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Educating By Poetry: In A Too-Literal World, Metaphor Makes Magical Connections, Adrian Blevins

Colby Magazine

I often rouse students in my poetry classes through hypothetical exams. Sometimes the subject of the exam is quite narrow: Is this image of something "falling light as a thistlebloom" effective in Heather's gritty Manhattan poem? Or the question is vast, universal: What is the purpose of poetry? Why are we sitting here doing this? Shouldn't we cease our literary indulgences right this instant and find some hungry kids to feed?

The purpose of the exam that I don't give and don't grade is just a way to generate discussion, of course, but the fact that it is imaginary could …

Hines, Thomas (Lg 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 373. Facsimile of a land grant, 1780 May 11, by which Thomas Jefferson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Thomas Hines, assignee of James Robinson, 1000 acres in Kentucky County.

Stewart, James (Lg 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 376. Copy of a land grant, 1870 September 29, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Stewart, 200 acres on Big Barren River, Warren County.

Degroot, W. H. (Lg 375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 375. Original land grant, 1870 August 18, by which John Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W. H. DeGroot, H. B. Meredith, L. H. Thickstun, and L. Carmichael, 200 acres on the Kentucky River, Perry County, Kentucky.

Clark, James (Lg 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 372. Original land grant, 1842 July 5, by which Robert P. Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Clark 104 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (Mss 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 439. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and financial records of Kentucky native and poet Jessie Wilmore Murton. Although born and raised in Kentucky, she spent most of her adult life in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her poetry and prose was published in several solo books and anthologies and appeared extensively in religious publications of the mid-twentieth century. The contents of Box 9 Folder 7 related to the League for Sanity in Poetry has been scanned and can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.

Heron, James (Lg 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 374. Copy of a land grant, 1798 November 15, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Heron 886 acres on Drakes Creek.

Understanding The Irony: Canadian Gay Men Living With Hiv/Aids, Their Catholic Devotion, And Greater Well-Being, Renato M. Liboro, Richard T.G. Walsh

Psychology Faculty Research

Nine Canadian Catholic HIV-positive gay men were interviewed to obtain a better understanding of why and how they were able to persevere in their faith despite their religion’s teachings against homosexuality and contributions to the stigmatization of HIV/AIDS. By examining the lived experiences and personal perspectives of the participants, the study aimed to explore and elucidate the significant role of Catholicism and the Catholic Church both as a continued source of marginalization and oppression, as well as strength and support, for Canadian gay men living with HIV/AIDS today.

Volume 34, Issue 1: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff

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My Walk In Spring, Dianne Felber

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What Is Love?, Karen Baker

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Confessions Of A Test-Taker, Carol Clay

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The Search, Marilyn Sladek

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A Hero A Day, Greg Shelton

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I Walked In The Sun, Peggy Prelepa

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World Affairs: Its Place In The College Curriculum, Don Vassallo

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Creation Of Man, Rebecca Fleming

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Afterwards, Margaret Beasley

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A Reflection Of Suffering, Franky Cohn

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Somewhere--Like Here, Rosemary Roberts

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La Pieta, Veronia Walowy

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The Idol Grows Up, Marilyn Sladek

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A Computer Operation, David Swimmer

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Aune Jane, Nancy N. Baxter

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The Poetry Contest, Nancy N. Baxter

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Lines For A Young Girl--Somehwere, Elyse Mahern

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Reflections, Sue Geringer

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I Love You, Scotty, Elyse Mahern

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Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff

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Volume 33, Issue 2: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff

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