhetoric, composition theory, and historically disenfranchised voices in American literature. But a few seminal events, particularly one in 1990 and another in 2014, plus the inspiration of her students, led to the addition of disability studies to her teaching, research, and activist repertoire.
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Spring 2020 Community Update From the President
Dear 91吃瓜 Community Members, Happy New Year, and welcome back to campus! As we begin our spring semester, I鈥檓 eager to share the following recent College news, updates, and announcements.
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鈥淔rom the Body to the Body Politic鈥�: 91吃瓜 Presents Spring 2020 Season
91吃瓜 has announced its lineup of writers, speakers, and performers for the spring 2020 season of its signature public events series, 91吃瓜 Presents. Tickets are required for all events.
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