{"id":464,"date":"2020-06-09T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themedemos.webmandesign.eu\/cindy\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2025-02-21T00:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T00:42:46","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/","title":{"rendered":"Home 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-no-margin-bottom\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-bottom:200px;min-height:322px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-palette-2-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Cemetary-Video-Draft-2.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"alignwide-wrap\" data-block=\"columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-palette-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3047f451e617a354ad7f88f5b607f094\" style=\"font-size:9rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">POETRY AT MIAMI<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eca74122d7e0b410a05c90f2812b8d8d\" style=\"color:#de2c26;font-size:64px\"><strong>1827-NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-default\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-extra-large-font-size wp-elements-8a49c9f711b909d3c2b524e4abb2b33f\" id=\"OldMiami\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"1827-1861\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>I. Old Miami and the Rising Storm, 1827-1861<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-98bc2bea4bd25f29e464a491d003bd38\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Miami University\u2019s first class met in 1824, gathering in Old Main, on a hilltop situated in the traditional homelands of the Myaamia and Shawnee people. The story of poetry at Miami begins in a period of settler colonialism, in an era when many Ohioans, such as Miami\u2019s first president Robert Bishop, could remember a time before the American constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-187be58fb70743f08238ff8dfc9f5f32\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In Miami\u2019s early years, the Erodelphian and Union student-run literary societies were at the center of campus life, holding debates, inviting speakers, and acquiring a printing press to produce, in 1827, the <em>Literary Focus<\/em>, with Bishop\u2019s encouragement and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd37b59e1b4a15f06af794d549b322fe\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In the pages of the <em>Focus<\/em> and its successors and in the chambers of Old Main, Miami students, a group that included only white men,&nbsp; debated and discussed the future of a changing country. Poems and literary essays were printed together with writings on political and social topics, such as women\u2019s rights and the practice of enslavement. Discussions of slavery were especially divisive. In 1841 President Bishop, who had permitted the debates of the literary societies, was replaced with George Junkin, who labored to control such debate and to suppress abolitionism. However, Junkin was himself removed in 1844. The wind of change was in the air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-598 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 270px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-none fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-c-c fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-598\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=770\" data-caption-title=\"Storms and Sunshine\" data-caption-desc=\"William Schenck, 1827\" data-attachment-id=\"560\" data-type=\"iframe\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&quot;Storms and Sunshine&quot; Away with your faces that heaven has clad...\" title=\"William Schenck, 1827\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Storms-and-Sunshine-edited\/1144388171.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Storms and Sunshine<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">William Schenck, 1827<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=964\" data-caption-title=\"Lament of an Ancient Alumnus (thumbnail)\" data-caption-desc=\"&quot;Aliquis,&quot; 1867\" data-attachment-id=\"561\" data-type=\"iframe\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&quot;Lament of an Ancient Alumnus&quot; At the prospect of modern improvement...\" title=\"&quot;Aliquis,&quot; 1867\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/MiamiStudent_1867_v1n1_Page_2-CROPPED-edited\/2662171821.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Lament of an Ancient Alumnus (thumbnail)<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">&#8220;Aliquis,&#8221; 1867<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=967\" data-caption-title=\"Refering to Miss Wright&#039;s Lecture on Knowledge\" data-caption-desc=\"Port Folio, 1829\" data-attachment-id=\"559\" data-type=\"iframe\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"REFERRING TO MISS WRIGHT&#039;S LECTURE ON KNOWLEDGE When Eve the tempting fruit had tasted, That opened knowledge to her view, With prompt benevolence she hasted To bid her partner share it too. Thus woman from the world&#039;s creation, First found the spot where knowledge grew; And woman, (sages of our nation,) Now holds the tempting fruit to you. Had Adam pause before he tasted, To think who tempted first his bride, The fruit of knowledge might have wasted Upon the tree so long denied. The world in darkness long has slept, In spite of Eve, or school, or college; The sages of the Earth have crept To rest without the light of knowledge. But a new ADVENT greets us here; No more the &#039;OLD WORD&#039; shall deride us; For in our western Hemisphere, A comet comes to light and guide us. Port Folio.