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Remember when this happened? 

Natasha Trethewey was Knox’s 2014 Commencement speaker, and now, almost a year later, she’s coming back to participate in the Carl Sandburg Festival. 

Trethewey is the 19th US Poet Laureate, and we are so honored to have her join us again.

Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 PM in the Petrovich Atrium in Alumni Hall

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Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, the daughter of poet, professor, and Canadian emigrant Eric Trethewey and social worker Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough. The daughter of a mixed-race ...

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In case you missed it:

Our own Niki Acton has been named one of Glamour’s top 10 college women! 

Here’s her very own glamour shot in Glamour (sorry, I had to). And, if you aren’t already impressed enough, here’s an interview she did with Young Playwrights Inc. about her award-winning plays.

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The day is almost here, friends.

Please join us tomorrow, 4pm, for the long-awaited debut of Monica and Beth's gorgeous new book. We expect a HUGE turnout, so maybe get to the Alumni Room a bit early? 

Refreshments, good company, the book itself, and most importantly, the authors--all will be there.

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Finding a typo in a book

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OED Appeals: legless ('drunk')

The adjective legless is used as a slang term to describe someone who is extremely drunk, particularly someone who can no longer stand or walk.  The earliest example we can find of this usage is from a 1975 song by Andy Fairweather-Low, ‘Wide Eyed and Legless’:

But the rhythm of the glass Is stronger than the rhythm of night Wide eyed and legless I’ve gone and done it again

1975 Andy Fairweather-Low Wide Eyed and Legless (song)

We suspect that this is not the first instance of someone getting ‘legless’, and indeed the phrase ‘legless drunk’, with legless modifying drunk, can be traced back to the 1920s:

She poured liquor into the bums, beggars, ragtags, and bobtails that hung around the saloons till they were legless drunk.

1926 Jack Black You Can’t Win, p. 180

Can you help the OED team by finding earlier examples of ‘legless’ or ‘legless drunk’?

GIF via Giphy.

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2005 Viñedos de Páganos Rioja Gran Reserva El Puntido

We must be in Rioja! Baked strawberries and red cherries. Baking spices, barnyard, mint, and wood. Bright on the palate - fresh cherries and baked strawberries with a chorizo finish. Olé!

4/5 bones

$$$

Tempranillo

14% abv

Rioja, SPAIN

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“Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.”

Happy birthday, Thomas Hardy!

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