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  • GENDER, RACE & POWER
    • emma vassar
    • magnus tatum
    • calix franklin
    • jenna ronto
    • zoe stark
  • GROWING / PAIN
    • joziah pollard
    • wool adler
    • jason morrow
    • olivia seward
    • friday smith
  • HANIF'S INFLUENCE
    • kate felts
    • lucky christiansen
    • sam flick
    • anastasia tracey
  • TEXT & MATHEMATICS AS MUSE
    • maya mcmanus
    • percy curry
    • micaelyn mann
    • damonte' torian
    • liz burton
    • taylor gandy
    • brenna detwiler
    • seth hughes
    • laurel hankinson
  • FOLK & POP CULTURE
    • alana hiser
    • peter white
    • sophie berkemer
    • marieke danniau
    • oliver gill
    • rylie st. john
  • DEATH, SLEEP, & LOSS
    • annalise barber 2
    • gabriella sharp 2
    • kai webb
    • jessica baker
  • INNOVATING OUR FIELDS
    • jacques zeevaart
    • aaron jeschke
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​They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. 
Available at Two Dollar Radio in Columbus, Ohio. 

HANIF'S INFLUENCE

Each year the Liberal Arts faculty selects a text for the first year student common read. Hanif Abdurraqib's They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us was chosen for the incoming 2020 class, and students in our first year writing courses collectively read and responded to this text.

In the work listed below, students were prompted to write in a way that intentionally drew from and imitated Abdurraqib's writing styles and analyze of their process doing so.

WHO AM I? BY ANASTASIA TRACEY
INSPIRED BY HANIF'S August 9th 2014
IMITATION OF HANIF'S
​ Brief Notes On Staying // No One Is Making Their Best Work When They Want To Die
​BY KATE FELTS
IMITATION OF HANIF'S 
​ON KINDNESS
&
​THERE IS THE PICTURE OF MICHAEL JACKSON KISSING WHITNEY HOUSTON ON THE CHEEK
​
​BY LUCKY CHRISTIANSEN
IMITATION OF HANIF'S
I Wasn’t Brought Here, I Was Born: Surviving Punk Rock Long Enough To Find Afropunk
&
​The Return Of The Loneliest Boy’s In Town
BY SAM FLICK
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  • Home
  • About
  • SIXTH ANNUAL CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
  • INDEX
  • GENDER, RACE & POWER
    • emma vassar
    • magnus tatum
    • calix franklin
    • jenna ronto
    • zoe stark
  • GROWING / PAIN
    • joziah pollard
    • wool adler
    • jason morrow
    • olivia seward
    • friday smith
  • HANIF'S INFLUENCE
    • kate felts
    • lucky christiansen
    • sam flick
    • anastasia tracey
  • TEXT & MATHEMATICS AS MUSE
    • maya mcmanus
    • percy curry
    • micaelyn mann
    • damonte' torian
    • liz burton
    • taylor gandy
    • brenna detwiler
    • seth hughes
    • laurel hankinson
  • FOLK & POP CULTURE
    • alana hiser
    • peter white
    • sophie berkemer
    • marieke danniau
    • oliver gill
    • rylie st. john
  • DEATH, SLEEP, & LOSS
    • annalise barber 2
    • gabriella sharp 2
    • kai webb
    • jessica baker
  • INNOVATING OUR FIELDS
    • jacques zeevaart
    • aaron jeschke