\" title=\"Port Folio, 1829\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Referring-to-Miss-Wrights\/1809389223.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Refering to Miss Wright&#8217;s Lecture on Knowledge<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Port Folio, 1829<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=971\" data-caption-title=\"Depend not on the Vows of Artful Women!\" data-caption-desc=\"&quot;Davy,&quot; 1829\" data-attachment-id=\"558\" data-type=\"iframe\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Depend not on the vows of artful women! Oh! She can blast more joys in a smile, Disturb more peaceful bosoms with a look Than time can count on. Oh fatal hour that brought this fatal curse, And so connected it with human works That each must be partaken in these wiles, Which surely bring destruction in the end! Oh man! what art thou?\u2013 If by the single varying of a muscle, Tho\u2019 only so much as will feed desire, Without the faintest shadow of a hope, Thou fetterest with thy very life thy poison. Gracious and just Omnipotent! for what end, For what purpose, was I created? To be the friend, the willing tool of ruthless woman To study her desires: To please her follies: To count each nod, and gratify each wish; And still to be detested, shun\u2019d and mock\u2019d\u2013 Why this would make an angel fret, And yet I live,\u2013experience\u2013pray to live, Still keeping in the wanton tracks of folly, But I will end it though non-existence follow.\" title=\"&quot;Davy,&quot; 1829\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Depend-not-on-the-vows\/2278193065.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Depend not on the Vows of Artful Women!<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">&#8220;Davy,&#8221; 1829<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=976\" data-caption-title=\"The African\" data-caption-desc=\"&quot;M.B.S.,&quot; 1828\" data-attachment-id=\"557\" data-type=\"iframe\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"THE AFRICAN Wast thou by nature made a slave, Doom&#039;d to traverse the Atlantic wave, And in a distant Northern clime, Wear out thy manhood&#039;s hearty prime? Or, wast, thou forc&#039;d by lawless hands, From Ethiop&#039;s dry and burning sands, And here, like beast, in market sold, To work in heat, and stem the cold? Slave! thy misfortunes fairly prove That man for man has little love; And hem who cross&#039;d the briny wave, Unjustly stole thee--negro slave. M.B.S.\" title=\"&quot;M.B.S.,&quot; 1828\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/The-African\/3510894341.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The African<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">&#8220;M.B.S.,&#8221; 1828<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-820 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240127_194051-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:72px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"1885-1960\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>II. New Miami and the Shackles of Love, 1885-1960<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70abcf91ccb04f025ead7180aeb3b170\" style=\"font-size:18px\">After the Civil War, financial troubles forced Miami to close between 1873 and 1885. The resumption of teaching in 1885 marked the beginning of \u201cNew Miami,\u201d and a more flexible curriculum. Moreover, the student body began to diversify, as Miami granted degrees to women for the first time in 1900, and as Nellie Craig Walker became the first African American to graduate from Miami in 1905.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ae58f15812f409a7ff774137fd7a671f\" style=\"font-size:18px\">During this period the literary societies underwent a gradual but steady decline, as Greek organizations grew in popularity, and a succession of literary magazines came and went, often featuring collegiate humor and witty rhymes, rather than reflective poetry or political discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89c641dbbcb5d6dd184811a7066e6132\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Yet, although women won the right to vote and as some women gained access to new professional roles, Miami poetry from this era indicates that the power of traditional gender and social norms\u2014&#8221;the shackles of love,\u201d as Katherine Grantz called them\u2014remained strong. During this period Miami also produced poets such as Ridgely Torrence (1874-1950), who worked with some of the first African American theater companies in New York, and Percy MacKaye, who became a \u201cpoet in residence\u201d at Miami, living in the \u201cPoet\u2019s Shack\u201d in Bishop Woods from 1920-1924.<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-609 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 270px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-c-c fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-609\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" 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class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"My flower-hugged home is perched on a hill...\" title=\"Katherine Gantz, 1924\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/My-Flower-hugged-home-Gantz\/3014404559.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">My Flower-hugged Home<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Katherine Gantz, 1924<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ballad-of-a-Free-Thinker-Cushing1.png\" data-caption-title=\"Ballad of a Free Thinker\" data-caption-desc=\"Debby Cushing, 1956\" data-attachment-id=\"611\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Freeman Shallstand, Kept the rule...