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Reshaping The Canon: How “Insta-Poets” Are Creating A New Literary Space For Readers Using Social Media, Hannah Salsbery Dec 2021

Reshaping The Canon: How “Insta-Poets” Are Creating A New Literary Space For Readers Using Social Media, Hannah Salsbery

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Reading and analyzing poetry can be an equally beautiful and frustrating experience. Interacting with a poem allows a reader to access untapped emotions through the words on the page; yet, when not given the tools to understand canonical poetry, young readers are often left at a loss. The rise of “Insta-poetry” gives younger generations of readers access to poems that are both relatable in experience and language. Using Rupi Kaur as a vehicle towards unmasking the importance of the rise of poetry on Instagram, this thesis highlights the importance of reshaping the literary canon to become a more inclusive, diverse, …


Collected Poems: Summer 2021, Sara Anne Hook Jul 2021

Collected Poems: Summer 2021, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a collection of poetry from the Summer of 2021.


Subversion Of Form: Mixing Poetry And Prose, Darby Alexandria Brown May 2021

Subversion Of Form: Mixing Poetry And Prose, Darby Alexandria Brown

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

My honors thesis project is called Subversion of Form: Mixing Poetry and Prose. The purpose has been to research how writers have interwoven poetry and prose, to write a creative nonfiction piece that uses both genres, and to improve as a writer through committing myself to this piece and solidifying writing as a daily practice. In my introduction, I outline the research I conducted on poetry and prose and my takeaways from the writers I read. I conclude that the purpose of prose is to tell, while the purpose of poetry is to search.

The piece that I have worked …


Lighthouse Haiku, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2021

Lighthouse Haiku, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

Inspired by the lighthouses of the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA).


Ode To The Crafty Foxes, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2021

Ode To The Crafty Foxes, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a poem written in 2021 by graduate student Sara Ann Hook.


Ludington North Breakwater, Sara Anne Hook Jan 2021

Ludington North Breakwater, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a poem written in 2021 by graduate student Sara Ann Hook. originally published in the Sable Points Beacon Newsletter by the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA).