Allyson Ifergan | Staff Writer What better way to welcome Trans Day of Visibility than with poetry? On Mar. 11, 2025, the Pride Student Union welcomed students to compete in a Poetry Slam at BBC’s Wolfe University Center. Art and writing are creative mediums through which members of the LGBTQIA+ community can freely express themselves […]
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director Poet laureate Richard Blanco writes about the intersection of home, being Cuban-American, class and sexuality within identity. Blanco was the first Hispanic, first openly-gay, and first immigrant inaugural poet, having received the title as the fifth inaugural poet under the Obama administration, as well as the National Humanities Medal […]
Kaysea Suzana | Staff Writer Gracing the podium of the Biscayne Bay bookstore were married poets Barbara Hamby and David Kirby. Hamby and Kirby, who have been married for more than 20 years, were invited by FIU’s Creative Writing department as part of the Writer’s On the Bay event series. Denise Duhamel, acclaimed American poet […]
Carlos Pino/ Staff Writer As bacteria that once gave life to a lonesome rock in this indifferent universe, Our symbiosis gave birth to Earth. Our every breath, our every heartbeat worship our dear Mother Nature, as Nature worships us with her gentle breezes, her quiet rustling, her soft grounds full of more life, her tranquil […]
Megan Mosquera/Contributing Writer I was born in Miami, yet, I have always identified as Colombian. When someone asks me where I’m from, I declare my ethnicity with pride. In Miami we enjoy diversity and understand that our origin country means something more to us. We each have different backgrounds and we celebrate the history of that country, […]
Zoe Lodato/Contributing Writer During the break, one of FIU’s own, Lola Chel, a public relations senior, organized a showcase of talent at Studio 504, March 13. A.R.T. Live: Soul Night saw music artist, poets and included wine tasting and pairing presented by Chef Jordan Catering Co. The artist and poets presented hailed as far as […]
Alexandra Mosquera Netzkarsch / BBC Managing Editor Outside the Ballrooms in the Wolfe University Center, a small crowd gathered last Thursday, June 25, with the purpose of performing. The Open Mic Night organized by CREFO, a club at the Biscayne Bay Campus dedicated to exploring and developing skills in photography and video. These open mics […]
Photo courtesy of Wislande Letang Holly McCoach/Staff Writer Anyone can follow their dreams, but who better to tell you than Wislande Letang? This University student has a poetry book hitting the shelves at the beginning of the school year. Wislande Letang, a senior broadcasting journalism major, will be releasing her first book titled, “Bare,” written […]
Ackena Miller/ Contributing Writer “I know they must carry the weight of their lives in the curl of their sullied and empty hands,” wrote John Hodgen in his book, “In My Father’s House.” Students will weigh and immerse their lives in the poetic words of Hodgen as part of the Barnes & Noble Writers On […]