\" title=\"Debby Cushing, 1956\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Ballad-of-a-Free-Thinker-Cushing1\/4181537779.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Ballad of a Free Thinker<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Debby Cushing, 1956<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Evensong-Torrence.png\" data-caption-title=\"Evensong\" data-caption-desc=\"Ridgely Torrence, 1908\/1959\" data-attachment-id=\"612\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty calls and gives no warning...\" title=\"Ridgely Torrence, 1908\/1959\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Evensong-Torrence\/2818447080.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Evensong<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Ridgely Torrence, 1908\/1959<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-a-Flapper-WAH-1921.png\" data-caption-title=\"To a Flapper\" data-caption-desc=\"W.A.H., 1921\" data-attachment-id=\"613\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Intoxicating creature, with your charms of form and feature...\" title=\"W.A.H., 1921\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/To-a-Flapper-WAH-1921\/2484415664.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">To a Flapper<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">W.A.H., 1921<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/She-was-a-Poet-Newell-1941.png\" data-caption-title=\"She was a Poet\" data-caption-desc=\"Ruthethel Newell, 1941\" data-attachment-id=\"614\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"She wrote a poem; now she was a poet...\" title=\"Ruthethel Newell, 1941\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/She-was-a-Poet-Newell-1941\/1392160379.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">She was a Poet<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Ruthethel Newell, 1941<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-842 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_152652-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"1960-1980\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>III. Revolutionary Songs: The Black Experience, 1960-1980<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-687ddd1981689eb993ef221918916dac\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The Black Student Action Association (BSAA) of Miami University met for the first time in 1968, close to sixty years after Miami\u2019s first Black graduate, Nellie Craig Walker, received her teaching\u2019s license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3b83f89d2e6afb50ceb27cdf540366c9\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Published from 1971-1980, <em>The Black Opinion<\/em> was a collaboration between the BSAA of Miami and Western College. In 1975 it became the official newsletter for the Black Student Action Association. In a testament to its progressiveness, one of its first Editor-in-Chiefs was a Black woman, Jackie Sanders, whose work is featured in this exhibit. <em>The Black Opinion<\/em> worked as a hub for news surrounding Black life at Miami and in Oxford. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1136d469e7736dd90bfc1715e8acef04\" style=\"font-size:18px\">It also served as a platform for Black creativity, publishing many works of fiction, personal essays, and poems. This creativity provided a space for Rita Dove to share her early work, before winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 and becoming the first Black Poet Laureate of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e6d2c3642cf1f7fd0160b66f2418333e\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In a statement of purpose (vol. 2 no.1), the editors of the <em>Black Opinion<\/em> wrote, \u201cThis paper has been formed by the Black students at Miami University and Western College for Women in order to propagate Black representation for the purpose of bettering the conditions of Black people in our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-629 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 270px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-c-c fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-629\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Help-Sanders-1971.png\" data-caption-title=\"Help\" data-caption-desc=\"Jackie Sanders, 1971\" data-attachment-id=\"630\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"I am a lonely black girl, Alone...\" title=\"Jackie Sanders, 1971\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Help-Sanders-1971\/1502545777.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Help<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Jackie Sanders, 1971<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Performance-Dove-1971.png\" data-caption-title=\"Performance\" data-caption-desc=\"Rita Dove, 1970\" data-attachment-id=\"632\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Full\/golden-hippped She lies between his knees...\" title=\"Rita Dove, 1970\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Performance-Dove-1971\/914805752.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Performance<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Rita Dove, 1970<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tell-Me-Mr-Politician-Butler-1975.png\" data-caption-title=\"Tell Me Mr Politician\" data-caption-desc=\"Clifford Butler, 1975\" data-attachment-id=\"633\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NOW PEOPLE ONE THING\/ I DEFINITELY DO NOT NEED IS...\" title=\"Clifford Butler, 1975\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Tell-Me-Mr-Politician-Butler-1975\/4174248930.