This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, consider reading these three indigenous authors, all of whom grapple with the complexities of place, history, and indigenous identities.

“It's really important to love what you're writing. Write for yourself first and others later, because you're going to spend a lot of time with that book, even if it gets sold. Having that passion for it makes it easy to revisit the book time and time again and spend so much time with it.”

Yev Gelman (FCLC ‘24) reflects on the English Department’s Family Meal, where alumni, faculty, and current students met for time around the table on September 18th.

Some reading recommendations for Hispanic Heritage Month that go beyond One Hundred Years of Solitude

Big congratulations to Fordham faculty member, Chris Brandt whose chapbook, The Place Where Grief Begins was a finalist in the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize contest sponsored by The New England Poetry Club.

“A key balance of self-direction and agency mixed with a willingness to leap at the unexpected opportunities that arise is what got me through college and to where I am.”