Department of English

Border South/Frontera Sur is a film about the humanitarian crisis on the U.S./Mexico border in the Sonoran Desert. It was created to accompany the completion of Hostile Terrain 94, a global pop up installation in the Center Gallery that commemorates migrant death.

This event will bring families who are working with the Colibrí Center for Human Rights to find a missing family member lost during their migration into the United States through the Sonoran Desert. These family members are working with the Colibrí Center to identify human remains that might help families bring closure to their search. This event is organized in conjunction with the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibit in Center Gallery.

Poet Cheswayo Mphanza (‘16) will read from his award winning collection, The Rinehart Frames. Mphanza was born in Lusaka, Zambia and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a B.A. in English from Middlebury College and an MFA in poetry from Rutgers-Newark. His work has appeared in the New England Review, the Paris Review, Hampden-Sydney Review, Boston Review, and elsewhere.

This epic film by renowned artist Ai Weiwei is a detailed and heartbreaking exploration of the global refugee crisis. Captured over the course of a year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent stories that stretches through Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Turkey, and beyond. From teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders, ‘Human Flow’ witnesses its subjects’ desperate search for safety, shelter, and justice. (2017, dir. Ai Weiwei, 140 min.) Free and open to the public.*

A 1 hour poetry reading by Pim Singhatiraj ‘21.5. Join us in celebrating Pim’s creative writing over the course of their four years at Middlebury! Stay tuned on how to snatch a copy of Pim’s latest self-published chapbook (or any of her previous three chapbooks). A Zoom livestream will also be running for those who are not able to attend in person.

One of the most historied Shakespeare theatre companies in the world takes on the Bard’s comedic masterpiece, exploring two wildly different romances, each wrapped in secrets and trickery. Co-founded by Sir Patrick Stewart in 1975, Actors From The London Stage embraces theatrical simplicity at its finest. Five actors take the stage, with minimal props and costumes, and direct themselves in a performance of a complete Shakespeare play, with each actor portraying multiple roles.

One of the most historied Shakespeare theatre companies in the world takes on the Bard’s comedic masterpiece, exploring two wildly different romances, each wrapped in secrets and trickery. Co-founded by Sir Patrick Stewart in 1975, Actors From The London Stage embraces theatrical simplicity at its finest. Five actors take the stage, with minimal props and costumes, and direct themselves in a performance of a complete Shakespeare play, with each actor portraying multiple roles.

One of the most historied Shakespeare theatre companies in the world takes on the Bard’s comedic masterpiece, exploring two wildly different romances, each wrapped in secrets and trickery. Co-founded by Sir Patrick Stewart in 1975, Actors From The London Stage embraces theatrical simplicity at its finest. Five actors take the stage, with minimal props and costumes, and direct themselves in a performance of a complete Shakespeare play, with each actor portraying multiple roles.

Journalist, writer, and Middlebury alum Abe Streep will give a short reading and discuss his book Brothers On Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana.
Open to all Middlebury College students.

Zoom link

Virtual Senior Reception
Friday, May 21, 2021, 4:30-5:30 pm ET
Zoom link will be sent to graduates in advance.
Feel free to drop in whenever you like during the hour.