Poetry Reading CLP

Rosko’s work is formally innovative and thematically relevant to life in 2019 America. Her newest poetry collection, Weather Inventions, captures an enduring sense of wonder in the face of nature alongside the scientific impulse to observe and measure. Rosko will join us from Charleston, where she is Associate Professor and M.F.A. Director at the College . . .Continue reading Poetry Reading CLP

Do in Dour

Furman University Professor of English Emeritus William Aarnes read from his newly-published book Do in Dour (Kelsay Books) on Monday, September 12th, at 5:30 in the Pitts Memorial Room of James B. Duke Library on the Furman campus. “William Aarnes keeps finding the little seed words inside larger words—“the get in vegetables,” “the real in . . .Continue reading Do in Dour

Poetry Creation Station

April is National Poetry Month, and the James B. Duke Library is encouraging you to discover your inner poet.  We have set up a Poetry Creation Station using a magnetic white board and inspiring words.  Express yourself!  

Poetry Creation Station

April is National Poetry Month, and the James B. Duke Library is encouraging you to discover your inner poet.  We have set up a Poetry Creation Station using a magnetic white board and inspiring words.  Express yourself!

Poem: To Furman

Continuing with our theme of National Poetry month, the following poem was published in the first edition of the Furman yearbook, Bonhomie (1901). The poem is entitled “To Furman” and was written by Samuel Marion Wolfe, who graduated from Furman University in 1903, and went on to become the attorney general of South Carolina (1918-1924). . . .Continue reading Poem: To Furman