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watch an adaptation that does not work more than once. To be completely transparent, I prefer an adaptation that has more consistency between the novel and the film, but I’m open to experimentation. However, although this adaptation experiments with some promising strategies, the execution is inconsistent. For instance, I was struck by Anne Elliot’s (Dakota Johnson) narration and the use of contemporary dialogue. In this review I reflect on how these elements of breaking the fourth wall and

Office of Arts and Culture, 4Culture, and the Puffin Foundation. She has twice been a writer-in-residence at the Hedgebrook Writers’ Retreat for Women on Whidbey Island. Amontaine was recently nominated for the Emerald Prize, a biennial playwriting award presented by Seattle Public Theater. Through mixed-media collage, artist books and installations, Carletta Carrington Wilson creates works that have been described as “decorative with a message.” Wilson states that, “the form and formation of

Ebenezer Scrooge, Martin Luther, and the Power of the Past and of Language Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Eric NelsonOriginally published in 2012There’s something strange that goes on with texts, readers, writers, and time. I mean, look at you: there you are, reading this now, in the spring of 2012. And here I am, in your past, and it’s not even (technically) winter 2011. I’m sitting next to the Christmas tree (as yet untrimmed), finals and graded papers drifting around the

writing when he was forced to attend a poetry reading for one of his classes. He said PLU’s Visiting Writer Series, which is currently in its sixth year, can help students discover similar hidden passions. “It expands [students’] sense of what the world is about,” Barot said. “It introduces possibilities within yourself.” The Visiting Writer Series is an annual speaker series that welcomes accomplished writers, authors and poets to campus. It gives students the opportunity to experience the writers

started five years ago, for Finitsis’ Religion 211 class, Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible, and students were charged with the task of reflecting on the contemporary relevance and significance of the biblical material they were studying. Finitsis collaborated with Nick Butler, instructional technologies team manager, to bring the project alive. Today, it has morphed into a project and competition where students spend a great deal of time developing a story and creating videos that reflect

Professor Rick Barot, Director of the MFA program, long listed for National Book Award Posted by: dupontak / May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 By Kiyomi Kishaba 21'English and Communication MajorPLU’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, also known as the Rainier Writing Workshop, is a three-year program offering one-on-one faculty to student mentorship. Professor Rick Barot, Director of the MFA program, believes the program’s strength lies in its strong community of diverse writers and mentors

Hear from ASPLU Leadership Posted by: vcraker / February 22, 2022 February 22, 2022 ASPLU President Cece Chan ’23 and Vice President Naomi Atnafu ’23 share their experience of being the first women of color to lead PLU’s Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University. Read Previous The Head in the Game: Q&A with PLU Coach Goes Inside the Mind of an Athlete Read Next How the PLU community is addressing mental health LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that

. Hood Feminism : Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot. New York, NY: Viking, 2020. “A collection of essays taking aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women”– Provided by publisher.     Winters, Mary-Frances. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2020. “Black Fatigue tells the truth. Mary-Frances Winters brilliantly shows us how Black fatigue

Discipline Dash: Professor Ami Shah on Global Studies Posted by: vcraker / June 9, 2021 June 9, 2021 Interested in PLU’s Global Studies program? This degree offers courses and experiences designed to equip students with the skills and analytical methods needed to comprehend and engage with contemporary global problems and possible solutions, particularly those related to development and social justice, transnational movements of people and ideas, and international affairs.Take a moment to hear

Meet the PLU Dance Team Posted by: vcraker / January 18, 2022 January 18, 2022 The PLU Dance team is a dedicated group of dance students who perform a variety of styles such as contemporary, jazz, funk, and synchronized movement at halftime events for men’s and women’s athletics, as well as an annual dance concert. Learn more about PLU’s theatre and dance programs at plu.edu/theatre-dance. Read Previous PLU Clubs: Cubing Club Read Next Lutes Participate in Alumni Job Shadow Program LATEST POSTS