Deborah Paredez is an associate Professor and chair of the School of the Arts Writing Program at Columbia University. A poet and scholar, she has published books including Year of the Dog (BOA Editions, 2020), a poetry collection that tells the story of being a Latina daughter of the Vietnam War.
Deborah Paredez
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Writing on Public Books
American Music, American War
In World War II, G.I.s waking up in a combat zone in Italy were reported to have belted out “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin,” a blockbuster smash of 1943.
Beholding Black Life: A Conversation with Ross Gay, Frank Guridy, & Deborah Paredez
“We have to witness everything… You don’t do it by yourself.
That mode of looking is not like any individual feat; it is a feat of joining.”
