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Brigid Goodman wrote a new blog post Power in Details in the group
American Studies: 4 hours, 50 minutes agoWhile reading the Syl Anagist sections of The Stone Sky, we are introduced to six tuners. These tuners were created to be emotionless and inhuman. They were to function in a way that we use tools. Ironically, […]
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Brianna Forgione wrote a new blog post Poetry to Fiction in the group
The Contemporary Poem: 12 hours, 27 minutes agoAlthough I am upset that this semester is coming to an end, I am anxious and excited for the Spring. Next semester will be my first semester where I am not taking a poetry class or workshop of some sort. Next […]
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Andrew Cook wrote a new blog post The Connection towards Home in the group
American Studies: 22 hours, 40 minutes agoWhile working on the group blog post about geologic disasters, I was recalled back to The Fifth Season when I read about communities of people who refused to leave their homes when disaster was imminent. T […]
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Andrew Cook wrote a new blog post Sympathy towards Nassun’s Motivations in the group
American Studies: 1 day agoOne of the things I’ve most enjoyed about The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky is the development of Nassun as she comes to grips with the realities of the world. Her motivations in the third book have developed i […]
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Elizabeth Gellman edited the blog post Earth and Syl Anagist: a Disregard for Human Life in the group
American Studies: 1 day, 1 hour agoBefore class on Monday, I was reading through the blog looking for inspiration for a new post. While I didn’t end up with a specific idea of what I wanted to write about in my next post, I did thoroughly enjoy r […]
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Connor Keihl wrote a new blog post Reading through Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen” in the group
The Contemporary Poem: 1 day, 5 hours agoFor my WGST-310: Race, Class, and Gender class, we have been reading Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen”. It’s a book of lyric poetry that examines issues of(you guessed it) race, class, and gender in the United States. I […]
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Jonah Goldstein wrote a new blog post Essun’s Personal Rifting: Fractures in Identity in the group
American Studies: 1 day, 7 hours agoAmidst the many shocking revelations of The Fifth Season, we came to know our singular protagonist by three names: Damaya, Syenite, and Essun. Since then, the identities of various characters have undergone […]
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Steven Minurka wrote a new blog post What Can Or Cannot Be Maintained in the group
American Studies: 1 day, 9 hours agoHaving been a little invested with the parallels of our world and with that of Jemison’s, I’ve been the most fascinated by the environmental distinctions. While they are rather different in the plains of reality […]
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Elena Ritz wrote a new blog post Sylanagistines Taking on the European Burden in the group
American Studies: 1 day, 10 hours ago“Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky” -N.K. Jemison, The Obelisk Gate.
Just like the Europeans have dominated and controlled most of the eastern and […]
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Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Cento in the group
The Contemporary Poem: 1 day, 12 hours agoI really enjoyed the assignment of writing a cento. I decided to make my cento a collection of some of my favorite lines from some Sylvia Plath poems. Every line is from a different poem. After selecting about 8 […]
