Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director Two poets juxtaposed satirical humor with an earnest look into life in oppression at the spring semester’s first Writers on the Bay. As part of the English department’s creative writing program, the Writers on the Bay series welcomed authors Vievee Francis and Matthew Olzmann on Jan. 30 to the […]
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 […]
Natalie Gutierrez | Contributing Writer Connecting with a queer Asian-American audience fills poet Chen Chen with pride. “I share my identities, histories, and experiences because I see how much it matters,” said Chen to PantherNOW. “It is important to give a voice to those emotions. The chance to articulate what is in your mind and in […]
Guido Gonzalez/Staff Writer Ling Ma spoke about her choice to write about zombies and office work instead of immigrant narratives at the Biscayne Bay Campus’s 2020 Writers on the Bay event. Ma was born in Fujian, China and lived in Utah, Nebraska and Kansas before settling in Chicago, where she works as an assistant professor […]
Madeline Noda/Contributing Writer Writers on the Bay Reading Series is sponsoring the alumni readings for recent master of the fine arts graduates of FIU and those who have published books. The event will take place at the Books and Books in Coral Gables on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 4 p.m., featuring readings by FIU alumni […]
