Current Events

Cromwell Day — November 2nd, 2023

Winner of the Elizabeth Alexander Award: Yalie Saweda Kamara will be joining *Meridians* for a Poet-in-Residence!
Join us on:

November 1st from 6:30-7:30 p.m in the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center for a Poetry Workshop in collaboration with Spitfire
Cromwell Day – November 2nd, 2023 from 3:30-5:30 p.m in the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center for a Reading and Workshop hosted by Yalie Saweda Kamara

Past Events

Meridians at Smith College Family Weekend

*Meridians* student Quigley Fellows Assiatou Diallo ’24 and Saturn Johnson ’25 greeting students and parents at the Julia McWilliams Child ’34 Campus Center on Friday, October 13, 2023.

Meridians Open House — September 2023

On September 14th, 2023, we had Meridians Open House Celebration! Our new location is at 22 Green Street on Smith College’s campus. Smith College President Sarah Willie-LeBreton as well as Meridians Editor Emerita and author Paula J. Giddings joined us in celebrating our new space.

President Sarah Willie-LeBreton and *Meridians* Editor Emerita and author Paula J. Giddings

Meridians at First-Year Orientation

Meridians Editorial Office Manager Ally Einbinder ’10, Editorial Assistant Eliana Mercedes, and Quigley Fellowship Intern Saturn Johnson ’25 got the chance to meet many new Smithies at the Resource Fair on Seelye Lawn on September 6, 2023.

The Meridians Project: 23 Years of Supporting Feminist Women of Color Knowledge Production — May 2023

A virtual conversation, led by Meridans Editor, Ginetta E.B. Candelario ’90, about the importance of showcasing cutting-edge work at the intersection of race, gender, and ethnicity, featuring the 2023 Paula J. Giddings Best Essay Award and Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing winners. Check out there works in the links provided below:

Paula J. Giddings Best Essay Awardees

PLGA Winner Dr. Sandra Ruiz, “A Light for a Light · Minoritarian Aesthetics and the Politics of Grief-Work” Vol 21, No. 2 (2022)
PLGA Honorable Mention Dr. Jennifer “Jae” Williams, “Apologizing to Chavers: #Blackgirlmagic’s Resilience Discourse and the Fear of Melancholy Black Femme Digital Subjectivity” Vol 21, No. 1 (2022)
PLGA Honorable Mention Dr. Asli Zengin, “Caring for the Dead: Corpse Washers, Touch, and Mourning in Contemporary Turkey” Vol 21, No. 2 (2022)

Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Awardees

EACWA Poetry Winner, Yalie Kamara, “American Beech, ” Forthcoming in Vol 22, No. 1
EACWA Prose Winner, Cece Roth-Eagle, “Mes del Viento/Month of Wind,” Forthcoming in Vol 23, No. 1

Cece Roth Eagle ’23 “Month of Wind/Mes del viento” Reading –April 2023

*Meridians* Editor Ginetta E.B. Candelario ’90 and Cece Roth-Eagle ’23

Attendees at Cece’s reading in the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center

April 19, Meridians hosted an author reading for graduating senior Cece Roth-Eagle ‘23, Prose Winner of the Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award for Prose.

Cece read segments from her award-winning creative nonfiction essay, “Month of Wind/Mes del viento: The Mapuche lof Kinxikew Through the Perspective of Their First Female Longko,” which will be published in Volume 23, No. 1.