Hidden Music: After-Hours Talent in ASU English
Where words fail, music speaks.
—Hans Christian Andersen
Natalie Diaz, Assistant Professor (Creative Writing)
Renowned poet Natalie Diaz says life in the Fort Mojave Indian Village informs her work
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Newsletter of the Department of English
at Arizona State UniversityFall 2017-Spring 2018
Volume 21
What is the "real West," as cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski asks, "the sunset into which – / imagine why, if you will – the cowboy rides off"?
And what, for that matter, is cowboy poetry?
Shirley Rose Sings for Community
When I walked into a Scottsdale Chorus rehearsal, I expected singing. But as music filled the air, I was shocked to see so much movement. Fifteen floor dancers stepped and spun as they sang along to a fast-paced barbershop tune. Women of all ages filled the risers—singing, swaying, moving their arms, stopping to hear notes of instruction, laughing, and encouraging each other.
After a semester in a new role and a new building, Ratcliffe is hitting her stride
Krista Ratcliffe’s first semester at Arizona State University began in a cloud of dust.