Tag: poetry
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On Juneteenth: 5 Questions and a Poem
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On this Juneteenth, the second as an official U.S. holiday, here is a prose poem alum and retiring Gustavus professor Phil Bryant ’73 wrote 10 years ago, before the vast majority of Saint Peter and White America knew what Juneteenth was.
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Poetry Display in Memory of Nobel Laureate
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Visit the Library’s book display in memory of Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück (1943-2023). Glück was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal” (Remembering Louise Glück, Nobel Prize). Selected Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, 2020 National Humanities Medal, 2015 National Book Award, 2014…