Arts & Culture
Marginalia’s Open Mic and the Power of Vulnerability
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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.