Marginalia’s Open Mic and the Power of Vulnerability

On Oct. 18, 2024 in the Anne Curry Durland Memorial Alternatives Library in Anabel Taylor Hall, people from across the academic spectrum showed up to share their poetry with one another. It was a two hour event, starting around 7 and lasting until 9 p.m.. For those 120 minutes, every ear was carefully attentive to the words of both friends and strangers, as one by one, people would come to the front of the room and present a poem or two for all to hear. After each poem, a flurry of snapped fingers would caress the walls, and then silence again.

Who is Han Kang, Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature?

According to the Nobel Prize website, Han Kang was born on Nov. 27, 1970; she currently resides in Seoul, South Korea; she was the sole recipient of the prize; and she was awarded the prize “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” She has written eight novels, The Vegetarian being one of her more well known pieces. She has also written some short stories and poetry. She is obviously a popular novelist, incredibly talented and apparently, deserving of the Nobel Prize. This begs the question:

Why haven’t I heard of her before?

A Deep Dive Into The Sax Sensation: Moon Hooch

It is sometime in the early 2010’s, you live in New York City and you are on your way back home from work. Normally, you take a familiar route, but on this day, you find yourself in a different part of the subway. Echoing deep from within the subway, you hear a throttling commotion of brass and drum. Out of curiosity, you creep closer to get a better view of what’s happening. A golden sheen draws your eyes to the bodies of two saxophones, instrumented by none other than Michael Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen.