Inspired by the changing seasons of the Upper East Side, Freedman observes how the pandemic has run its course over her city.
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Cody considers the literal and figurative journey of flying above turmoil.
Three students have shared their Barnard journeys since they first arrived on campus four years ago. Here, the graduating seniors close out their college experience with one final look back.
Asha Futterman ’21 reads her poem about the tales of womanhood and the cycle of time.
Jones considers the robbing and abuse of Black women’s voices, from the writings of Zora Neale Hurston ’28 to the women that came after her.
Ketai writes about the realities of intimacy and physical contact during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Weiner writes about the evolving ideas of freedom and femininity across generations in and out of quarantine.
Pharel writes about the challenges of rising above systemic and individual violence.
Pharel writes about pushing herself through the creative process because tomorrow is never guaranteed.
Prof. Watson reads her poem about colonialism, resistance, and the sugar cane industry in the Caribbean.
The writer — whose debut novel, Burnt Sugar, is shortlisted for the Booker Prize — discusses her incredible journey into the literary industry and writing her first book.
Watson shares a poem about racial identity.
Narang shares a song about the difficulties of distance.
Adjunct professor Nina Sharma ’05 writes about the power of play during a time of personal and global transition.
Professor Colleen Thomas-Young reflects on “the body in protest” and how dance helped her through the first 100 days of the pandemic.
The seventh Donald E. Axinn Foundation/Anna Quindlen prize went to two graduating seniors this year, who will each receive $12,500 to support their creative writing.