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. Her poetic writing focuses on themes of Black empowerment, resilience, history, and joy. Charles’ accolades include being spotlighted in the New York Times Book Review, a Buzzfeed Top 40 pick, an Amazon Editor’s Choice, and a feature on CBS Mornings.“I want to express who we are as people – our complexities and our greatness by telling stories and writing poetry that reflect not just our pain but our joy and everything in between,” Charles said in a 2021 Interview with Essence Magazine. “We are

, and Instant Karma. She’s also the author behind the graphic novel series Wires and Nerve. Marissa has a BA in Creative Writing from PLU and an MA in Publishing from Pace University. When she’s not crafting epic tales, she’s hosting The Happy Writer podcast, where she dives into all things books and writing. Dive into her world this summer and get ready to be hooked! The Lunar Chronicles Cinder “Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population

Steve Sobeck – “Office Hours” Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 26, 2017 January 26, 2017 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerIn our new series, “Office Hours,” faculty open their doors and give you a look into their creative spaces. Join these faculty for their own office hours at PLU. Come in, sit down, have a conversation, you might just learn something new!Resident Instructor of Art & DesignOffice: Ingram 106 Email: sobecksm@plu.edu Courses taught: Ceramics Topics of Interest: Design

Why The Digital Humanities Lab Impacts Us Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Carol Quigg presents a Quigg award to Adela Ramos and Scott Rogers during the PLU faculty and staff lunch, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 6, 2020 By Yisel Morales '22English Major“Inquiry. Collaboration. Development. Those are the three words we choose to define the work we do at the lab.” - Dr. Adela RamosThe Digital Humanities Lab, or DHLab, is a creative space at Pacific Lutheran

Innovation and Resilience Posted by: halvormj / May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I took a deep dive on disruptive innovation with some faculty in the PLU School of Business, who are also mentors in our Innovation Studies program

. 20 at 3 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University. HOW IT’S MADE The music for Fiery Jade is composed by Greg Youtz, PLU professor of music and composer, and the script — known as a libretto — is written by poet Zhang Er. “I just love getting inside a poet’s words,” Youtz said. “When you set words to music, you get deeply inside the poet’s creative space.”    Youtz has been particularly fascinated with Chinese music for more than 25 years. Er is a professor at The Evergreen State College. Her academic

short-tempered, highly engaging review does a side-by-side comparison of Austen’s language and the film’s. For my own part, I confess that I am with Cassandra Austen, not known for complimenting her novel-writing younger sister, in my admiration of this novel’s prose. After all, Austen describes Anne this way: “She has been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.” Cassandra says what many of us feel about this line

April 3, 2008 SOAC Week highlights creativity, tradition The School of Arts and Communication Week kicked off with a showing of student Andrea Calcagno’s documentary about global climate change, and performances by saxophonist Jamie Rottle and vocalists Kari Liebert, Morgan Ostendorf and Maggie Smith. The annual event spanned a week in April and featured speakers, panels, workshops and performances. Under the theme “SOAC Week: Creative Community Building on Tradition,” the activities

October 20, 2008 PLU fleet on the move to green power PLU’s fleet of automobiles and maintenance vans are on the move. They are, of course, moving up and down campus, providing transportation as part of Campus Safety’s “Safe Ride” program, or moving groundskeepers and maintenance workers (plus all their equipment!) around campus. The PLU fleet is also on the move – moving away from gasoline and towards becoming a largely electric or gasoline-electric hybrid service vehicles. It is a move by the

have come to campus. Skipper and Barot sit down each spring to choose visiting writers. Barot said they try to get writers from different genres—those who write fiction, nonfiction and poetry. And this year, the Office of the Provost gave the VWS a dedicated budget to continue the series for the foreseeable future.“The series is now on solid financial footing,” said Barot. “Jason and I are very excited to be celebrating the anniversary of the series.” The celebration continues on Nov. 20, when