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.

Profs Analyze, Praise Cornell Writers

The 105-year-old Creative Writing program at Cornell played a key role in shaping 20th century American literature, several acclaimed literary scholars said at a panel discussion yesterday.
At a talk sponsored by the Creative Writing program as a part of the Spring Centennial Plus Five Reading Series, English department panelists Prof. Roger Gilbert, Prof. Mary P. Brady and Prof. Molly Hite, discussed Cornell writers Prof. emeritus A.R. Ammons, Thomas Pynchon ’59, Manuel Munoz ’98 and Loida Maritza Perez ’87.