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Poetry | Dear liberals, do as I say

By Anita Bengert, Staff Columnist • March 28, 2023

Columnist Anita Bengert explores the hypocrisy of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act through poetry.

Poetry | Beauty on the devil’s tongue

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist • March 19, 2023

Senior Staff Columnist Anna Fischer analyzes and critiques modern beauty standards through poetry.

Pitt student publishes poetry book discussing mental health, relationships

By Rebecca Hsu, For The Pitt News • March 12, 2023

Diving into themes of mental health, relationships, identity and philosophy, “Midnight Peanut Butter and Other Transgressions” is a thoughtful and intensely personal reflection on college life, self-published by Pitt student Sylas Yarad.

Poem | Lines half as lovely as you

By Thomas Riley, Staff Columnist • February 7, 2023

An exploration of sex, love and poetic expression.

Poetry | Winter demands rest

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • January 25, 2023

Assistant Opinions Editor Grace DeLallo explores through poetry the need to slow during the cold months, despite demand from the outside world that we carry on as normal.

‘Poetry is universal’: Carlow Event honors Samuel Hazo, the International Poetry Forum

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer • January 9, 2023

Carlow University hosted the Power of Poetry event on Saturday night to gather the community for a celebration of poetry, performance and the legacy of the work of Samuel Hazo, who founded the International Poetry Forum in 1966.

Poetry | Birth of the Artist

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist • November 29, 2022

An exploration on what it means to turn 20 years old as a woman and an artist.

Poetry | A senior commuter’s first day of class

By Anita Bengert, Staff Columnist • September 11, 2022

As hundreds of freshies take their seat, I hop off the bus, running down the street, 10 minutes late, This is just great, Now I’m taking notes by someone's feet.

Poetry collective ADDverse+Poesia hopes to show poetry is for everyone

By Gabriella Garvin, Staff Writer • April 17, 2022

ADDverse+Poesia is bringing BIPOC poets together on campus through the translation of poems, conversations with artists and authors from underrepresented communities and more.

Yeshiva professor Joy Ladin discusses poetry, gender transition and Judaism

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer • April 14, 2022

Joy Ladin, the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish university, spoke at a Zoom event hosted by Pitt’s Center for Creativity for "In Our Own Write,” a Pitt LGBTQ+ creative writing course for people over 50.