This is another lucky year for me and literary festivals/conferences! First, my panel for AWP 2018 was accepted, now my panel for Split This Rock’s 2018 poetry festival was accepted as well! I’m thrilled to continue to be a part of the local and national literary community through these events. I truly enjoy sharing thoughts […]
The incredible Taylor Lewis reflects on the power of writers as activists, her experiences teaching abroad in France, going to grad school in Hawaii, and the current political climate in a recent article in The Writers’ Bloc. Back in 2011, at the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House at the University of Maryland, Taylor had the great idea to […]
Marlena Chertock APRIL 19, 2011 The blueberries or sweet potatoes you eat could have been picked by a migrant child worker just 20 minutes away from Elon. About 400,000 to 500,000 children of farmworkers work in the U.S. agricultural industry. Three advocates for migrant workers and children spoke at Elon University on Tuesday at 7 […]
by Marlena Chertock, October 1, 2010 Photo courtesy of Google Images. With a sense of humor, seemingly flawless memorization skills and no concern over offence, activist and writer Raj Patel spoke at Elon on Sept. 28 about the fundamental flaw in America’s free market economy. That fundamental flaw is actually in the free market itself, […]