Tag: Claudia Rankine

  • Nation & World

    Let us listen then, you and I

    The George Edward Woodberry Poetry Room will celebrate its 90th anniversary by making some of its first recordings — of the poet T.S. Eliot reading his own work — available to the general public on March 19.

    4 minutes
    T.S. Eliot
  • Nation & World

    Picturing vision and justice

    A meeting of experts and scholars from Harvard and beyond organized by assistant professor Sarah Lewis will “consider the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.”

    13 minutes
    Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies Sarah Lewis
  • Nation & World

    The poetic perspective

    Amanda Gorman, the inaugural U.S. youth poet laureate and a Harvard junior, wrote a poem for Harvard President Larry Bacow’s inauguration based on the University’s history, Bacow’s love of running, and his approach to the job that emphasizes the long-term nature of achievement and the importance of working together toward change.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The topic is race, onstage and afterward

    Poet Claudia Rankine’s new play places a conversation about race center stage and encourages audiences to continue to engage with the discussion after the curtain falls.

    4 minutes