Emerging Voices – Fissuring the Surface: Edouard Glissant's poetics of the concrete

Join Emily Eyestone as she explores Edouard Glissant’s 1954 poetry collection, Le Sang rivé. She discusses how Glissant uses language in creative ways to challenge French control over Martinique and keep his culture alive, highlighting the importance of the humanities and languages in helping people connect across cultures and protect different ways of speaking and thinking in a rapidly changing world.

The event will be March 19 at 4:15 p.m. in SciTech C307.

Emily Eyestone is a visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University. Her research explores how geo-climatic disasters shape identity and literary expression in the Francophone Caribbean. Using interdisciplinary approaches, she examines language, history, and environmental vulnerability. Also a DJ, she integrates sound ecologies into her scholarship.