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Education for African Americans has always been a matter of controversy, restrictions and distortions aimed at maintaining the racist status quo African American History Month Series No. 4 Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at the African American History Month webinar entitled “Critical Race Theory Forum,…
(Courtesy of JCRC) The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) celebrated seven leaders for their public service and philanthropic generosity at its 2022 Virtual Winter Benefit.
Credit paisleyrekdal.com In 2019, Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal was commissioned to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad’s completion. The result is “West: A Translation:” a linked collection of poems that responds to a Chinese elegy carved into the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station where Chinese migrants to the United States were detained. “West” translates this elegy character by character through the lens of Chinese and other transcontinental railroad workers’ histories, and through the railroad’s cultural impact on...
Credit University of Utah College of Humanities How do we properly define cultural appropriation, and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we? And if so, what questions do we need to consider first? In her new book, “Appropriate: A Provocation,” creative writing professor and Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal addresses a young writer to delineate how the idea of cultural appropriation has evolved—and perhaps calcified—in our political climate. What follows is an exploration of fluctuating literary power and authorial privilege, about whiteness and what...
Paisley Rekdal: Writing About Appropriation and the Creative Process In this post, Paisley Rekdal shares why she started writing on appropriation in literature, what unexpected things she learned about appropriation and the creative process, and more! Author: Feb 14, 2021 Paisley Rekdal is the author of 10 books of poetry and nonfiction. A former recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, she is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah and is the state’s poet laureate. She lives in Salt Lake City. Paisley Rekdal (photo credit Austen Diamond Photography) ***** Genre: No...