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Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
No full textAuthor Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
No full textHistorian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Michael Rodriguez interviews writer Charles Baxter
No full textCharles Baxter talks about his book "The Feast of Love", the relationship between the landscape of Michigan and the setting of his novels, metaphysics in his novels, his career as both a writer and a college teacher, how a male author writes female characters, and voyeurism in his book. Baxter is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Semi-empirical models of X-ray AGN in galaxy clusters
No full textThe realisation that all galaxies host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at their centres had a profound impact on our current understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. These SMBH grow through the accretion of surrounding material that makes them shine as active galactic nuclei (AGN). Different mechanisms have been proposed to ignite such accretion events, however, which of them is the dominant is still debated. In particular, the environment is expected to play a crucial role as it does in galaxy evolution, e.g., galaxy properties depend on which structures of the cosmic web they inhabit. In this thesis, we use a semi-empirical (SEM) data-driven approach to study the effects of the environment on AGN triggering. The advantage of this approach is the use of state-of-the-art observations to construct realistic mock catalogues instead of using physically motivated recipes that need to be calibrated. Hence, SEM is well-suited for hypothesis testing with a reduced parameter space compared to other modelling strategies. The explicit assumption of our model is that SMBH growth is independent of the halo mass. We compare model predictions against the latest observations on the incidence of AGN in massive galaxy clusters at different cosmic times. We find that AGN activity at low redshift is suppressed in clusters with respect to low-dense regions, however, at high redshift this trend is reversed with AGN being promoted in high-density regions. Enhancement of AGN activity likely happens during infall, before galaxies lose their cold gas. We test claims of preferential activation of AGN in the outskirts of massive galaxy clusters at redshift z ∼ 1. We find that the observed projected overdensities of AGN in the outskirts of high redshift clusters could be explained by cosmic variance, but we cannot reject a physical interpretation. Processes such as ram pressure or increased interaction rates due to lower velocity dispersion could promote AGN activity in the outskirts. Future work includes comparing our results with physically motivated models (e.g., hydrodynamical simulations) and analysing AGN activity in a new cluster sample spanning 0.2 < z < 1 to refine our understanding of environmental impacts on AGN activity
Dr. Jose Franco Rodriguez & - The Gift of Bicameral Mentality in Lake Atitlan\u27s Mayan Ora
No full textDr. Jose Franco Rodriguez and speaks at the Chesnutt Library of Fayetteville State University about their recent research Of Gods And Men- The Gift of Bicameral Mentality in Lake Atitlan\u27s Mayan Ora.
Presented live on March 5, 2025 as part of Chesnutt Library\u27s Faculty Author Series.https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/faculty_author/1012/thumbnail.jp
Author Gordon Henry reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor Gordon Henry, MSU professor of English, reads selections of his poetry and fiction then answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
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Mr Secrets and Social Media: the Confession of Richard Rodriguez
No full textRichard Rodriguez's works create troubling situations for many scholars. Though numerous critics see him as the penultimate Chicano writer, many others see his writing as only pandering to the elite. However, all politics and controversies aside, he is a writer whose ideas upon language and public confession have been revolutionary. Throughout the thesis, I argue that Rodriguez's ideas upon language and identity are applicable to the social media landscape that we reside in currently, especially the public confession. Also, I use deconstructionism, along with postmodern criticism, to illustrate the changing arc of Rodriguez's confession from his first autobiography to his final one. In his first memoir, Rodriguez remains in the closet upon his sexuality, and the reader only catches glimpses of the 'real' character inside his work. In the second memoir, the reader sees a better glimpse because of his coming out; yet, even in this regard, he does not do so wholly and still leaves his confession unfinished. By the third, he applies themes and problems seen in his first and second works to discuss our browning nature, and how we are all sinners and that we desire to confess our sins. In my assessment of Rodriguez, I argue throughout all my chapters upon a measure of irreconcilability between the private world of the Hispanic immigrant family and the public sphere that they are forced to inhabit because of his citizenship and education. This irreconcilability creates a drastic limiting of identity for the author that Rodriguez is forced to navigate which creates his desire for confession
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