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Tell Me Mr Politician<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Clifford Butler, 1975<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/For-Newly-Murdered-Black-Men-Musgrave.png\" data-caption-title=\"For Newly Murdered Black Men\" data-caption-desc=\"Marian Musgrave, 1980\" data-attachment-id=\"634\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Guardians kill us, they kill us while we talk...\" title=\"Marian Musgrave, 1980\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/For-Newly-Murdered-Black-Men-Musgrave\/4042110596.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">For Newly Murdered Black Men<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Marian Musgrave, 1980<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Warsaw-1937-Abrahams.png\" data-caption-title=\"Warsaw, 1937\" data-caption-desc=\"Jeff Abrams, 1974\" data-attachment-id=\"638\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A movement behind the library shelf...\" title=\"Jeff Abrams, 1974\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Warsaw-1937-Abrahams\/3325643608.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Warsaw, 1937<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Jeff Abrams, 1974<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-829 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240130_183409-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"1972-2000\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>IV. Orange Juice Posey: Sexuality and Identity, 1972-2000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2d459358ff868ec2cd8e6815df2894e5\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The period of 1972 to the 2000s can be characterized as an era where Miami students challenged pre-existing frameworks of sexuality and identity through the careful crafting of poetry that not only strikes the reader as coherently up to the minute, but also invites those reading it to let go of their knowledge, senses, and expectations for a moment and feel the flow of what Catherine Craine called \u201corange juice poesy,\u201d through poetry that is joyfully and sensually transgressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-993a414437ab4d6a8c7d04ed5918940a\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The very beginning of the 1970\u2019s was deeply influenced by the sexual liberation movement, which challenged traditional codes and worked towards the normalization of contraception, queerness, and sexual pleasure and was followed by the legalization of abortion. The 1980\u2019s saw the AIDS crisis, which had an enormous impact on the LGBTQ+ community. And finally, the period from the 1990s to the 2000s was considered a sort of a \u201csexual awakening\u201d when pop culture started to take over and the world saw the expansion of identity and sexuality through a \u201crebellion\u201d in art, music, and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-639 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 270px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-c-c fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-639\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Auto-Self-Auto-Else-Earnest.png\" data-caption-title=\"Auto Self; Auto Else\" data-caption-desc=\"Ross Earnest, 1970\" data-attachment-id=\"640\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fastened inside our fallen mechanized dream...\" title=\"Ross Earnest, 1970\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Auto-Self-Auto-Else-Earnest\/3098552826.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Auto Self; Auto Else<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Ross Earnest, 1970<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Orange-Juice-Posey-Craine.png\" data-caption-title=\"Orange Juice Posey\" data-caption-desc=\"Catherine Craine, 1997\" data-attachment-id=\"641\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tracy paints blue stripes...\" title=\"Catherine Craine, 1997\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Orange-Juice-Posey-Craine\/1352048424.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Orange Juice Posey<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Catherine Craine, 1997<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A-modern-day-sorority-lesbian.png\" data-caption-title=\"A modern day sorority lesbian\" data-caption-desc=\"Anonymous, 2018\" data-attachment-id=\"642\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"don&#039;t come out yet, they aren&#039;t ready; wait; wait; wait...\" title=\"Anonymous, 2018\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/A-modern-day-sorority-lesbian\/3627793832.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">A modern day sorority lesbian<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Anonymous, 2018<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Following-Rape-Crisis-McFarland.png\" data-caption-title=\"Following Rape Crisis\" data-caption-desc=\"Bethany McFarland, 1995\" data-attachment-id=\"643\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"You became a mannequin the night he left...\" title=\"Bethany McFarland, 1995\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Following-Rape-Crisis-McFarland\/1036758779.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Following Rape Crisis<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Bethany McFarland, 1995<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/White-Fabric-Hope-Blevens-1972.png\" data-caption-title=\"White Fabric Hope\" data-caption-desc=\"Steven Blevens, 1972\" data-attachment-id=\"644\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"i am union the bride\/groom said look respectfully at my...\" title=\"Steven Blevens, 1972\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/White-Fabric-Hope-Blevens-1972\/1164157686.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">White Fabric Hope<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Steven Blevens, 1972<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A-Childs-Invitation-Recca-1993.png\" data-caption-title=\"A Child&#039;s Invitation\" data-caption-desc=\"Kerry L. Recca, 1993\" data-attachment-id=\"645\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"She irons his shirt in the dark...\" title=\"Kerry L. Recca, 1993\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/A-Childs-Invitation-Recca-1993\/1565249201.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">A Child&#8217;s Invitation<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Kerry L. Recca, 1993<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-824 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240127_194533-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"2000-\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong><strong>V. New Roots: The Millennium and After<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6c0f6564b0ea30502d58e9bac1082a6\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The turn of the millennium introduced new student publications at Miami and allowed for increased student engagement in social change. The first of these new-emerged student literary magazines, Inklings Arts &amp; Letters, was founded in 1991 as a bi-annual publication of visual art and creative writing that seeks to \u201cpublish work that pushes formal boundaries and reflects the diversity of this campus\u2019 vibrant creative community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c36c3b02bdc6aeca031bd5bae2e0f10b\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In 2014, Happy Captive Magazine joined Inklings and others as a student-run magazine with the goal \u201cto provide a platform for eclectic and resonant undergraduate creative work.\u201d Another student publication, the <em>Femelletual<\/em>, initially began as a newsletter for the Miami University Women\u2019s Center in 2009 and published its first edition as a literary and arts publication in 2017. Along the lines of Inklings and Happy Captive, the magazine strives \u201cto center, amplify, and uplift the voices of people who have been devalued because of who they are\u201d and \u201ccreate a safe and secure space in which every individual can share the most beautiful and raw versions of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e673f1cc438c311d70adadf37692e68\" style=\"font-size:18px\">After a brief hiatus, the <em>Femelletual<\/em> returned in 2023. Following Miami\u2019s history of poetry and creative work as a strong demonstration of student activism, these student-run literary publications of the twenty-first century strive to amplify marginalized voices and student perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-648 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 270px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-c-c fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-648\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Language-of-Escape-BatistaB.png\" data-caption-title=\"The Language of Escape\" data-caption-desc=\"John Batista, 1980\" data-attachment-id=\"649\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Father mispronounces words...\" title=\"John Batista, 1980\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/The-Language-of-Escape-BatistaB\/3351770042.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The Language of Escape<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">John Batista, 1980<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Pursuit-La-Caza-Harford-2000.png\" data-caption-title=\"The Pursuit\/La Caza\" data-caption-desc=\"Jennifer Harford, 2000\" data-attachment-id=\"650\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Running. Fleeing. Racing. From a phantom tougue...\" title=\"Jennifer Harford, 2000\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/The-Pursuit-La-Caza-Harford-2000\/2842182661.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The Pursuit\/La Caza<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Jennifer Harford, 2000<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Across-the-City-Joseph-1996.png\" data-caption-title=\"Across the City\" data-caption-desc=\"Rajiv Joseph, 1996\" data-attachment-id=\"651\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Across the city, behind a building, behind another building...\" title=\"Rajiv Joseph, 1996\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/Across-the-City-Joseph-1996\/1719900291.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Across the City<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Rajiv Joseph, 1996<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A-modern-day-sorority-lesbian.png\" data-caption-title=\"A modern day sorority lesbian\" data-caption-desc=\"Anonymous, 2018\" data-attachment-id=\"642\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"don&#039;t come out yet, they aren&#039;t ready; wait; wait; wait...\" title=\"Anonymous, 2018\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/01\/A-modern-day-sorority-lesbian\/2076371891.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22270%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">A modern day sorority lesbian<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Anonymous, 2018<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-846 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240206_142330crop-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nI. 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