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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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Evanston’s literary community celebrates National Poetry Month

April 13, 2022

Evanston residents can celebrate National Poetry Month this April with a variety of readings and workshops hosted by the city’s literary community. Evanston Public Library plans to host a poetry workshop...

An image of author Chris Abani next to a cover of his book, “The Face: Cartography of the Void.”

English Prof. Chris Abani talks about identity and language in his memoir ‘The Face’

November 1, 2021

English Prof. Chris Abani, director of NU’s Program of African Studies, discussed his memoir “The Face: Cartography of the Void” on Friday as part of the Global Lunchbox speaker series. A Nigerian-American...

Ceramic vases, among other African artifacts, are on display in “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Arts, Culture and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa.” The exhibition opens this Saturday and will be at The Block Museum of Art through July 21.

“Caravans of Gold” exhibition presents first-of-its-kind look into medieval African art, trade

January 23, 2019

To many involved in the art world, notions of exhibitions featuring “the medieval period” may conjure images of Byzantine crosses encrusted with jewels, European saints and castles featured in Gothic...

‘Black Panther’ comics writer Nnedi Okorafor speaks at Africa Business Club event

‘Black Panther’ comics writer Nnedi Okorafor speaks at Africa Business Club event

May 10, 2018

Nnedi Okorafor has some issues with Wakanda. “One of my issues with Wakanda is Wakandans — I don’t feel like we see enough of them,” she said Thursday at the Kellogg School of Management Global...

Mojave Native American poet Natalie Diaz speaks at Harris Hall about native culture in literature. The talk was co-sponsored by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

Poet Natalie Diaz talks indigenous culture, womanhood

January 18, 2018

Northwestern welcomed poet Natalie Diaz on Wednesday to share her poetry and lead a conversation about preserving indigenous culture through literature. The conversation, co-sponsored by Weinberg College...

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