On the Record: Prof. Tim Scholl, director of annual Translation Symposium
Phoebe Hammer, Arts Editor
April 4, 2014
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
On Tuesday the Comparative Literature department will host its annual Translation Symposium. The Review sat down with Tim Scholl, professor of Russian and Comparative Literature and this year’s director of the event, to talk about its history, impact on students and what to look forward to next week...
On the Record: Steve Roggenbuck
March 14, 2014
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry, On the Record
This past Saturday, poet Steve Roggenbuck, renowned for his use of the Internet to create a new form of poetry and relationship with an audience, held a workshop and poetry reading in Oberlin. As soon as he arrived in Oberlin, the Review sat down with him in DeCafé to ask him about the Internet ...
McBride Pays Homage to Abolitionist John Brown
Anne Pride-Wilt, Arts Editor
March 7, 2014
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry, Music
To call James McBride, OC ’79, a writer is to capture only a small fraction of what the man is capable of. While his 1995 memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list and his most recent novel, 2013’s The Good Lord...
Subtlety and Detail Define Traci Brimhall Reading
February 14, 2014
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
In spite of the long list of awards and fellowships she has received, including the Barnard Women Poets Prize in 2011 and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry in 2013, poet Traci Brimhall’s reading in King last Monday revealed a writer very humble and sincere, unaffected by success....
Poetry Reading Showcases Cooperation Between College Students and City Schools
Logan Buckley, Staff Writer
December 6, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
“I believe this is what they call a capacity crowd,” said Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Lynn Powell to a packed house at the Cat in the Cream on Monday night. The crowd, which was composed of all ages and left little room even to stand, had gathered to hear poems written by Langston...
First OSlam! Open Mic Showcases Young Poetic Talent
November 22, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
A profoundly personal art form, effective slam poetry relies on the performer’s ability to draw stories from deep within themselves, requiring an incredible amount of resilience and courage. OSlam!, Oberlin’s newest slam poetry group, seeks to create a space where poetry can be accessible and shared...
Oberlin Alumna Academizes Comics as Contemporary Literature
November 15, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry, Visual Art
Professor Hillary Chute of the University of Chicago gave an illuminating presentation last Thursday on a topic that was perhaps untraditional for the English Department. As part of the Oberlin Lectures in English & American Literature series, Chute discussed her personal and professional history with...
Touring Poets Work to Create Safer Space at the Cat
November 1, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Features, Features, Literature & Poetry, NEWS
“We have an uncensored microphone and if you come up here, you can say whatever you want because it’s freedom of speech. But if you say something that hurts somebody, then please be prepared to have a non-defensive conversation with them.” This is how Greg McKillop began the slam poetry session of th...
Budding Poet Demonstrates True Talent at Joint Reading
Logan Buckley, Staff Writer
October 11, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
“I’ve been walking south for many nights now, / Heading south in Bangladesh / Where the sea churns / Into a hundred deltas / And the landscape looks like a rotting nail.” So begins Zubair Ahmed’s debut poetry collection, City of Rivers. That poem was also the one he chose to open the reading he gav...
Roche Returns to Share Poetic Music, Oberlin Anecdotes
October 4, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry, Music
“Is that bothering you guys?” singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche, OC ’03, slyly asked in her feather-light voice, as she stood in red leather boots and tuning a guitar with a borrowed strap on the Cat in the Cream stage last Thursday. The audience laughed, and it was unclear when exactly she...
Powell and Glaser Flex Poetic Muscles at Reading
Logan Buckley, Staff Writer
October 4, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry, Uncategorized
The Main Street Readings series featured an unusual treat this weekend, as Oberlin Professor of Creative Writing Lynn Powell and her friend and fellow poet Elton Glaser read from their new work in the FAVA Gallery. Glaser, distinguished professor emeritus of English at the University of Akron, read from...
America Libre Author Discusses Work, Cultural Stereotypes
September 27, 2013
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
“The origins of any political revolution parallel the beginnings of life on our planet. The amino acids and proteins lie inert in a volatile primordial brew until a random lightning strike suddenly brings them to life.” This foreboding quote, attributed to José Antonio Marcha, begins Raul Ramon...
