The world today is transforming in real-time, with everything from Artificial Intelligence (AI) breakthroughs to ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts underscoring that change is both constant and unavoidable. Last Tuesday, October 22, stand-up comedian, director, author, producer, and father W. Kamau… Read moreA Talk with W. Kamau Bell

On October 3, the Music Department, led by Prof. Benjamin Barson, organized a jazz concert at Bucknell’s Rooke Recital Hall, featuring jazz musicians Albert Marques and Keith Lamar. Keith Lamar is currently on death row at the Ohio State Penitentiary… Read moreFreedom First Performance

In collaboration with the Bucknell University Press, The Griot Institute hosted a reading and Q/A with Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis, Vice President for People, Justice, and Cultural Affairs at American Rivers and author of the new Griot Book Series publication,… Read moreBiomythography Bayou: A Griot Book Series Publication 📚

Lewisburg, PA, has always been the grounds for nature’s greatest phenomenons: a canvas for the astral aurora borealis, a picture-perfect palette of warm autumnal colors from the fresh fall’s foliage, and most recently, a landing tarmac for blazing stars of… Read moreThe Sojka Poet-in-Residence, Trailblazing, Literary Wizard: Danez Smith 

Bucknell is in bloom! Between the fruitful new foliage of the Pennsylvanian grasslands, five furious flowers have sprouted this fall. Josh Pearson’ 28, Kaylin Reynolds’ 27, Athaliah Elvis’ 26, Omuhle Ndhlovu’ 26, and Naomi Malone’ 25, were selected to attend… Read moreBucknellians take on the Ⅳ Furious Flower Conference at James Madison University

The capacity for imagination is often overlooked in our modern time, relegated to unproductive pastimes or associated with childhood fancy– unimportant, useless activity with no functional purpose in our society. Yet, despite this customary neglect toward the imaginative faculty, we… Read moreImagining Better Futures: A Griot Book Club Event