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GRAD
PEOPLE
BY: Jude Morris What’s Going on With Our Graduate Students? TRAVIS FERRELL
He found a studio apartment in the central quarter of Paris, but the
deposit was a ridiculous 1600 Euro; and it’s costing him 800 Euro
a month (about $1,000). Needless to say, he’s still eating a lot
of tuna (which was his staple diet while living in Warren Place) –
only the French canned tuna has peas and corn in it, which the French
call “tuna salad.” He finally figured out how to use the washer/dryer
combination in his apartment when the door on his refrigerator broke
and refused to close, putting his yogurt supply at risk. He was his usual, dry-witted self. The backdrop to our call was a steady
stream of unbelievably loud traffic since it was eleven o’clock
on a Saturday night, and he was calling from an open kiosk on a street
corner. I warned him to be careful and he said that the French are exceptionally
kind to him. “I’m not exactly threatening, “ he said.
“What am I going to do to someone – recite a sonnet at them?” He asked that I say hello to everyone here, as he’s a bit lonely
for the College, the program, familiar faces, and people who speak English.
If you have time, drop him a line at: Travis Ferrell, 43 Rue Saint Honore,
Paris, France 75001 ED LENAHAN
TERESA HOOPER
JUDE MORRIS Jude Morris had a paper accepted for presentation at the American Women
Writers of Color Conference held in Baltimore, MD, November 21--23,
2004. “The Paradox of Water: Poisoning and Healing in Linda Hogan’s
Solar Storms” was written as part of an independent study project
with Dr. Susan Farrell : Contemporary Native American Writers Linda
Hogan, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Silko, and N. Scott Momaday and the Use
of Myth and Indigenous Religion in their work. |
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